But I WANT big manly muscles

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I have very high muscle tone for a female.
I've never been able to develop abs, though, no matter how many crunches I did.

As a woman, you won't have six-pack abs unless you drop below 16% body fat. It doesn't matter how much muscle you have if you carry more fat than that. Adriana Lima at her leanest was 20% body fat, for comparison.

I have to say it even though it's really predictable. If your body is female and you're not, you might contemplate making that not the case, a la gender transition. Transmen can get muscular same as cis men. Just sayin'.

No, it's really not.

I might not be able to lift as much as her, and maybe it's just the angle of the shot, but my biceps/triceps/shoulders are already that size when tensed/pumped, being a teen who's worked out for just one year. Yeah, it might sound silly for me to say that as I'm a male and have a natural advantage, but I would expect the world crossfit women's champion to have more arm strength than a casual 17 year old lifter. Her forearms are a bit stronger though...

Even if it's just the lighting/angle, I'd probably be able to look like that by age 19/20, and she looks to me to be at least 30.

For comparion, the women's bodybuilding champion:
http://www.bodybuilding.com/contest_med ... 167107.jpg

And I agree with the poster above. Do you just mean to say you as a woman wish you could build muscle as easily and quickly as males, or do you actually want to BE a male? If so, it would be far cheaper and less-time consuming to begin your transition to male than to work out as a female for many years and years. Would you rather spend 5 years to get the strength it would take you maybe 2.5 years to get as a male?

A friend of mine from high school stands below 5' if I remember correctly & I've seen her post photos of lifting some pretty unbelievable sums. Like... probably almost two of me on that bar (I'm ~5'9" or something & about 120 pounds).