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'''Rick Valente''' is an American former competitive bodybuilder and host of the [[ESPN]] television show ''BodyShaping''.<ref name=Skopura>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=peMDAAAAMBAJ&q=Rick+Valente&pg=PA52 |page=53 |magazine=[[Popular Mechanics]] |accessdate=May 23, 2013 |date=March 1993 |author=Joe Skopura |title=Basic Training}}</ref> He was the winner of the 1983 Mr. Los Angeles competition.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Biswas |first1=Tiyasa |title=Bodybuilder Inspired by Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ‘Pumping Iron’ Once Had to End His Career After a Disastrous Feat |url=https://www.essentiallysports.com/bodybuilder-inspired-by-arnold-schwarzeneggers-pumping-iron-once-had-to-end-his-career-after-a-disastrous-feat/ |access-date=14 June 2024 |publisher=EssentiallySports |date=5 June 2023}}</ref>
==Early life==
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