2015 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 .[ 1] [ 2]
Call outs
Prejudging
1st - Debi Laszewski, Margaret Martin, Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia, Alana Shipp, and Helle Trevino
2nd - Monique Jones, Shawna Strong, Isabelle Turell, Aleesha Young, Maria Bello, and Lisa Cross
3rd - Irene Andersen, Christine Envall, Gillian Kovack, Virginia Sanchez, and Shawna Strong
4th - Margaret Martin, Helle Trevino, and Debi Laszewski
Confirmation round
1st - Debi Laszewski, Margaret Martin, Helle Trevino, and Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia (Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia and Helle Trevino switched places)
2nd - Isabelle Turell, Alana Shipp, Aleesha Young, and Maria Bello (Alana Shipp and Isabelle Turell switched places)
3rd - Irene Andersen, Monique Jones, Christine Envall, Lisa Cross, Shawna Strong, Virginia Sanchez, and Gillian Kovack (Lisa Cross and Monique Jones switched places; Gillian Kovack and Shawna Strong switched places)
4th - Debi Laszewski, Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia, Margaret Martin, and Helle Trevino
Prize money
1st $50,000 + Jeep[ 1]
2nd $25,000
3rd $12,500
4th $7,000
5th $5,000
Total: $99,500 + Jeep
Results
Overall results
Scorecard
No[ 4]
Name
Country
Judging
Finals
Total
Place
1
Irene Andersen
Sweden
70
68
138
14
2
Lisa Cross
United Kingdom
49
49
98
9
3
Christine Envall
Queensland, Australia
59
49
108
10
4
Monique Jones
Greer, South Carolina
50
67
117
13
5
Gillian Kovack
Toronto, Ontario
75
75
150
15
6
Debi Laszewski
Jupiter, Florida
15
15
30
3
7
Margie Martin
Temecula, California
5
5
10
1
8
Yaxeni Oriquen
Miami, Florida
21
20
41
4
9
Virginia Sanchez
Madrid, Spain
60
56
116
12
10
Alana Shipp
Hutto, Texas
24
25
49
5
11
Shawna Strong
Phoenix, Arizona
56
55
111
11
12
Helle Trevino
Venice, California
10
10
20
2
13
Isabelle Turell
Terre Haute, Indiana
35
36
71
7
14
Aleesha Young
Lehi, Utah
30
30
60
6
15
Rita Bello
Argentina
40
39
79
8
Best poser winner
Notable events
Due to injuries, Alina Popa stated in an interview that she will attend, but not participate in the 2015 Wings of Strength Rising Phoenix World Championships.[ 5]
This is the first year since 1998 that Iris Kyle would not attend an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition of that particular year due to her retirement from the sport.
The first competition was held on Iris Kyle's 41st birthday.
Both Vera Mikulcova and Jana Bendova qualified, but did not attend.
One of the two emcees was Lenda Murray .
All of the competitors received a rose after individual posing.
All 15 competitors did the posedown .
The IFBB professional women's bodybuilding cash prize for first place was five times that of the IFBB professional men's bodybuilding first place cash prize.[ 6]
2015 Rising Phoenix World Championships Qualified
Name[ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11]
Country
How Qualified
Iris Kyle
2014 Ms. Olympia 1st
Alina Popa
2014 Ms. Olympia 2nd
Debi Laszewski
2014 Ms. Olympia 3rd
Alana Shipp
2014 Ms. Olympia 4th 2015 PBW Tampa Pro 2nd
Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia
2014 Ms. Olympia 5th
Lisa Cross
2015 Omaha Pro 1st
Christine Envall
2015 Omaha Pro 3rd 2015 Toronto Pro Supershow 1st
Helle Trevino
2015 Chicago Pro-Am Extravaganza 1st
Margie Martin
2015 Chicago Pro-Am Extravaganza 4th 2015 PBW Tampa Pro 1st
Isabelle Turell
2015 Chicago Pro-Am Extravaganza 4th 2015 PBW Tampa Pro 3rd
Monique Jones
2015 Omaha Pro 2nd
Vera Mikulcova
2015 Toronto Pro Supershow 2nd
Gillian Kovack
2015 Omaha Pro 4th 2015 Toronto Pro Supershow 4th
Maria Bello
2015 Chicago Pro-Am Extravaganza 2nd
Jana Bendova
2015 Toronto Pro Supershow 3rd
Virginia Sanchez
2015 Chicago Pro-Am Extravaganza 3rd
Aleesha Young
Special invite
Shawna Strong
Special invite
Irene Andersen
Special invite
Points standings
1 In the event of a tie, the competitor with the best top five contest placings will be awarded the qualification. If both competitors have the same contest placings, than both will qualify for the Rising Phoenix World Championships.
Pictures
See also
References
^ a b "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 .
^ "Tim Gardner Productions" . Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved September 12, 2015 .
^ "Google Translate" . Google.com . Retrieved 2015-12-02 .
^ "Official Final Results Scorecard : 2015 IFBB Rising Phoenix World Championships Women's Bodybuilding" (JPG) . Ifbbpro.com . August 22, 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-02 .
^ Mile High Muscle Show: Episode 5 . YouTube . 24 February 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-02 .
^ "Female bodybuilders, fitness models, figure athletes - photo galleries, pictures and HD video clips - GeneX Magazine - Tracey Toth, Marja Lehtonen, Nekole Hamrick" . Ftvideo.com . Retrieved 2015-12-02 .
^ a b "MS Rising Phoenix Ranking & Points" . Wingsofstrength.net . August 8, 2015. Archived from the original (JPG) on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2015-12-02 .
^ a b "MS Rising Phoenix Ranking & Points" . Wingsofstrength.net . July 5, 2015. Archived from the original (JPG) on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2015-12-02 .
^ "Aleesha Young" (JPG) . Scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net . Retrieved 2015-12-02 .[permanent dead link ]
^ "Shawna Strong" (JPG) . Scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net . Retrieved 2015-12-02 .[permanent dead link ]
^ "Irene Andersen" (JPG) . Scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net . Retrieved 2015-12-02 .[permanent dead link ]