Ms. Olympia is the title given to the winner of the women’s bodybuilding portion of Joe Weider’s Olympia Weekend – an international bodybuilding competition that is held annually by the International Federation of BodyBuilders (IFBB). It was first held in 1980, and since 2000 it has been held at the same time as the Mr. Olympia contest as part of the “Olympia Weekend”. The 2000 contest also saw the introduction of weight classes. No overall winner was named in 2000, but starting in 2001, a posedown between the two class winners decided the overall title. In 2005, the contest returned to the one open class format. The top all time winners are Lenda Murray (eight), Cory Everson (six), Iris Kyle (five), and Kim Chizevsky (four).
Past Winners
1980 Rachel McLish
1981 Kike Elomaa
1982 Rachel McLish
1983 Carla Dunlap
1984 Cory Everson
1985 Cory Everson
1986 Cory Everson
1987 Cory Everson
1988 Cory Everson
1989 Cory Everson
1990 Lenda Murray
1991 Lenda Murray
1992 Lenda Murray
1993 Lenda Murray
1994 Lenda Murray
1995 Lenda Murray
1996 Kim Chizevsky
1997 Kim Chizevsky
1998 Kim Chizevsky
1999 Kim Chizevsky
2000 (no overall winner) Lightweight:Andrulla Blanchette Heavyweight:Valentina Chepiga
2001 Juliette Bergmann
2002 Lenda Murray
2003 Lenda Murray
2004 Iris Kyle
2005 Yaxeni Oriquen
2006 Iris Kyle
2007 Iris Kyle
2008 Iris Kyle
2009 Iris Kyle
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