Ms. Olympia

Ms. Olympia [1] Miss Olympia (initially named) [2]
The 2008 Ms. Olympia stage.
Status	Active [1]
Genre	IFBB Professional League professional female bodybuilding (2005 – 2014 & 2020 – present) International Federation of BodyBuilding and Fitness (IFBB) professional female bodybuilding (mean; 1980–2004) [1]
Frequency	Annually [1]
Venue	Orange County Convention Center - West Concourse 9800 International Dr, Orlando, Florida, United States of America 32819-8706 [3]
Coordinates	28°25′30″N81°28′10″W / 28.4249°N 81.4694°W / 28.4249; -81.4694 [3]
Years active	44 [4]
Inaugurated	August 30, 1980 (1980-08-30) [4]
Founder	George Snyder [4]
Most recent	2024 Ms. Olympia [1]
Previous event	2023 Ms. Olympia [1]
Next event	2025 Ms. Olympia [1]
Participants	15 Olympia Qualification System qualified IFBB Professional League professional female bodybuilders (mean; 2005 – 2014 & 2020 – present) 18 Olympia Qualification System qualified IFBB professional female bodybuilders (mean; 1980 – 2004) [5] [6] [7] [8]
Attendance	30,000 people (2013) [9]
Capacity	6,000 people (Orange County Convention Center - West Concourse Valencia Ballroom) [10]
Area	International [1]
Activity	Spectator sport [1]
Promoters	Dan Solomon (2020 Ms. Olympia  – present) [11] Robin Chang (2004 Ms. Olympia  – 2014 Ms. Olympia) [12] Wayne DeMilia (2000 Ms. Olympia  – 2003 Ms. Olympia) [12] Bob Bonham and Kenny Kassel (1999 Ms. Olympia) [13] Jarka Kastnerova (1998 Ms. Olympia) [14] George Snyder (1980 Ms. Olympia  – 1983 Ms. Olympia) [2]
Patron(s)	Bill Dobbins Bill Jentz Women's Physique World Jagware Sportswear Addict Activewear Kaiser Nutrition George Adant [15]
Organized by	IFBB Professional League (2005 – 2014 & 2020 – present) [1] International Federation of BodyBuilding and Fitness (1980 – 2004) [16]
People	Jake Wood [17] David Pecker [12] Joseph Weider [12] Benjamin Weider [12]
Member	Joe Weider's Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend (2000 – 2014 & 2020 – present) [1] Women's Extravaganza Weekend (1999) [15]
Sponsors	Trifecta Inc. [18] Wings of Strength, LLC [19] FitBurn [20] Northern Chill [21]
Website	mrolympia.com/ms-olympia

The IFBB Professional League Ms. Olympia (initially named the Miss Olympia) ^[2] is professional bodybuilding's most prestigious competition and the title of the winner of the competition in female bodybuilding. ^[22] It was first held in 1980. ^[23] It was held as part of the Joe Weider's Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend from 2000 to 2014 and since 2020. ^[1]

The male professional bodybuilding equivalent of the Ms. Olympia is the Mr. Olympia. The natural professional female bodybuilding equivalent to the Ms. Olympia is the INBA/PNBA Natural Olympia. ^[24]

History

1980–1989

In 1980 the first Ms. Olympia (initially known as the "Miss" Olympia) was held with Rachel McLish winning and becoming the first Ms. Olympia. Rachel was dethroned by Ritva Elomaa in 1981, but regained the title in 1982.

George Snyder lost the rights to the Ms. Olympia in 1982, and after this the contestants were no longer hand-picked, but instead qualified for the Ms. Olympia through placings in lesser contests. As female bodybuilding grew and progressed, the competitors' level of training gradually increased, with most of the competitors in the earliest shows having very little weight training experience, and the sport slowly evolving towards more muscular physiques. This trend started to emerge in 1983 when with McLish not competing in the big shows, Carla Dunlap won the 1983 Ms. Olympia. Dunlap possessed a much more muscular physique than previous Ms. Olympia winners McLish or Elomaa.

In 1984 Corinna Everson won the Ms. Olympia title in Montreal Canada, the first competition to be held outside the United States. Everson would go on to win six consecutive Ms. Olympia titles in a row before retiring in 1989 undefeated as a professional, the only woman ever to accomplish this.

1990–1999

Normally competitors must qualify for the Ms. Olympia by achieving certain placings in lesser pro contests. However, the cancellation of the Women's Pro World contest in 1990 left only the Ms. International as a Ms. Olympia qualifier. Consequently, the IFBB decided to open the 1990 Ms. Olympia to all women with pro cards, and a field of thirty competitors entered. This was also the first Ms. Olympia without the incumbent Ms. Olympia champion defending her title.

Lenda Murray earned a decisive victory by winning the first Ms. Olympia competition she attended in 1990 and emerging as the successor to Corinna Everson. The 1991 Ms. Olympia was the first to be televised live. Lenda Murray barely edged out Bev Francis, a former Australian powerlifter, by a single point that year. Lenda Murray faced a serious challenge from Denise Rutkowski in 1993, and some argue that Rutkowski, not Murray, should have won that year. Rutkowski shocked the Ms. Olympia contest entourage and fans by retiring in 1994, just as her career was gaining mainstream popularity and her potential for winning a Ms. Olympia title was high.

In the 1996 Ms. Olympia, six-time consecutive Ms. Olympia champion Lenda Murray was dethroned by Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls (then known as Kim Chizevsky). Chizevsky-Nicholls had previously placed 2nd in the 1995 Ms. Olympia, but her victory came as something of a surprise, since many had regarded Murray as virtually unbeatable. After being defeated by Chizevsky-Nicholls and placing second again in the 1997 Ms. Olympia, Murray retired from bodybuilding. Chizevsky-Nicholls went on to win the 1998 Ms. Olympia, held in Prague, Czech Republic, the second and most recent time the competition had been held outside the United States.

1992 Ms. Olympia changes

In response to the increased size displayed by Murray and Francis at the previous Ms. Olympia, the IFBB made an attempt to "feminize" the sport. The IFBB, led by Ben Weider, had created a series of "femininity" rules—one line in the judging rules said that competitors should not be "too big". The judges' guide to the competitors stated that they were looking for a feminine, but not emaciated, physique. Advertising in Muscle & Fitness for the 1992 Ms. Olympia featured Anja Schreiner of Germany prominently, relegating two-time defending champion Murray to a small "also competing" notice. Nevertheless, Murray apparently met the "femininity" requirements, and managed to retain her title; Schreiner finished 6th, and promptly retired from competition. After 1992, the judging rules were rewritten, with the new rules retaining provisions for aesthetics but allowing the contests to be judged as physique contests. Murray went on to win six consecutive Ms. Olympia titles from 1990 to 1995, matching Corinna Everson's record. Produced by: American Sports Network and Nationally Televised on ESPN. Directed by: Keith Hobelman

1999 Ms. Olympia controversy and retirement

In 1999 Ms. Olympia was originally scheduled to be held on October 9 in Santa Monica, California. However, one month before the scheduled date, the IFBB announced that the contest had been canceled. The main cause was the withdrawal of promoter Jarka Kastnerova (who promoted the 1998 contest in Prague) for financial reasons, including a low number of advance ticket sales for the 1999 event. The backlash following the announcement led to a flurry of activity, with the contest being rescheduled as part of the Women's Extravaganza (promoted by Kenny Kassel and Bob Bonham) in Secaucus, New Jersey on 2 October. Last minute sponsorship came from several sources, most significantly in the form of $50,000 from Flex magazine. Amid all the turmoil, Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls won her fourth consecutive Ms. Olympia title. Also notable about the 1999 Ms. Olympia was that this was the first Ms. Olympia Iris Kyle competed in. However, after the 1999 Ms. Olympia, Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls retired from bodybuilding and began competing in fitness and figure competitions in 2001.

2000 – 2005

The 2001 Ms. Olympia featured a "surprise" win from Juliette Bergmann who returned to competition after not competing since 1989. Entering the Olympia as a lightweight, she defeated heavyweight winner Iris Kyle for the overall title. In the five years that the Ms. Olympia was contested in multiple weight classes, this was the only time that the lightweight winner took the overall title.

After five-year absence, six-time Olympia winner Lenda Murray returned to the 2002 Ms. Olympia, with Bergmann won lightweight and Murray winning heavyweight and overall. Murray went on to win both the heavyweight and overall in the 2002 and 2003 Ms. Olympia. Murray was for the second time in her career was dethroned of her Ms. Olympia title by Iris Kyle in 2004, who won the heavyweight and overall. After her 2004 Ms. Olympia defeat, Murray, retired from bodybuilding.

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 were 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.

2005 Ms. Olympia changes

On 6 December 2004 IFBB Professional Division Vice Chairman Jim Manion issued a memo introducing the so-called '20 percent rule' to all IFBB professional female athletes. It read, “For aesthetics and health reasons, the IFBB Professional Division requests that female athletes in Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure decrease the amount of muscularity by a factor of 20%. This request for a 20% decrease in the amount of muscularity applies to those female athletes whose physiques require the decrease regardless of whether they compete in Bodybuilding, Fitness or Figure. All professional judges have been advised of the proper criteria for assessing female physiques.” Needless to say the directive created quite a stir, and left many women wondering if they were one of “those female athletes whose physiques require the decrease”. ^[25] On 26 April 2005, IFBB Professional Committee adopted, by a vote of 9 for, 1 against and 3 no votes, Resolution 2005-001, which removed weight classes to allow for one category only of competition in women's professional bodybuilding and that it would take effect at the 2005 Ms. Olympia. ^[26]

According to Bill Dobbins, reports he heard that the moving the Ms. Olympia from Friday night to Saturday in the Las Vegas Convention Center for free and as part of the Expo was an attempt to improve pay-per-view sales and removing weight divisions was based on the perception that the men and women bodybuilders should operate according to the same rules. He also stated that both decisions were led by A360 Media, LLC and Benjamin and Joseph Weider. ^[27]

At the 2005 Ms. Olympia Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia dethroned Iris Kyle. According to Iris, she normally competes at 160–162 lb (73–73 kg), but being the reigning Ms. Olympia she wanted to lead by example. At the 2005 Ms. Olympia, she stated she competed at 155 lb (70 kg), while Yaxeni competed at 173 lb (78 kg) according to Steve Wennerstrom. Iris commented that it looked like Yaxeni had done the opposite of IFBB ADVISORY NOTICE 2004-006 and won because of it. ^{[27] [28]}

According to Bill Dobbins, he commented that Iris might have been slightly off from 2004 and looked a little too depleted or dehydrated compared to how she looked in previous Ms. Olympias, while Yaxeni looked the best he had ever seen of her, but that the differences was very small. He also commented in the report that prior to the 2005 Ms. Olympia there was speculation about how the judging would be conducted, which centered on the idea that the IFBB didn't Iris Kyle not win another Ms. Olympia title. He also stated that the decision wasn't primarily political and the Olympia audience wasn't outraged by the decision. ^[27]

2006–2014

At the 2006 Ms. Olympia, Iris Kyle, coming off beating the defending Ms. International champion Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia, reclaimed the Ms. Olympia title from defending Ms. Olympia champion Yaxeni, who showed a dramatic drop in form and slipped to 7th place. Yaxeni, who continue to compete at the Ms. Olympia competitions from 2007 to 2014 and 2020, would never again regain the Ms. Olympia title, but would remain in the top six of every Ms. Olympia from 2007 to 2014. ^{[1] [29]}

Dayana Cadeau posing against Iris Kyle at the 2007 Olympia Press Conference on 27 September 2007.

Iris Kyle doing an abdominals and thighs pose on September 26, 2008 during the 2008 Ms. Olympia finals.

From 2007 to 2014 Iris went on to win the next 8 overall Ms. Olympia titles and winning 9 consecutive overall Ms. Olympia titles in a row. At the 2012 Ms. Olympia, she won her 8th overall Ms. Olympia title, tying with Lenda Murray's record of 8 overall and 2 heavyweight Ms. Olympia titles. At the 2013 Ms. Olympia, Iris won her 9th overall Ms. Olympia title, beating Lenda Murray's record, which meant she won more Olympia titles than any other professional bodybuilder, female or male. According to John Plummer, editor of the Flex United Kingdom edition, commented that she looked "flat" in the pre-judging, while Alina Popa displayed "great, full muscle bellies". But he noted the audience gasped when Iris did her first back double biceps pose during the finals, revealing "trademark ripped glutes and unbeatable shape". At that point, he thought her victory was ensured. He noted some of the audience booed when Alina's second place was announced. ^{[1] [30]}

At the 2014 Ms. Olympia Iris solidified her record by winning her 10th overall Ms. Olympia title. This was her 9th consecutive overall Ms. Olympia titles in a row, beating both Lee Haney's and Ronnie Coleman's record of 8 consecutive overall Olympia titles in a row, which meant she won more consecutive overall Olympia titles in a row than any other professional bodybuilder, female or male. According to John, he commented that Alina receiving 2nd place resulted in boos from the audience and that many felt she, who described was "well-conditioned" and had appeared to "out-muscle" Iris, especially from the rear poses, should have got the Ms. Olympia title. But after a moment of boos, the audience showed affection for Iris. She announced her retirement right after winning the title at the 2014 Ms. Olympia. In 2014, International Federation of BodyBuilding and Fitness announced that Ms. Olympia had been cancelled for 2015, with no explicit reason stated. ^{[1] [31] [32] [33]}

2019

After 5 years of being discontinued, on 14 September 2019, emcee Bob Chicherillo announced at the Joe Weider's Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend 2019 that the Ms. Olympia would return to the Joe Weider's Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend 2020. ^[34]

2020 – present

On 14 February 2020 A360 Media, LLC sold Joe Weider's Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend to Jake Wood. ^[17] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Joe Weider's Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend was postponed to December 2020 and moved to the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida due to the limits the attendees in Nevada. In Nevada, due to covid restrictions, just 250 people could be in attendance, while in Florida, 2,500 people could be in attendance. ^{[35] [36]} Later in 2020, Andrea Shaw, a dark horse competitor coming off her previous 2020 wins at the Omaha Pro and Rising Phoenix World Championships, defeated Helle Trevino and Margaret Martin, both of whom were former Ms Rising Phoenix title holders and obtained the Ms. Olympia title. She would repeat her double wins at the Rising Phoenix World Championships and Ms. Olympia in 2021, 2022 and 2023. In 2021, the Joe Weider's Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend remained in Orlando. In 2022, the Joe Weider's Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend moved back to Las Vegas. In 2023, the Joe Weider's Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend moved back to Orlando. ^{[1] [3]}

Champions

Chronologically

Year	Ms. Olympia champions		Posedown music	Prize purse	Venue
1980 Ms. Olympia	Rachel McLish			$10,000 + Trophies (1st, 2nd, 3rd place) [37]	Sheraton Hotel Ballroom, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PA), United States of America (USA)
1981 Ms. Olympia	Ritva Elomaa			$25,000 + Trophies (1st, 2nd, 3rd place) [38]
1982 Ms. Olympia	Rachel McLish				Sheraton Hotel Ballroom, Atlantic City, New Jersey (NJ), USA
1983 Ms. Olympia	Carla Dunlap				Warminster Civic Center, Warminster, PA, USA
1984 Ms. Olympia	Corinna Everson		Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) by Billy Ocean and Keith Diamond	$50,000 + Trophies (1st, 2nd, 3rd place)	Place des Arts, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1985 Ms. Olympia			Take On Me by A-ha		Felt Forum, New York City (NYC), New York (NY), USA
1986 Ms. Olympia			Tuff Enuff by The Fabulous Thunderbirds
1987 Ms. Olympia			The Final Countdown by Europe		Beacon Theatre, NYC, NY, USA
1988 Ms. Olympia			Wild Side by Mötley Crüe	$60,000 + Trophies (1st, 2nd, 3rd place)	Felt Forum, NYC, NY, USA
1989 Ms. Olympia			Rhythm Nation by Janet Jackson	$71,000 + Trophies (1st, 2nd, 3rd place)
1990 Ms. Olympia	Lenda Murray			$85,000 + Trophies (1st, 2nd, 3rd place)
1991 Ms. Olympia				$93,500 + Trophies (1st, 2nd, 3rd place)	Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall, Los Angeles, California, USA
1992 Ms. Olympia			The Best Things in Life Are Free (Mo' Money/Soundtrack Version) by Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross, Ralph Tresvant and Bell Biv DeVoe	$108,500 + Trophies (1st, 2nd, 3rd place)	Arie Crown Theater, Chicago (CHI), Illinois (IL), USA
1993 Ms. Olympia			Dirty House Mix 1# by DVDL	$95,000 + Trophies (1st, 2nd, 3rd place)	Beacon Theatre, NYC, NY, USA
1994 Ms. Olympia			Unbelievable by EMF	$90,000 + Trophies (1st, 2nd, 3rd place)	Cobb Civic Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
1995 Ms. Olympia			Twilight Zone by 2 Unlimited	$115,000 + Trophies (1st, 2nd, 3rd place) [37]
1996 Ms. Olympia	Kim Chizevsky		Unbelievable by EMF	$104,500 + Trophies (1st, 2nd, 3rd place)	Arie Crown Theater, CHI, IL, USA
1997 Ms. Olympia			All I Really Want by Alanis Morissette and Glen Ballard	$101,000 + Trophies (1st, 2nd, 3rd place) [39]	Manhattan Center, NYC, NY, USA
1998 Ms. Olympia			Too Funky by George Michael	$50,000 + Trophies (1st, 2nd, 3rd place) [38] [40]	Industrial Palace, Prague, Czech Republic
1999 Ms. Olympia			War by Vince DiCola		Meadowlands Convention Center, Secaucus, New Jersey (NJ), USA
2000 Ms. Olympia	Valentina Chepiga (heavyweight (HW))	Andrulla Blanchette (lightweight (LW))	Music by Madonna (lightweight posedown) Hokey Pokey by The Puppies (heavyweight posedown)	$50,000 + Trophies (1st (HW & LW), 2nd (HW & LW), 3rd place (HW & LW))	Mandalay Bay Arena, Paradise (PAR), Nevada (NV), USA
2001 Ms. Olympia	Juliette Bergmann (Overall (OA) & LW)	Iris Kyle (HW)	Tom Sawyer by Rush (top six posedown) It's My Life by Bon Jovi (OA posedown)
2002 Ms. Olympia	Lenda Murray (OA & HW)	Juliette Bergmann (LW)	Keep Away by Godsmack (top six posedown)	$71,000 + Trophies (OA, 1st (HW & LW), 2nd (HW & LW), 3rd place (HW & LW))
2003 Ms. Olympia			Hot in Herre by Nelly (top six posedown) Feel It Boy by Beenie Man and Janet Jackson (OA posedown)	$50,000 + Trophies (OA, 1st (HW & LW), 2nd (HW & LW), 3rd place (HW & LW))
2004 Ms. Olympia	Iris Kyle (OA & HW)	Dayana Cadeau (LW)	Don't Stop The Rock by The Chemical Brothers (lightweight posedown) Move Somethin' by LL Cool J / Word Up! by Korn / Frantic by Metallica (heavyweight posedown) Rollover DJ by Jet (OA posedown)
2005 Ms. Olympia	Yaxeni Oriquen		Stupify by Disturbed	$71,000 + Trophies (1st, 2nd, 3rd place) [41]	Las Vegas Convention Center, Winchester (WIN), NV, USA The Orleans, PAR, NV, USA
2006 Ms. Olympia	Iris Kyle		Panama by Van Halen
2007 Ms. Olympia			Hush by Kula Shaker
2008 Ms. Olympia			Can't Get Through by Miguel Migs
2009 Ms. Olympia			Fire Burning by Sean Kingston	$61,000 + Trophies (1st, 2nd, 3rd place) [42]
2010 Ms. Olympia			Bring Em Out by T.I.	$60,000 + Trophies (1st, 2nd, 3rd place) [43] [44] [45]
2011 Ms. Olympia			S&M by Rihanna and Britney Spears
2012 Ms. Olympia			Gasolina by Daddy Yankee, Lil Jon, Pitbull and N.O.R.E.
2013 Ms. Olympia			C'mon by Tiësto and Diplo
2014 Ms. Olympia			Stronger by Kanye West	$50,000 + Trophies (1st, 2nd, 3rd place) [46]
2020 Ms. Olympia	Andrea Shaw		Everybody (Backstreet's Back) by Backstreet Boys	$95,000 + Trophies (1st, 2nd, 3rd place) [47]	Orange County Convention Center, Orlando (ORL), Florida (FL), USA
2021 Ms. Olympia			Tootsie Roll by Old School Players	$89,000 + Trophies (1st, 2nd, 3rd place) [48]
2022 Ms. Olympia			Unstoppable by E.S. Posthumus U Can't Touch This by MC Hammer Flex by The Party Boyz	$95,000 + Trophies (1st, 2nd, 3rd place) [49] [50]	The Venetian Expo & Convention Center and the Zappos Theater, Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, PAR, NV, USA
2023 Ms. Olympia			Burn by 2WEI & Edda Hayes Walk It Out by Unk		Orange County Convention Center, ORL, FL, USA
2024 Ms. Olympia			TBD	$95,000 + Trophies (1st, 2nd, 3rd place) [51]	Las Vegas Convention Center (prejudging) & Resorts World Theatre (finals), PAR, NV, USA

Number of wins

Ranking	Champions	Years	Number of wins
			Overall	Heavy­weight	Light­weight
1st	Iris Kyle	2001, 2004 & 2006  – 2014	10	2	0
2nd	Lenda Murray	1990  – 1995 & 2002  – 2003	8
3rd	Corinna Everson	1984  – 1989	6	0
4th	Andrea Shaw	2020  – 2024	5
5th	Kim Chizevsky	1996  – 1999	4
6th	Rachel McLish	1980 & 1982	2
7th	Juliette Bergmann	2001  – 2003	1		3
8th	Ritva Elomaa	1981			0
	Carla Dunlap	1983
	Yaxeni Oriquen	2005
9th	Valentina Chepiga	2000	0	1
	Andrulla Blanchette	2000		0	1
	Dayana Cadeau	2004

Number of consecutive wins

Rank	Champions	Years	Number of consecutive wins
			Overall	Heavy­weight	Light­weight
1st	Iris Kyle	2006  – 2014	9	0	0
2nd	Corinna Everson	1984  – 1989	6
	Lenda Murray	1990  – 1995
3rd	Andrea Shaw	2020  – 2024	5
4th	Kim Chizevsky	1996  – 1999	4
5th	Lenda Murray	2002  – 2003	2	2
6th	Juliette Bergmann	2001  – 2003	0		3

Top three

Year	Ms. Olympia champions	Runner−up	3rd place
1980	Rachel McLish	Auby Paulick	Lynn Conkwright
1981	Ritva Elomaa	Rachel McLish
1982	Rachel McLish	Carla Dunlap	Ritva Elomaa
1983	Carla Dunlap	Candy Csencsits	Inger Zetterqvist
1984	Corinna Everson	Rachel McLish	Mary Roberts
1985		Mary Roberts	Diana Dennis
1986		Clare Furr	Ellen van Maris
1987		Ellen van Maris	Beverley Francis
1988		Anja Langer
1989		Sandy Riddell
1990	Lenda Murray	Beverley Francis	Anja Langer
1991			Laura Creavalle
1992		Laura Creavalle	Shelley Beattie
1993		Denise Rutkowski	Laura Creavalle
1994		Laura Creavalle	Debbie Muggli
1995		Kim Chizevsky	Natalia Murnikoviene
1996	Kim Chizevsky	Lenda Murray
1997			Yolanda Hughes
1998		Yolanda Hughes	Ondrea Gates
1999		Ondrea Gates	Laura Creavalle
2000	Valentina Chepiga (Heavyweight (HW)) Andrulla Blanchette (Lightweight (LW))	Ondrea Gates (HW) Brenda Raganot (LW)	Lesa Lewis (HW) Renee Casella (LW)
2001	Juliette Bergmann (Overall (OA) & LW) Iris Kyle (HW)	Andrulla Blanchette (LW) Ondrea Gates (HW)	Dayana Cadeau (LW) Yaxeni Oriquen (HW)
2002	Lenda Murray (OA & HW) Juliette Bergmann (LW)	Iris Kyle (HW) Valentina Chepiga (LW)	Ondrea Gates (HW) Fannie Barrios (LW)
2003		Iris Kyle (HW) Dayana Cadeau (LW)	Yaxeni Oriquen (HW) Denise Masino (LW)
2004	Iris Kyle (OA & HW) Dayana Cadeau (LW)	Lenda Murray (HW) Denise Masino (LW)	Yaxeni Oriquen (HW) Marja Lehtonen (LW)
2005	Yaxeni Oriquen	Iris Kyle	Dayana Cadeau
2006	Iris Kyle	Dayana Cadeau	Annie Rivieccio
2007			Yaxeni Oriquen
2008		Betty Viana-Adkins
2009		Heather Armbrust	Debi Laszewski
2010		Yaxeni Oriquen
2011			Brigita Brezovac
2012		Debi Laszewski	Yaxeni Oriquen
2013		Alina Popa	Debi Laszewski
2014		Alina Popa
2020	Andrea Shaw	Margaret Martin	Helle Trevino
2021		Helle Trevino	Margaret Martin
2022		Angela Yeo	Helle Trevino
2023			Alcione Barreto
2024			Ashley Lynette Jones

Medals by nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States  (USA)	40	33	26	99
2	Netherlands  (NED)	4	1	1	6
3	Venezuela  (VEN)	1	3	7	11
4	Canada  (CAN)	1	3	2	6
5	Great Britain  (GBR)	1	1	0	2
	Ukraine  (UKR)	1	1	0	2
7	Finland  (FIN)	1	0	2	3
8	Australia  (AUS)	0	2	3	5
9	Germany  (DEU)	0	1	1	2
10	Romania  (ROU)	0	1	0	1
	Switzerland  (CHE)	0	1	0	1
12	Lithuania  (LTU)	0	0	2	2
13	Brazil  (BRA)	0	0	1	1
	Slovenia  (SVN)	0	0	1	1
	Sweden  (SWE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		49	47	47	143

Other records

• Closest Ms. Olympia scores - 1991 Ms. Olympia (overall) with a margin of 1 / 2001 Ms. Olympia (heavyweight) with a margin of 0 / 2003 Ms. Olympia (lightweight) with a margin of 4
• Heaviest Ms. Olympia - Andrea Shaw (175 lb (79 kg))
• Lightest Ms. Olympia - Ritva Elomaa (117 lb (53 kg))
• Ms. Olympia with highest number of perfect win scores - Iris Kyle with 7
• Ms. Olympia with largest biceps - Andrea Shaw (18 in (46 cm))
• Oldest Ms. Olympia overall (OA) - Juliette Bergmann (44 years old; 2003 Ms. Olympia)
  • Oldest Ms. Olympia lightweight (LW) - Juliette Bergmann (44 years old; 2003 Ms. Olympia)
  • Oldest Ms. Olympia heavyweight (HW) - Lenda Murray (41 years old; 2003 Ms. Olympia)
• Smallest Ms. Olympia - Carla Dunlap / Andrulla Blanchette / Juliette Bergmann (5 ft 3 in (1.60 m))
• Tallest Ms. Olympia - Corinna Everson (5 ft 9 in (1.75 m))
• Youngest Ms. Olympia OA - Rachel McLish (25 years old; 1980 Ms. Olympia)
  • Youngest Ms. Olympia HW - Iris Kyle (27 years old; 2001 Ms. Olympia)
  • Youngest Ms. Olympia LW - Andrulla Blanchette (34 years old; 2000 Ms. Olympia)

Fitness Olympia ^[52]

Winners

#	Year	Winner	Venue
1	1995	Mia Finnegan	Atlanta, United States
2	1996	Saryn Muldrow	Chicago, United States
3	1997	Carol Semple-Marzetta	New York, United States
4	1998	Monica Brant	Nice, France
5	1999	Mary Yockey	Las Vegas, United States
6	2000	Susan Curry	Las Vegas, United States
7	2001		Las Vegas, United States
8	2002		Las Vegas, United States
9	2003		Las Vegas, United States
10	2004	Adela Garcia - Friedmansky	Las Vegas, United States
11	2005	Jen Hendershott	Las Vegas, United States
12	2006	Adela Garcia	Las Vegas, United States
13	2007		Las Vegas, United States
14	2008	Jen Hendershott	Las Vegas, United States
15	2009	Adela Garcia	Las Vegas, United States
16	2010		Las Vegas, United States
17	2011		Las Vegas, United States
18	2012		Las Vegas, United States
19	2013		Las Vegas, United States
20	2014	Oksana Grishina	Las Vegas, United States
21	2015		Las Vegas, United States
22	2016		Las Vegas, United States
23	2017		Las Vegas, United States
24	2018	Whitney Jones	Las Vegas, United States
25	2019		Las Vegas, United States
26	2020	Missy Truscott	Orlando, United States
27	2021	Whitney Jones	Orlando, United States
28	2022	Missy Truscott	Las Vegas, United States
29	2023	Oksana Grishina	Orlando, United States
30	2024	Missy Truscott	Las Vegas, United States

Top 3

Year	Winner	Second Place	Third Place	Venue
1995	Mia Finnegan	Carol Semple-Marzetta	Saryn Muldrow	Atlanta, United States
1996	Saryn Muldrow	Mia Finnegan	Karen Hulse	Chicago, United States
1997	Carol Semple-Marzetta	Saryn Muldrow	Lena Johannesen	New York, United States
1998	Monica Brant	Susan Curry	Mary Yockey	Nice, France
1999	Mary Yockey	Kelly Ryan	Susan Curry	Las Vegas, United States
2000	Susan Curry		Jennifer Worth	Las Vegas, United States
2001		Jennifer Worth	Kelly Ryan	Las Vegas, United States
2002		Kelly Ryan	Jennifer Worth	Las Vegas, United States
2003			Friedmansky	Las Vegas, United States
2004	Adela Garcia - Friedmansky	Jen Hendershott	Kelly Ryan	Las Vegas, United States
2005	Jen Hendershott	Kim Klein	Adela Garcia	Las Vegas, United States
2006	Adela Garcia		Jen Hendershott	Las Vegas, United States
2007				Las Vegas, United States
2008	Jen Hendershott	Tracey Greenwood	Kim Scheidelerd	Las Vegas, United States
2009	Adela Garcia	Tanji Johnson	Tracey Greenwood	Las Vegas, United States
2010			Trish Warren	Las Vegas, United States
2011			Myriam Capes	Las Vegas, United States
2012		Oksana Grishina	Tina Durkin	Las Vegas, United States
2013			Tanji Johnson	Las Vegas, United States
2014	Oksana Grishina	Regiane Da Silva		Las Vegas, United States
2015		Tanji Johnson	Myriam Capes	Las Vegas, United States
2016			Regiane Da Silva	Las Vegas, United States
2017		Myriam Capes		Las Vegas, United States
2018	Whitney Jones	Ryall Graber	Myriam Capes	Las Vegas, United States
2019		Missy Farrell Truscott	Ryall Graber	Las Vegas, United States
2020	Missy Truscott	Oksana Grishina	Whitney Jones	Orlando, United States
2021	Whitney Jones	Missy Truscott	Oksana Grishina	Orlando, United States
2022	Missy Truscott	Jaclyn Baker	Ariel Khadr	Las Vegas, United States
2023	Oksana Grishina	Taylor Learmont	Jaclyn Baker	Orlando, United States
2024	Missy Truscott	Jaclyn Baker	Taylor Learmont	Las Vegas, United States

Figure Olympia

2024 Figure Olympia medalists (l to r): fourth place Natalie Soltero, second place Jessica Reyes Padilla, first place Cydney Gillon, third place Lola Montez, fifth place Rhea Gayle

Winners

#	Year	Winner	Venue
1	2003	Davana Medina	Las Vegas, United States
2	2004		Las Vegas, United States
3	2005		Las Vegas, United States
4	2006	Jenny Lynn	Las Vegas, United States
5	2007		Las Vegas, United States
6	2008	Jennifer Gates	Las Vegas, United States
7	2009	Nicole Wilkins - Lee	Las Vegas, United States
8	2010	Erin Stern	Las Vegas, United States
9	2011	Nicole Wilkins	Las Vegas, United States
10	2012	Erin Stern	Las Vegas, United States
11	2013	Nicole Wilkins	Las Vegas, United States
12	2014		Las Vegas, United States
13	2015	Latorya Watts	Las Vegas, United States
14	2016		Las Vegas, United States
15	2017	Cydney Gillon	Las Vegas, United States
16	2018		Las Vegas, United States
17	2019		Las Vegas, United States
18	2020		Orlando, United States
19	2021		Orlando, United States
20	2022		Las Vegas, United States
21	2023		Orlando, United States
22	2024		Las Vegas, United States

Top 3

Year	Winner	Second Place	Third Place	Venue
2003	Davana Medina	Monica Brant	Jenny Lynn	Las Vegas, United States
2004		Jenny Lynn	Monica Brant	Las Vegas, United States
2005			Monica Brant - Peckham	Las Vegas, United States
2006	Jenny Lynn	Amber Littlejohn		Las Vegas, United States
2007		Gina Aliotti	Sonia Adcock	Las Vegas, United States
2008	Jennifer Gates		Zivile Raudoniene	Las Vegas, United States
2009	Nicole Wilkins - Lee		Heather Mae	Las Vegas, United States
2010	Erin Stern	Nicole Wilkins		Las Vegas, United States
2011	Nicole Wilkins	Erin Stern	Ava Cowan	Las Vegas, United States
2012	Erin Stern	Nicole Wilkins	Candice Keene	Las Vegas, United States
2013	Nicole Wilkins	Erin Stern		Las Vegas, United States
2014		Candice Keene	Candice Lewis	Las Vegas, United States
2015	Latorya Watts	Nicole Wilkins		Las Vegas, United States
2016		Candice Lewis	Cydney Gillon	Las Vegas, United States
2017	Cydney Gillon	Latorya Watts	Candice Lewis - Carter	Las Vegas, United States
2018		Candice Lewis - Carter	Nadia Wyatt	Las Vegas, United States
2019		Latorya Watts		Las Vegas, United States
2020		Natalia Soltero		Orlando, United States
2021			Stephanie Gibson	Orlando, United States
2022		Jessica Reyes Padilla	Lola Montez	Las Vegas, United States
2023				Orlando, United States
2024				Las Vegas, United States

Bikini Olympia

Bikini Olympia 2024 medalists (l to r): fourth place Aimee Leann Delgado, second place Ashley Kaltwasser, winner Lauralie Chapdos, third place Jasmine Gonzalez, fifth place Vania Auguste

Winners

#	Year	Winner	Venue
1	2010	Sonia Gonzales	Las Vegas, United States
2	2011	Nicole Nagrani	Las Vegas, United States
3	2012	Nathalia Melo	Las Vegas, United States
4	2013	Ashley Kaltwasser	Las Vegas, United States
5	2014		Las Vegas, United States
6	2015		Las Vegas, United States
7	2016	Courtney King	Las Vegas, United States
8	2017	Angelica Teixeira	Las Vegas, United States
9	2018		Las Vegas, United States
10	2019	Elisa Pecini	Las Vegas, United States
11	2020	Janet Layug	Orlando, United States
12	2021	Jennifer Dorie	Orlando, United States
13	2022	Maureen Blanquisco	Las Vegas, United States
14	2023	Jennifer Dorie	Orlando, United States
15	2024	Lauralie Chapados	Las Vegas, United States

Top 3

Year	Winner	Second Place	Third Place	Venue
2010	Sonia Gonzales	Nathalia Melo	Nicole Nagrani	Las Vegas, United States
2011	Nicole Nagrani		Dianna Dahlgren	Las Vegas, United States
2012	Nathalia Melo	Nicole Nagrani	India Paulino	Las Vegas, United States
2013	Ashley Kaltwasser	Yeshaira Robles	Stacey Alexander	Las Vegas, United States
2014		Janet Layug		Las Vegas, United States
2015			Courtney King	Las Vegas, United States
2016	Courtney King	Angelica Teixeira	India Paulino	Las Vegas, United States
2017	Angelica Teixeira	Jennifer Ronzitti	Romina Basualdo	Las Vegas, United States
2018		Lauralie Chapados	Janet Layug	Las Vegas, United States
2019	Elisa Pecini	Janet Layug	Angelica Teixeira	Las Vegas, United States
2020	Janet Layug	Jennifer Dorie	Etila Santiago Santos	Orlando, United States
2021	Jennifer Dorie	Lauralie Chapados	Ashley Kaltwasser	Orlando, United States
2022	Maureen Blanquisco	Jennifer Dorie		Las Vegas, United States
2023	Jennifer Dorie	Maureen Blanquisco		Orlando, United States
2024	Lauralie Chapados	Ashley Kaltwasser	Jasmine Gonzalez	Las Vegas, United States

Women's Physique Olympia

Winners

#	Year	Winner	Venue
1	2013	Dana Linn Bailey	Las Vegas, United States
2	2014	Juliana Malacarne	Las Vegas, United States
3	2015		Las Vegas, United States
4	2016		Las Vegas, United States
5	2017		Las Vegas, United States
6	2018	Shanique Grant	Las Vegas, United States
7	2019		Las Vegas, United States
8	2020	Sarah Villegas	Orlando, United States
9	2021		Orlando, United States
10	2022	Natalia Abraham Coelho	Las Vegas, United States
11	2023	Sarah Villegas	Orlando, United States
12	2024		Las Vegas, United States

Top 3

Year	Winner	Second Place	Third Place	Venue
2013	Dana Linn Bailey	Tycie Coppett	Sara Hurrle	Las Vegas, United States
2014	Juliana Malacarne	Dana Linn Bailey	Tycie Coppett	Las Vegas, United States
2015		Kira Neuman		Las Vegas, United States
2016		Danielle Reardon	Heather Grace	Las Vegas, United States
2017		Jennifer Taylor		Las Vegas, United States
2018	Shanique Grant	Natalia Abraham Coelho	Jennifer Taylor	Las Vegas, United States
2019		Sarah Villegas	Natalia Abraham Coelho	Las Vegas, United States
2020	Sarah Villegas	Shanique Grant		Orlando, United States
2021		Natalia Abraham Coelho	Brooke Walker	Orlando, United States
2022	Natalia Abraham Coelho	Sarah Villegas		Las Vegas, United States
2023	Sarah Villegas	Natalia Abraham Coelho	Zama Benta	Orlando, United States
2024			Sheronica Henton	Las Vegas, United States

Wellness Olympia

Winners

#	Year	Winner	Venue
1	2021	Francielle Mattos	Orlando, United States
2	2022		Las Vegas, United States
3	2023		Orlando, United States
4	2024	Isabelle Nunes	Las Vegas, United States

Top 3

Year	Winner	Second Place	Third Place	Venue
2021	Francielle Mattos	Angela Borges	Isabelle Nunes	Orlando, United States
2022		Isabelle Nunes	Angela Borges	Las Vegas, United States
2023			Elisa Alcantara	Orlando, United States
2024	Isabelle Nunes	Francielle Mattos	Eduarda Bezerra	Las Vegas, United States

See also

• Rising Phoenix World Championships (the equivalent contest to the Ms. Olympia from 2015 – 2019)
• Mr. Olympia (the male equivalent)

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External links

• Ms. Olympia Main Website
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