Great question brutha! And the female needs to be honest with herself and her trainer. I know a chick that was competing in bodybuilding and she was getting shredded and looked realy good but did not want to sacrifice her femininity. So the people around her were very honest and said she should try competing in Physique. So after all her bodybuilding shows she finaly decided to try competing in womens Physique for the 1st time ever in the North America which just passed, and in her FIRST PHYSIQUE SHOW EVER SHE GOT HER PRO CARD!
So unless the female is commited to sacrificing her femininity then she has no shot at going pro or even doing all that well on a consistant basis. I just figured I would toss this story out there for any females reading this.