- Inducted into Joe Weider's Bodybuilding Hall of Fame in the year 2000.
- Former bodybuilder and powerlifter.
- Francis was featured in the 2001 TLC documentary The Greatest Bodies.
- In 1986, she and her husband opened Bev Francis' Bodybuilding Gym in Long Island. In 1990, they expanded the gym to Bev Francis Gold's Gym in Syosset, New York. In 2005, the gym's name was changed to Powerhouse Gym, Bev Francis.
- At the 1982 Australian Powerlifting Championships in Adelaide, she set a world record in the 82.5 kg (182 lb) class with a squat of 216 kg (476 lb).
- At the 1981 World Powerlifting Championships, she set a world record when she bench pressed 150 kg (330 lb), the first woman's bench press over 300 lb.
- Francis is the co-author of the book Bev Francis' Power Bodybuilding.
- In 1982, she won the Australian national shot put championships. Along with shot put, she performed the discus throw, javelin throw, and 100 meter reserve.
- Bev worked as a high school physical education and mathematics teacher for eight years.
- From 1981 to the early 1990s, Francis earned the accolade of "Strongest Woman in History".
- She is a judge for the International Federation of BodyBuilders (IFBB).
- She has produced a training video titled Hardcore Training with World Champion Bev Francis.
- She broke over 40 world powerlifting records and was undefeated during her powerlifting career.
- She was inducted into the International Powerlifting Federation Hall of Fame in 1987.
- She has contributed articles to the monthly Female Bodybuilding magazine and has written for the men's magazines Flex, Iron Man, and Muscle & Fitness.
- In 1980, Francis held all world records in the 82.5 kg (182 lb) weight class in powerlifting.
- She finished 10th in her Ms. Olympia debut in 1986.
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