I also think you have less separation if you are fuller. If you go to the gym and pump your arms up they are bigger because of the blood volume, the fullness. But the separation is not so defined.

All else being equal, the guy with the best genetics will have the best physique. But rarely are all things equal.

During weight cutting your mind plays tricks on you.

Complex carbohydrates are always best, except, again, after a workout where you could take simple (sugar) carbohydrates to get an insulin spike. But at other times doing this is not very beneficial because insulin is a storage hormone and it's going to shunt everything into the muscle.

I started training bodybuilding in 1983.

That's a good weight...for a small woman

Back in the 80s we were very cautious about steroids.