Paul Dillett

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| name = Paul Dillett

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| nickname = "Freak-einstein"{{cite web |title=Paul Dillett: Bodybuilders That Most Impressed Dillett In The 90s |url=https://generationiron.com/paul-dillett-90s-bodybuilders-90s/ |website=Generation Iron Fitness & Bodybuilding Network |access-date=November 5, 2020 |date=August 26, 2020 |archive-date=October 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026070407/https://generationiron.com/paul-dillett-90s-bodybuilders-90s/ |url-status=live }}
"Jurassic Paul"

| birth_date =1965

| birth_place =Montreal, Quebec

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| height = 6 ft 2 in{{cite web|title=Paul Dillett|url=http://www.bodybuildingpro.com/pauldillett.html|website=bodybuildingpro.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921005123/http://www.bodybuildingpro.com/pauldillett.html|archive-date=September 21, 2020|access-date=March 13, 2022}}

| weight = Contest: {{convert|290|lbs|kg|0}}
Off-season: {{convert|320|lbs|kg|0}} to {{convert|330|lbs|kg|0}}{{Cite web |title= Paul Dillett Pro Bodybuilding Profile |url= http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/bodybuilders-paul.htm |website= bodybuilding.com |access-date= December 11, 2016 }}

| firstproshow = Arnold Classic

| firstproshowyear = 1993

| bestwin = Night of Champions

| bestwinyear = 1999

| yesorretiredyear = 1991–2012

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Paul Dillett (1965 in Montreal, Quebec) is a retired Canadian IFBB professional bodybuilder and current owner and CEO of the World Beauty Fitness & Fashion Inc.{{cite book|last=Hotten|first=Jon|title=Muscle: A Writer's Trip Through a Sport with No Boundaries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jmqdYvr_hikC&pg=PT25|access-date=January 22, 2013|year=2011|publisher=Random House|isbn=978-1-446-46615-5|page=25}}{{cite web|url=http://www.getbig.com/news/2007/01/20070124paul.htm|title=Paul Dillet launches The WBFF! The World Bodybuilding And Fitness Federation|website=www.getbig.com|access-date=November 8, 2013|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924022011/http://www.getbig.com/news/2007/01/20070124paul.htm|url-status=live}} He resides in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Biography

Paul Dillett was born in Montreal to a French father and Jamaican mother.{{Cite web |title=Getbig Interview: Paul Dillett |url=https://www.getbig.com/iview/dillett030502.htm |website=www.getbig.com |date=May 2, 2003 |access-date=August 13, 2022 |archive-date=August 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813211218/https://www.getbig.com/iview/dillett030502.htm |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Paul Dillett - Greatest Physiques |url=https://www.greatestphysiques.com/male-physiques/paul-dillett/ |website=www.greatestphysiques.com |date=March 29, 2017 |access-date=August 13, 2022 |archive-date=August 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813211218/https://www.greatestphysiques.com/male-physiques/paul-dillett/ |url-status=live }} Before bodybuilding, Dillett played in the Canadian Football League. Dillett first competed in professional bodybuilding when he took second place in the heavyweight division of the 1991 North American Championships. His first Mr. Olympia was in 1993, where he placed 6th. In 1993, he competed in his first Ironman Pro Invitational, where he took fourth place.

Later that year, he competed in his first Arnold Classic, placing fourth. In 1999, he competed in the Night of Champions competition, where he placed first. Paul has been featured in many fitness and bodybuilding articles, including being featured on the cover of Muscular Development magazine.{{Cite web |title=Muscular Development Magazine August 2003 Paul Dillett w Poster No Label |url=https://originalmagazines.com/products/muscular-development-magazine-august-2003-paul-dillett-w-poster-no-label |website=Original Magazines |language=en |access-date=November 19, 2024}}

At the Arnold Classic in 1994, Dillett "froze" on stage, a result of cramping from dehydration, and four officials had to carry him off the stage.{{cite web|url=http://www.musculardevelopment.com/news/the-mcgough-report/13898-paul-dillet-s-collapse-at-the-1994-arnold-classic.html#.VTfy2yFViko|title=Paul Dillet's Collapse At The 1994 Arnold Classic|first=Peter|last=McGough|website=www.musculardevelopment.com|access-date=April 22, 2015|archive-date=April 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150420132110/http://musculardevelopment.com/news/the-mcgough-report/13898-paul-dillet-s-collapse-at-the-1994-arnold-classic.html#.VTfy2yFViko|url-status=live}}

He ended his professional bodybuilding career in 2012. It is conventional wisdom within the industry that while being a genetically gifted athlete of enormous size, Dillett never truly mastered his posing routines, which prevented him from placing higher in contests throughout his career.{{Cite web|url=https://muscleinsider.com/content/contest-posing|title=Contest Posing|work=Muscle Insider|access-date=March 13, 2022|archive-date=May 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519093124/https://muscleinsider.com/content/contest-posing|url-status=live}}

Dillett founded the World Beauty Fitness & Fashion Competition{{cite web |url=https://wbffshows.com/ |title=Home |website=wbffshows.com |access-date=August 8, 2022 |archive-date=August 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808063004/https://wbffshows.com/ |url-status=live }} (WBFF) in 2007.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZeCEBQAAQBAJ&q=wbbf+and+dillett&pg=PA366|title=Mr. America: The Tragic History of a Bodybuilding Icon|last=Fair|first=John D.|date=January 5, 2015|publisher=University of Texas Press|isbn=9780292760820|language=en}} The competition judges one's overall beauty and marketability. This includes stage presence not just physique.{{Cite news|url=https://calgaryherald.com/life/swerve/fit-to-be-judged-can-a-fitness-competition-in-which-participants-compete-in-bikinis-be-considered-a-sport|title=Is a fitness competition, with bikinis, a sport?|date=January 16, 2015|work=Calgary Herald|access-date=November 20, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=September 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925010754/https://calgaryherald.com/life/swerve/fit-to-be-judged-can-a-fitness-competition-in-which-participants-compete-in-bikinis-be-considered-a-sport|url-status=live}} Amateurs and professional contestants, compete in a number of different categories including men's Bodybuilding Pro, Muscle Model, Fitness Model, women's Figure Pro, Diva Fitness Model, and Diva Bikini Model.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vegasnews.com/102339/2013-wbff-worlds-comes-to-las-vegas-at-planet-hollywood-hotel-casino.html|title=2013 WBFF Worlds Comes to Las Vegas at Planet Hollywood Hotel & Casino|website=VegasNews.com - Las Vegas News|date=August 28, 2013|access-date=November 20, 2018}}