Roberts big arms, deltoids and chest with her mature looks and flashing, almost challenging dark eyes projected a very powerful, confident aura onstage.
The copy quoted famed male bodybuilder Casey Viator as calling Roberts physique "awesome."
Bowen's and Roberts' placings were seen as a sign that size would be rewarded by women's bodybuilding judging more than it had been in the sport's infant years.
The July 1985 issue of Strength Training for Beauty featured an article that focused on Roberts reputation as "bodybuilding's bitch," a confident woman, self-assured, tough to deal with by photographers and peers.
If anyone didn't get the reference to Joan Collins' Alexis Carrington character from the television hit Dynasty, the photo caption pointed it out.