Rising Phoenix World Championships

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Rising Phoenix World Championships
StatusActive [1]
Genre IFBB Professional League professional female bodybuilding [1]
FrequencyAnnually [2]
VenueGila River Resorts & Casinos – Wild Horse Pass, Chandler, Arizona, United States of America [2]
Coordinates 33°16′52″N111°58′23″W / 33.281176°N 111.973°W / 33.281176; -111.973 [2]
Years active9 [3]
Inaugurated22 August 2015 [3]
Founder Jake Wood
Kristal Wood [4]
Most recent 2023 Rising Phoenix World Championships [2]
Previous event 2022 Rising Phoenix World Championships [5]
Next event 2024 Rising Phoenix World Championships [1]
Participants15 Rising Phoenix World Championships invited IFBB Professional League professional female bodybuilders (mean; 2020 – present)
19 Rising Phoenix World Championships qualified IFBB Professional League professional female bodybuilders (mean; 2015 – 2019) [6] [3]
AreaInternational [2]
Activity Spectator sport [2]
PromoterAlex Sacasa
Wings of Strength
Organized byWings of Strength
Website wingsofstrength.net

The IFBB Pro League Wings of Strength Rising Phoenix Women's Bodybuilding World Championships is a professional female bodybuilding competition, promoted by Wings of Strength and founded by Jake and Kristal Wood., [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] and sanctioned by the International Federation of Bodybuilding (IFBB). It is considered to be the most prestigious IFBB Professional League all women's bodybuilding event in the world.[ citation needed ] The show's inception came as a result of the elimination of the Ms. Olympia, being the pinnacle of women's bodybuilding from 2015 to 2019, while the Ms. Olympia contest was on hiatus. The first championship show took place in conjunction with the IFBB Texas Pro, the NPC Tim Gardner Texas Extravaganza, and the NPC National on August 22, 2015, at the Grand Hyatt, San Antonio, Texas. [12]

Contents

History

2015 – 2019

On March 8, 2015, Wings of Strength announced the creation of the Rising Phoenix World Championships. Regarded as the successor to the Ms. Olympia, Rising Phoenix World Championships adopted the point qualification system that the Ms. Olympia had. [13] [12]

At the 2015 Rising Phoenix World Championships, with Iris Kyle retired and Alina Popa not attending, Margie Martin, a dark horse contestant, managed to beat much more seasoned professional bodybuilders such as Helle Trevino, Debi Laszewski and Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia in order to win the Ms. Rising Phoenix title. At the 2016 Rising Phoenix World Championships, Margie would repeat her success and retain her title. At the 2017 Rising Phoenix World Championships, with Margie not defending her title, Helle would win the title. At the 2018 Rising Phoenix World Championships, Alina dethroned Helle and beat Margie to win the title. At the 2019 Rising Phoenix World Championships, with Alina retired, Helle would go on the beat Margie and again win the title.

2020 – present

In 2020, several changes were made to the Rising Phoenix World Championships. The 2020 Olympia Qualification System changed the qualification from the Olympia Qualification System to an application invitational contest and it became a Tier 1 Contest on the 2020 Olympia Qualification System. This changed the Rising Phoenix World Championships from being the equivalent of the Ms. Olympia to the equivalent of the Ms. International. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Rising Phoenix World Championships was moved from September 5, 2020, in Phoenix, Arizona to December 5, 2020, in Las Vegas, Nevada. At the 2020 Rising Phoenix World Championships, Andrea Shaw dethroned Helle Trevino. Andrea would go on to consecutively win the 2021, 2022 and 2023 Rising Phoenix World Championships. Starting during the 2023 Olympia Qualification System period, the tier point system was removed, with only Ms. Rising Phoenix qualifying for the 2023 Ms. Olympia.

Champions

Chronologically

Number of wins

Number of consecutive wins

RankingChampionsYearsNumber of consecutive wins
OverallBest poser awardMost muscular awardBest intro video award
1st Flag of the United States.svg Andrea Shaw 2020  – 2023 4000
2nd Flag of the United States.svg Margaret Martin 2015  – 2016 2
3rd Flag of the United States.svg Sheila Bleck 2016 – 2017 02
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mona Poursaleh 2021  – 2022
Flag of Sweden.svg Irene Andersen2021 – 202202

Top three (Ms. Rising Phoenix)

YearMs. Rising Phoenix championsRunner−up3rd place
2015 Flag of the United States.svg Margaret Martin Flag of the United States.svg Helle Trevino Flag of the United States.svg Debi Laszewski
2016 Flag of the United States.svg Sheila Bleck Flag of Romania.svg Alina Popa
2017 Flag of the United States.svg Helle Trevino Flag of the United States.svg Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia
2018 Flag of Romania.svg Alina Popa Flag of the United States.svg Margaret Martin Flag of the United States.svg Sheila Bleck
2019 Flag of the United States.svg Helle Trevino Flag of Sweden.svg Irene Andersen
2020 Flag of the United States.svg Andrea Shaw Flag of the United States.svg Helle Trevino Flag of the United States.svg Monique Jones
2021 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mona Poursaleh
2022 Flag of the United States.svg MayLa Ash Flag of the United States.svg Michaela Aycock
2023 Flag of the United States.svg Angela Yeo
2024 Flag of the United States.svg Angela Yeo Flag of the United States.svg Andrea Shaw Flag of the United States.svg Ashley Jones

Medals by nation (Ms. Rising Phoenix)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States  (USA)910726
2Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROU)1012
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)0011
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)0011
Totals (4 entries)10101030

Top three (Best Posing Routine)

YearBest Posing Routine championsRunner−up3rd place
2017 Flag of the United States.svg Sheila Bleck Flag of Spain.svg Virginia Sanchez Flag of the United States.svg Pauline Nelson
2018 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nicole Chartrand Flag of the United States.svg Sheila Bleck
2019 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mona Poursaleh Flag of the United States.svg Janeen Lankowski Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nicole Chartrand
2021 Flag of the United States.svg MayLa Ash
2022 Flag of the United States.svg MayLa Ash Flag of the United States.svg Janeen Lankowski
2023 Flag of the United States.svg Rene Marven Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nicole Chartrand Flag of the United States.svg Kristina Mendoza
2024 Flag of the United States.svg Angela Yeo Flag of the United States.svg Selyka Givan Flag of the United States.svg Ashley Jones

Medals by nation (Best Posing Routine)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States  (USA)45615
2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)4116
3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)0101
Totals (3 entries)87722

Medals by nation (Most Muscular)

RankNationMost muscular award
1Flag of the United States.svg United States (USA)4
2Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (SWE)2

Top three (Best Intro Video)

YearBest Intro Video championsRunner−up3rd place
2017 Flag of Italy.svg Silvia Matta Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nicole Chartrand Flag of the United States.svg Teresa Ivancik
2018 Flag of the United States.svg LaDawn McDay Flag of Spain.svg Virginia Sanchez Flag of Romania.svg Alina Popa
2019 Flag of Italy.svg Silvia Matta Flag of the United States.svg Aleesha Young Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nicole Chartrand
2021 Flag of the United States.svg LaDawn McDay Flag of the United States.svg Janeen Lankowski Flag of the United States.svg Nicole Chartrand
2022 Flag of the United States.svg Janeen Lankowski Flag of the United States.svg Sheena Ohlig Flag of the United States.svg MayLa Ash

Medals by nation (Best Intro Video)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States  (USA)3339
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)2002
3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)0101
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)0011
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROU)0011
Totals (5 entries)54514

Other records

Qualification

From 2015 to 2019, the Rising Phoenix World Championships was the de facto equivalent of the Ms. Olympia.[ citation needed ] The qualification system was identical to the Olympia Qualification System, with the same ranking and points system, along with the top five Ms. Olympia contestants automatically qualifying for the 2015 Rising Phoenix World Championships. The top five Rising Phoenix World Championships automatically qualify for the 2016 to 2019 Rising Phoenix World Championships. From 2015 to 2019, the winner of the Ms. Rising Phoenix title would receive lifetime qualification for the Ms. Olympia, which is identical to winning the Ms. Olympia. After the 2019 announcement of the return of the Ms. Olympia, from 2020 to the present, the Rising Phoenix World Championships became the de facto equivalent of the Ms. International. The qualification system adopted is identical to the Ms. International, which is an application invitational system. [20]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 2023 Pro Schedule
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 2022 RISING PHOENIX WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS & ARIZONA WOMEN’S PRO-AM (IFBB & NPC)
  3. 1 2 3 2015 scorecard
  4. ↑ NEW IFBB PRO WOMENS BODYBUILDING SHOW
  5. ↑ 2021 schedule
  6. ↑ IFBB RISING PHOENIX ARIZONA PRO
  7. ↑ vkim (2022-02-13). "Jake Wood Was a Bodybuilding Fan Long Before Becoming Olympia Owner". Muscle & Fitness. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  8. ↑ Grech, Kevin (2020-08-18). "Jake Wood: From Aerospace to owning the Olympia brand". Evolution of Bodybuilding. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  9. ↑ "Olympia President Jake Wood Confirms Masters Olympia Coming Next Year: 'Definitely by 2023'". Fitness Volt. 2022-02-14. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  10. ↑ Merritt, Greg (2020-02-14). "Olympia Sold to Jake Wood". The Barbell. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  11. ↑ "Weik Fitness | Freelance Fitness Writer | Content Creation & Copywriting Services". Weik Fitness. 2016-05-05. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  12. 1 2 "ANNOUNCING THE '2015 IFBB WINGS OF STRENGTH RISING PHOENIX WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS'" (PDF). wingsofstrength.net. March 9, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 5, 2015. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Bodybuilding Events | Tim Gardner Producations | Tampa". www.timgardnerproductions.com. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  14. ↑ "ANNOUNCING THE '2015 IFBB WINGS OF STRENGTH RISING PHOENIX WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS'" (PDF). Wingsofstrength.net. March 9, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 5, 2015. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  15. ↑ Protocols. 2017 IFBB WOS ARIZONA PRO. results
  16. ↑ "2023 NPC/IFBB Rising Phoenix World Championships & Arizona Women's Pro-Am (IFBB & NPC)".
  17. 1 2 25 biggest female bodybuilders on Instagram to follow in 2024 Read more: https://www.tuko.co.ke/facts-lifehacks/celebrity-biographies/494205-biggest-female-bodybuilders-instagram-follow/
  18. ↑ Happy birthday to IFBB Pro Janeen Lankowski
  19. ↑ Star: Silvia Matta
  20. ↑ "Wings of Strength's Rising Phoenix World Championship Will Be Invitational". Wings of Strength. January 3, 2020. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
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