Image via MD

Tanji Johnson placed second, with Bethany Wagner rounding out the top three. Click through for full results, and a video

Results

1. Tracey Greenwood
2. Tanji Johnson
3. Bethany Wagner
4. Nicole Duncan
5. Laticia Jackson
6. Kizzy Vaines
7. Tonya Burkhardt
8. Marnie Holley
9. Allison Ethier
10. Safiya Johnson

Canadian Allison Ethier made her pro debut, after winning the 2009 IFBB North Americans. Below is her 45 second routine….

First callout was defending champion Tracey Greenwood, Bethany Wagner, Tanji Johnson and Tonya Burkhardt.

Second callout was British pro Kizzy Vaines who has made incredible improvements to her physique since the last time I saw her compete, Laticia Jackson, Nicole Duncan with Tonya Burkhardt again.

Third callout was 2009 IFBB North American Champ Allison Ethier making her pro debut, Safiya Johnson who is the sister of Tanji Johnson who is also competing in this show and Holly Marnie.

Images by Dan Ray via Rxmuscle.com. You can see the prejudging wrap-up for the female bodybuilders here.

For those totally unfamiliar with fitness contests they prior had four rounds; a 2 piece and 1 piece bikini rounds where the physiques were judged and 2 routine rounds where the competitors performed aerobic routines. One (prejudging) was a 45 second routine with mandatory moves and the other (finals) was a 2 minute routine.

The one piece and the 45 second routine are now officially wacked.

This is being met quite well by many fitness competitors, understandably so as the added 2 rounds are, frankly speaking, a pain in the ass requiring a fair amount of extra time and money invested.

I will sneakily be a bit of a naysayer here and wonder if this is a sign of things to come? Fitness numbers have long been declining with many women opting for the (routine less) figure category, and this new ruling seems to coincide with the new bikini category. This rule effectively cuts the fitness contests to 50% of what they were. Hmmmmmm?

Images by Tauseef Asri via efbbsouthcoast.co.uk

The British pro (to the best of my knowledge) has only competed once as a pro some years back at the now defunct Charlotte Pro.

Kizzy has worked performing in hotels and nightclubs as a dancer, contortionist and acrobat – something which clearly shows in her routine; she displays some of the best flexibility to ever grace the IFBB stage. Click through to watch a video of her performing her fitness routine

Allison is a high school math teacher and a veteran fitness competitor having won titles including Fitness America, the Arnold Amateur as well as bodybuilding.com’s model search. Her fitness routines are always excellent – fast placed, action packed and well executed.

Allison, like her fellow overall champ Zoa Linsey, also placed second at the 2009 Canadian CBBF Championships…making the North Americans a good contest for the Canadians.

Click through to watch a video of Allison’s routine from the 200 Canadian Champs

Known now as WWE wrestler ‘Victoria’, Lisa is a former bodybuilder and IFBB pro fitness competitor who will add another feather to her cap – mixed martial arts fighting. Lisa has been with the WWE since 2000 after retiring from the competitive stage.

Lisa started as a bodybuilder, and won her first contest in 1995. She then switched to fitness, and earned her IFBB pro card at the 1999 NPC Team Universe.

From MMAJunkie.com

Lisa Marie Varon is heading to the world of mixed martial arts.

Varon, perhaps better known as a World Wrestling Entertainment “diva” named Victoria, plans to make her pro MMA debut in the next year.
Despite Varon’s recent debut with WWE rival Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), Stewart said the nonrestrictive contract will allow his client to wrestle and compete in MMA simultaneously. (In fact, Lashley also recently signed a contract with TNA and debuted with the Spike TV-televised promotion back in April.)

While Varon is certainly marketable and athletic, she has one factor working against her: her age. At 38 years old, she will likely have a limited shelf life in MMA.

The new figure pros are Aleisha Hart, Kim Tilden and Ginette Delhaes – pictured below.

Veteran fitness competitor Sylvia Tremblay, the 2009 Arnold Amateur fitness Champion, won a well deserved pro card in fitness.

Leigh Lingham became Canada’s first bikini IFBB pro.

Image above via and copyright of Twixpix, click here for their gallery of this event.

FITNESS
1. Adela Garcia
2. Myriam Capes
3. Nicole Duncan
4. Bethany Wagner
5. Laticia Jackson
6. Kristina Rojas
7. Michele Mayberry
8. Stephanie Irick
9. Nita Marquez
10. Siene Silva
11. Amanda Marinelli
12. LeslieRae Newton
13. Jo Marriner
14. Maggie Blanchard
Mandy Polk did not finish.

FIGURE
1. Jenny Lynn
2. Krissy Chin
3. Meriza DeGuzman
4. Alicia Harris
5. Siobhan Tewari
6. Amy O’Neil
7. Katina Maistrelles
8. Michelle Craven
9. Tivisay Briceno
10. Consuelo Rojas Figueroa
11. DJ Wallis
12. Alicia Marie
13. Sue Upson
14. Rosalind Vanderpool
15. Tonya Burkhardt
16. Cynthia Sharp
17. Jacqui Jarrett

Figure winner Jenny Lynn:

Image via MD, click here for their gallery of this event

Figure first callout was Krissy Chin, Meriza DeGuzman, Alicia Harris, Jenny Lynn….with my prediction being Jenny Lynn to return to winning form.

Fitness first callout was Myriam Capes, Nicole Duncan, Adela Garcia, Bethany Wagner….with my prediction being Adela [pictured below] to win.

Image via MD, click here for their gallery of this event

FITNESS
Maggie Blanchard
Myriam Capes
Nicole Duncan
Adela Garcia
Stefanie Irick
Laticia Jackson
Amanda Marinelli
Nita Marquez
Jo Marriner
Michele Mayberry
Leslie Rae Newton
Mandy Polk
Kristina Rojas
Siene Silva
Bethany Wagner

FIGURE
Tivisay Briceno
Tonya Burkhardt
Krissy Chin
Michelle Craven
Meriza DeGuzman
Consuelo Rojas Figueroa
Alicia Harris
Jacqui Jarrett
Jenny Lynn
Katina Maistrelles
Alicia Marie
Amy O’Neil
Cynthia Sharp
Siobhan Tewari
Sue Upson
Rosalind Vanterpool
DJ Wallis

Graham, NC – Two-time Ms. Olympia and Ms. Fitness International Jen Hendershott will be a spectator at this years’ Fitness Olympia in Las Vegas.

“The fitness industry has been very good to me. It is time for me to give back. I love working with people who aspire to improve themselves. I will focus on my new supplement company PGN, my training program Get Phat Online, Phat Camp, Get Phat Promotions and the many other projects that I am currently working on. “

Jen has been a competitive fitness athlete for over 12 years. She is the current raining Ms. Olympia and Ms Fitness International.

“I am not retiring but rather taking some time to work on the many other things that I am passionate about.”

Click here to view our photo gallery of Jen’s routine at the 2009 Arnold, and click here to view her physique photo gallery

According to Womenboxing.com, Angel McKenzie is also a female Bodybuilder – in September 2006 being the Runner Up in the U.K. B.F.F. North East Championship Fitness Division.

Kim Chizevsky is unique in the IFBB having competed in three divisions professionally; bodybuilding, fitness and figure making her [to the best of my knowledge] the only person to do so.

A 4 time Ms Olympia Champion, she switched to fitness in 2001, and then to figure in 2003. She never experienced the same success in fitness and figure as she did with bodybuilding, but her variation must be admired.

The photo posted above shows her in her bodybuilding heyday, and the two below [click to enlarge] show her competing in figure at the 2004 IFBB Show of Strength Pro Championship where she placed 7th.

I did google frantically to see if anyone more reliable then myself confirmed this – to no avail. Either way, she is definitely one of the youngest ever, if not the youngest.

The 17 year old won the short class in fitness at the 2009 NPC JR Nationals held this past weekend in Illinois which qualified her for pro status.

Images via Musculardevelopment, click here for Victoria’s gallery from this show.

A quote of Julie’s about the triathlon from her blog

I have to say, the triathlon was truly one of the hardest things I have done, mostly because it is sooo different from how I usually train and compete. I have never been a huge fan of cardio and endurance training is super tough for me. With all my knee surgeries, including the newest one that is not quite healed, I did have to pace myself on the run (for me that meant cycles of sprint… pound… ouch!… walk… recover) but the biking and swimming were incredible.

The 5 foot tall 115lb Ariel is a level 10 gymnast, fitness/figure competitor, and a 2nd degree black belt in TaeKwonDo. She has won numerous titles, such as Ms Jr Fitness International, and Miss Jr Fitness America. An all-round athlete, she competes at level 10 gymnastics both in state and out of state, and has won state, regional, and national titles and is also a 7-time qualifier and medalist in the Junior Olympic TaeKwonDo championships,

Image via RXmuscle.com, click here to watch their video of Ariel, click here to see Ariel’s modeling portfolio, or click ‘read more’ below to click through to see all female results

Fitness
1. Ariel Khadr
2. Tara LaValley
3. Melissa Nash
4. Renee Franchi
5. April Price
Christine Huang

Bikini Overall
Kelly Jiminez

Bikini Short Class
1. Kelly Jiminez
2. Isabelle Rochon
3. Johanna Bowers
4. Dominique Rougier
5. Maria Cui
Lisa Pirezza

Bikini Tall Class
1. Angelique Costa
2. Loriann Marchese
3. Chanelle Lagace
4. Rachel Delacalzada
5. Jenna Drevins
Aixa Barnhill
Michaela Nicolae

Figure Overall
Tiana Gonzalez

Figure Class A
1. Tiana Gonzalez
2. Angelica Nebbia
3. Michelle DeRosa
4. Ecaterina Pasiakos
5. Amanda Genao
Lorianne Siriani
Jill Frew
Melissa Wakin-Mostert
Angel Allison
Francine Steele
Jane Olring
Dana Seigfried
Meredith OHanley
Claudia Gold
Natalie Benjamin
Jennifer Clark
Monica Heiz
Janette Suchcicki
Lucy Young
Paulette Devito
Dana Staffien

Figure Class B
1. Careen Connelly
2. Tara LaValley
3. Dawn Parker
4. Grace Rivera
5. Nicole Palmiotto
Jen Esposito
Kathy Lopergalo
Maria Tumminello
Chairma Fenelon
Kiersten Weber
Gina Nutley
Shannon Petralito
Liz Montalbano

Figure Class C
1. Deanna Rabosky
2. Christine Kluger
3. Mona Muresan
4. Robynn Europe
5. Vivian Hatzimanolis
Sarah Stival
Viveca Williams
Yasmin Fonseca
Renee Franchi
Elise Prucha
Joy Kitt
Melissa Shokoufanden
Lauren Day
Alira Kavuloakova
Jennifer Smith
Kelly Paulos
Jennifer Abbate
Selena Liotta

Figure Masters 35+
1. Lorianne Siriani
2. Francine Steele
3. Lucy Young
4. Elise Prucha
5. Grace Rivera
Liz Montalbano
Selena Liotta
Kathy Lopergalo
Judith Corbette-Carter
Jill Frew
Angel Allison
Kelly Paulos
Jane Olring
Meredith OHanley
Jennifer Clark
Jen Esposito
Monica Heiz
Carol Duran

Bodybuilding Overall
Maria Penteado

Bodybuilding Heavyweight
1. Andrea Giacomi
2. Nicole Borigiorno
3. Maria Roelle

Bodybuilding Middleweight
1. Charlene Maschette

Bodybuilding Lightweight
1. Maria Penteado
2. Tasha Coleman
3. Jehina Malik

Bodybuilding Masters 35+
1. Maria Roelle

Kelly plead to arson and battery with a deadly weapon resulting in significant bodily harm. She was then sentenced to two consecutive terms of 3-13 years in prison. With time served from the date of capture, she is eligible for parole release on 2011-12-23.

To download this clip in Quicktime format, right click ’save as’ here

Venezuelans: Yaxeni Oriquen, Betty Adkins and Anna Level.

Mexicans:Maria Carmen-Gomez and Georgina Lona

Brazilians: Juliana Malacarne, Regiane Da Silva, Angela Debatin and Flavia Crisos.
[Regiane competes for Germany now, but is originally from Brazil]

Dominicans: Adela Garcia

Puerto Ricans: Davana Medina

Image via MD, they have a full gallery up, click here to go there.

Debbie Dobbins was born in Olongapo, Philippines, of half Irish and half Filipino descent and moved to the USA when she was 3 yrs old. She moved to California at age twenty-four to pursue a career in the fitness industry, and worked as a cheerleader for the Portland Breakers of the USFL and Los Angeles Raiders of the NFL.

She appeared in magazines including Musclemag International and Iron Man, and competed in the Ms. Fitness USA competition and Ms. Galaxy contests.

She died at only 30 years old in 1993 in a house fire.

Born in 1974 in Zeliezovce, Slovakia she has a twin brother with whom she credits her first interest in sports. Mixing brains and beauty Timea speak four languages fluently; English, Hungarian, Russian, and Slovak. She entered her first contest the Ms. Slovakia Fitness Championships of 1994, where she placed 2nd and won the IFBB World Championships in 1997 to be awarded her IFBB pro card.

Anyway, enough with the bio…here’s a super hot vid of Timea:

Kelly’s excellent routines and accomplishments on the stage are obviously and quite rightly overshadowed by the fact the same year this was filmed she got arrested for killing her live in assistant, after she went on the run with her husband and got picked up by the FBI nine days later while getting a manicure.

Going back a number of years now, this photo comprised one of my favorite magazine covers of all time. It features [now retired] IFBB fitness pros Milamar Flores-Sarcev and Madonna Grimes.

Milamar is a Canadian of Filipino ancestry and now lives in California with her husband IFBB pro Milos Sarcev. Madonna is a former Miss Fitness America and is well known for workout DVD’s showcasing her dance and choreography work.

Few more photos of both these ladies, click to enlarge:

Allison is a high school math teacher and a veteran fitness competitor having won titles including Fitness America and Arnold Amatuer.

image via hardfitness.com

Allison has long had an exceptional fitness routine, easily on par if not above IFBB pro level. Below is a video of her winning routine from the 2004 Fitness America show:

She started gymnastics at the local YWCA at the age of 10, and her original goal was to compete in the Olympics in gymnastics but she was diagnosed with Osgood Schlateer’s disease, which meant her bones were growing faster than the muscles so that dashed her Olympic dreams. Her gymnastics dreams also were not assited when she was involved in a car crash on May 23, 1983, which injured her knees, her back, and her neck. She set her sights on competitive fitness, and was highly successful. At 5′6″ she competed at 126lbs with 36-24-35 measurements.

Paloma started out as a female bodybuilder in 1996, then switched to fitness competing in the WABBA federation in 2001. She is 42 years old and has won a number of titles including the IFBB Spanish Bodybuilding Championship, IFBB European Bodybuilding Championship and national and world titles in Fitness with WABBA.

The IFBB announced it would add a new bikini division to it’s roster and top IFBB fitness pro Kim Klein retired.

2008 saw the addition of over 30 new IFBB female pros, including ten new pros from NPC nationals including the much overdue pro status of Elena Seiple, Cassandra Floyd who won the Team Universe, Diana Tinnelle and many others.

Kim Klein won the Arnold Fitness, Yaxeni Oriquen won the Arnold bodybuilding and Gina Aliotti won the figure Arnold.

Iris Kyle won the Olympia, Jennifer Hendershott won the Fitness Olympia and Jennifer Gates won the Figure Olympia. Tragedy struck both ‘Jennifers” the Fitness and Figure Olympia Champions in 2008 with Jennifer Gates losing her husband Derek Gates, and Jennifer Hendershott losing her stepbrother only days after her victory.

On a more positive note, Angela Mraz won her 4th WNBF World Title.

The Craig Titus and Kelly Ryan saga continued three years post the murder, with them both being pleading guilty and being sentenced to prison and Craig’s application for reduced time rejected. On a non-bodybuilding note, the United States made history with electing it’s first African-American president Barack Obama a day many never thought they would see.

Those things and many more happened in 2008, some good, and some bad. Off to bring in New Year now. Enjoy the parties everyone!

The above video is from the IFBB Palm Beach Fitness Pro held in October of last year, and shows IFBB fitness pro Holly Stewart in a bit of a mishap. Holly, as you see, recovered from her accident to place 13th.

And an offstage hottie shot of Kim:

image by Terry Goodlad from Kim’s website which has many more photos of her

Both competitors have a few things in common: both were active competitors on the IFBB pro fitness circuit a few years ago, both Italian and both known for their glutes. In order to prove why see the photos of Federica below, you can see more on her site.

image via emusclemag

Stacey Simons is a veteran IFBB fitness pro known for her signature flexibility backbend moves and has made numerous Arnold and Olympia appearances.

Always into athletics, she participated in dance, gymnastics, track, soccer, softball, cheerleading, field hockey, and one and three meter springboard diving prior to becoming a pro fitness competitor in 1997. She has a BA in Art/Graphic Design from Glassboro State, and resides in New Jersey.