Bob Paris (born Robert Clark Paris on December 14, 1959) is a popular best-selling author, an award-winning public speaker and an internationally renown civil rights change-agent. He is widely considered one of history's greatest International Federation of BodyBuilders professional bodybuilding champions because of his landmark efforts both on and off the competitive stage. Paris is the 1983 NPC American National and IFBB World Bodybuiding Champion Mr. Universe. In the July 1989 issue of Ironman magazine, he came out in the media as a gay man. He is a model who has worked with the world's leading fashion, celebrity and fitness photographers; and is a classically trained and highly regarded theatre Actor. Bob Paris has graced the covers of scores of magazines worldwide.