John Brown Mister Universe 1982

John Brown Mr Universe 1982

John Brown is a world champion bodybuilder, successful businessman and talented artist.

His enthusiastic personality and effective communication skills are evident in all his endeavors. John Brown, who is 6' 2" and 240 pounds, has had an illustrious bodybuilding career. He won Mr. Universe twice and Mr. World three times, plus lesser titles. He is noted for his strength, showmanship, innovative presentation and outstanding posing ability. He is considered the best poser in the world.

John has done over 500 bodybuilding seminars and exhibitions in the U.S. and abroad. This includes almost every country in Europe plus Canada, Martinique, Australia and New Zealand. His popular seminars are informative, down-to-earth and inspiring. His exhibitions and guest posing (most notable in Germany at FIBO the world's largest fitness exhibit) have been called "stupendous" and "legendary".
John Brown Mr.Universe 1982



Generous with his talents, John has coached and helped a number of professional bodybuilders. He's helped them with posing and their training, including champions Vince Taylor, Melvin Anthony, Shawn Ray, Cynthia Hill and given a small help to Richard Jones. He has custom developed choreography for men, women and couples.

Business wise John is very successful. He has been interested in business since the age of four. At one time John was running a successful multinational sportswear company called J.Brown Gear and he is currently running two companies, EOEO Clothing and Chronic187 Soda.

EOEO Clothing manufacturers tee shirts for juniors and Chronic187 Soda is a fresh new hip hop soda company.

John has been an innovator in business as well as in sports. He was the first person in the U.S. to use "Spandex" in sports outfits, the first bodybuilder to start a fitness clothing line and the first person to launch a hip hop soda company. John was the designer of the attention getting outfits of the Olympic champions Florence Griffith-Joyner and Valerie Briscoe-Hooks.John has also designed clothing for many large national and international apparel corporations such as Uncle Sam of Germany.

John's education includes a B.A. in art from Cal State Fullerton plus self-study in business. He is also bilingual he speaks English and German.
His other sports have included football, baseball, basketball and track. Gifted with natural athletic ability he calls himself "an all around athlete who is a bodybuilder."

John's wide-ranging interest include painting, music, dancing, logic, volunteer work with "Kids in Schools and Gyms" and movies. John has been in five films (and his clothing in two films) and also some Panasonic commercials in Japan. He is currently negotiating his first one-man show of his paintings.

John is a member of the International Federation of Bodybuilders (IFBB), Screen Actors Guild (SAG), NAACP and United We Stand. His honors include a college scholarship grant, several art competition wins, numerous "Most Muscular" and "Best Poser" bodybuilding awards and the prestigious NAACP Award in Sports and Business.