AP Photos: Northeast India holds female bodybuilders contest

GAUHATI, India -- India’s northeastern Assam state has organized its first top contest of female bodybuilders.

Five women participated in the one-day event in Assam's capital Guwahati on Saturday, including one each from Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra states.

Bhaba Goswami, one of the organizers, said they have been holding men’s version of the event for over three decades and called the female contest a major breakthrough in the state’s sports history.

One of India’s top female bodybuilders, 26-year-old Sanjana, won the competition, which was organized by the Assam unit of the Indian Body Builders Federation.