FOR ten years Chelsea Dyson was a keen ballet dancer - but when she realised she would never make it as a professional dancer she discovered a whole new world of fitness.

Bikini fitness enthusiast Chelsea, 21, has qualified for a major European bodybuilding contest.

Chelsea will take part in the Arnold Classic in Madrid in September. The competition is named after the ex-body builder and Hollywood actor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

She qualified for the contest by finishing third in the UK Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation national finals in Leicester. 

Chelsea, of Cawthorne Road, Barugh Green, only entered her first competition in August last year after being introduced to bodybuilding by her boyfriend and personal trainer Sukhi Singh.