2000 Ms. Olympia

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2000 Ms. Olympia
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Promotion IFBB
DateOctober 21, 2000
Venue Mandalay Bay Arena
City Flag of the United States.svg Las Vegas, Nevada
Event chronology
1999 Ms. Olympia 2000 Ms. Olympia 2001 Ms. Olympia

The 2000 Ms. Olympia contest is an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition and part of Joe Weider's Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend 2000 that was held on October 21, 2000, at the Mandalay Bay Arena in Paradise, Nevada. It was the 21st Ms. Olympia competition held. Other events at the exhibition include the Mr. Olympia and Fitness Olympia contests.

Contents

Prize money

Total: $40,000

Weight-in

Heavyweights over 135 pounds:

Lightweights up to 135 pounds:

Pre-judging

Round 1

Lightweight call outs

  • 1st - Andrulla Blanchette, Brenda Raganot, and Renee Casella
  • 2nd - Jennifer McVicar and Cathy LeFrançois Priest

Heavyweight call outs

  • 1st - Lesa Lewis, Vickie Gates, and Valentina Chepiga
  • 2nd - Iris Kyle, Th-resa Bostick, Denise Hoshor, and Yaxeni Oriquen

Round 2

Lightweight call outs

  • 1st - Renee Casella, Andrulla Blanchette, and Brenda Raganot
  • 2nd - Cathy LeFrançois Priest and Jennifer McVicar

Heavyweight call outs

  • 1st - Lesa Lewis, Vickie Gates, and Valentina Chepiga
  • 2nd - Iris Kyle, Denise Hoshor, Th-resa Bostick, and Yaxeni Oriquen

Results

Scorecard

PlaceNameCountry1234Total
-- Heavyweights over 135 lbs --
1 Valentina Chepiga Flag of Ukraine.svg 655521
2 Vickie Gates Flag of the United States.svg 910101039
3 Lesa Lewis Flag of the United States.svg 1515151560
4 Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia Flag of Venezuela.svg 21212466
5 Iris Kyle Flag of the United States.svg 25242271
6 Denise Hoshor Flag of the United States.svg 29303089
7 Th-resa Bostick Flag of the United States.svg 353535105
-- Lightweights up to 135 lbs --
1 Andrulla Blanchette Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1059933
2 Brenda Raganot Flag of the United States.svg 513121242
3 Renee Casella Flag of the United States.svg 1512121251
4 Cathy LeFrançois Priest Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 20202060
5 Jennifer McVicar Flag of the United States.svg 24252574

Attended

Notable events

2000 Ms. Olympia changes

The IFBB introduced several changes to Ms. Olympia in 2000. The first change was that Ms. Olympia contest would no longer be held as a separate contest, instead became part of the "Olympia Weekend" in Las Vegas and held the day before the men's show. The second change was when heavyweight and lightweight classes where added. The third change was the new judging guidelines for presentations were introduced. A letter to the competitors from Jim Manion (chairman of the Professional Judges Committee) stated that women would be judged on healthy appearance, face, makeup, and skin tone. The criteria given in Manion's letter included the statement "symmetry, presentation, separations, and muscularity BUT NOT TO THE EXTREME!" The 2000 Ms. Olympia is the only Ms. Olympia with no overall winner, with Andrulla Blanchette winning lightweight class and Valentina Chepiga winning heavyweight class.

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