In the world of fetish modeling, Kat Meyers clearly stands apart from the rest of the pack. And while it could just as well be for her placid blue eyes or mouth-watering curves, it's clear that what sets her apart is an uncommonly well-defined muscle tone that ripples throughout her amazing body.

Growing up as a shy, quiet girl, Kat started thinking about health and fitness when in college. Inspired by women like Gladys Portuguese and Sharon Bruneau, she began to slowly sculpt for herself a new body and a new self-image. Her interest in redefining herself and exploring different aspects of her personality led her to fetish modeling, while at the same time she was being pursued by some of fitness' top photographers.

Consequently, Kat has appeared in magazines ranging from Skin Two to Muscle Elegance. She has also appeared on Playboy's Sexcetera and on ESPN. She also competes in fitness and figure competitions, and has won an impressive array of titles.

A fascinating and accomplished individual, Kat is also a scrumptious piece of ass who not only challenges traditional conceptions of femininity, but redefines them.

Eros Guide: How long have you been fascinated by musculature and body tone?

Kat Meyers: I've been training for almost 12 years. I think my fascination for musculature and tone came about gradually. As I noticed some results with my weight training, I started reading and noticing books on some early women bodybuilders. They were both beautiful, yet toned, and I thought to myself, "Hey, I want to look like that."

EG: What was your body type like before you got into bodybuilding?

KM: My body type before I started lifting, well, was more on the voluptuous side. Growing up, I was always skinny, and I was a late bloomer. But when I started college, I discovered pizza, beer and junk food, and so the weight came on, but fairly proportionately.

EG: On your website, you say fitness is your fetish. What turns you on most, the process or the results?

KM: I say fitness is my fetish, because I love every aspect of being physical with my body. That is, I push my body and mind to what I think are my own limits, then push more. I love the process as much as the end result. It's also about having control over oneself, something I get off on.

EG: It's obvious that you express yourself through your physicality-does your fetish extend to others? Or are you one of those kind of bodybuilding, fetish model types who has a 98-pound network administrator chained to the basement of your house?

KM: I'm one of those bodybuilding, fetish model types who actually runs, designs and maintains her own site, along with about seven other non-related sites. I have a degree in graphic design, and I'm self-taught in computers. I've worked for some Fortune 500 companies. I haven't found a 98-pound network administrator who can actually keep up with me... ha!

EG: Your forums range from mainstream bodybuilding magazines to erotic, bisexually-themed fetish shoots. Do these worlds ever collide or impinge on the other?

KM: Hmm… good question. I don't think they actually collide, but rather make a good compliment to each other. The muscle world is filled with sexually implied imagery, and, of course so is the fetish world. My goal is to blend the two-not necessarily saying I'm into one thing or another, but to make some controversial images. I'm into that, more so then making the statement, "I'm a bisexual muscle chick."

EG: In most of the galleries on your website, you portray a top... not all, but most... do you self-identify as either a top or a bottom?

KM: I did not actually realize that I am portrayed as a top in most of my images. I do not identify myself as either top or bottom. I think by the very nature of my physical features and presence, I am thought of as a top. If I had to be categorized into anything, I would call myself a switch.

EG: Some of the images in the galleries challenge conventional notions of femininity-does your body sculpting reflect a conscious, semi-political agenda, or is it more of a personal/intuitive thing?

KM: What's conventional? Skinny, no-body women who are supposed role models in fashion magazines? I am not out to set or make some political statement. What I do is strictly for my personal enjoyment, and if I happen to inspire other women along the way to also take charge of themselves, and express themselves and be who they want to be, regardless of physical appearance, then that would be my political statement.

EG: I definitely think the California Milk Advisory Board should use the "Drink Milk" gallery as a campaign. Was that a fun shoot?

KM: Ah, drink milk ... more like pouring hot, gooey half-and-half in 90-degree Florida weather. But definitely fun, and I discovered that I may indeed have a "food fetish"...