Female bodybuilding is the female component of competitive bodybuilding. It began in the late 1970s, when women began to take part in bodybuilding competitions.
The IFBB Professional League Ms. Olympia is professional bodybuilding's most prestigious competition and the title of the winner of the competition in female bodybuilding. It was first held in 1980. It was held as part of the Joe Weider's Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend from 2000 to 2014 and since 2020.
Iris Floyd Kyle is an African-Indian American professional female bodybuilder. She is currently the most successful, female or male, professional bodybuilder ever. She has a total of twenty professional bodybuilding titles, with ten overall and two heavyweight Ms. Olympia titles and seven overall and one heavyweight Ms. International titles.
Jackie Paisley was a professional female bodybuilder from Scottsdale, Arizona in the United States.
The International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness Professional League (IFBB Pro League) is the largest international professional sports governing body federation in the world for professional bodybuilding, physique, fitness, figure, bikini and wellness. It sanctions the most prestigious competitions in bodybuilding at the Mr Olympia and Ms. Olympia, and the second most prestigious competitions in bodybuilding at the Arnold Sports Festival and Rising Phoenix World Championships.
Monique Jones is an American professional female bodybuilder.
Alina Evelina Popa Molinari is a Romanian-born former professional female bodybuilder currently living in the USA.
Bodybuilding in the United States traces its early history to the 1860s when it was based on the east coast. By the 1940s, it had arrived in Hawaii. In the same period, the country was involved with the early internationalization of the sport. The sport had a golden age during the 1960s and 1970s when much of the activity was taking place on the west coast. Bodybuilding for women began to take off during the 1970s. A number of changes took place in the 1980s.
Helle Trevino is a United States-based Danish professional female bodybuilder and the title winner of the 2017 and the 2019 Rising Phoenix World Championships.
Alana Shipp is a Barbadan professional female bodybuilder, based in Jerusalem.
Margie V. Martin, nicknamed "The Marvelous One", is an American professional female bodybuilder. She is the first Ms Rising Phoenix of the 2015 and the 2016 IFBB Wings of Strength Rising Phoenix World Championships.
The 2015 Rising Phoenix World Championships was an IFBB Wings of Strength female professional bodybuilding competition and held in conjunction with the IFBB Texas Pro, the NPC Tim Gardner Texas Extravaganza, and NPC National. It was held on August 20, 2015 to August 22, 2015, at the Grand Hyatt, in San Antonio, Texas, United States.
The 2016 Rising Phoenix World Championships was an IFBB Wings of Strength female professional bodybuilding competition and held in conjunction with the IFBB Arizona Pro. It was held on September 10, 2016 at the Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona.
The 2017 Rising Phoenix World Championships was an IFBB Wings of Strength female professional bodybuilding competition and held in conjunction with the IFBB Arizona Pro. It was held on September 9, 2017 at the Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona.
The 2018 Rising Phoenix World Championships was an IFBB Wings of Strength female professional bodybuilding competition and held in conjunction with the IFBB Arizona Pro. It was held on September 8, 2018 at the Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino in Chandler, Arizona.
The 2019 Rising Phoenix World Championships was an IFBB Wings of Strength female professional bodybuilding competition and held in conjunction with the IFBB Arizona Pro and NPC Arizona Women's Extravaganza. It was held on September 6, 2019 to September 7, 2019 at the Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino in Chandler, Arizona.
The 2020 Rising Phoenix World Championships was an IFBB Professional League Wings of Strength female professional bodybuilding competition that was held in conjunction with Arizona Women’s Pro and the NPC Wings of Strength Arizona Women’s Extravaganza. It was held on 5 December 2020 at the Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America. It was the 6th Rising Phoenix World Championships to be held.
Andrea Shaw is an American professional bodybuilding champion and physique and figure competitor. She holds four Ms. Olympia title wins and four Ms Rising Phoenix title wins.
Jake Wood is owner of the Olympia Fitness and Performance Weekend, Wings of Strength, LLC, Muscle & Fitness, Flex, Hers Magazine and Digital Muscle.
The 2021 Rising Phoenix World Championships was a professional bodybuilding competition for women that was held in conjunction with Arizona Women's Pro and the NPC Wings of Strength Arizona Women's Extravaganza. It was held on 11 September 2021 at the Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America. It was the 7th Rising Phoenix World Championships to be held.
