2000 Ms. Olympia

Women's professional bodybuilding competition 2000 Ms. Olympia IFBB October 21, 2000 Mandalay Bay Arena USA Las Vegas, Nevada 1999 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. Prize money 1st (Lightweight (LW)) - $10,000 1st (Heavyweight (HW)) - $10,000 2nd (LW) - $6,000 2nd (HW) - $6,000 3rd (LW) - $4,000 3rd (HW) - $4,000 Total: $40,000 Rounds Round 1 (Symmetry Round): Judging the balance and proportion of contestants' physiques. Round 2 (Muscularity/Conditioning Round): Emphasizing muscle size, definition, and overall conditioning, including leanness and separation. Round 3 (Compulsory Poses Round): Required specific poses to evaluate muscle groups uniformly across contestants. Round 4 (Posedown Round): Contestants engaged in a final posedown, directly comparing their physiques for the judges. Weight-in Heavyweights over 135 pounds: Lesa Lewis - 165 lb on Yaxeni Oriquen - 160 lb on Vickie Gates - 141 lb on Valentina Chepiga - 136 lb on Lightweights up to 135 pounds: Andrulla Blanchette - 134 lb on Renee Casella - 133 lb on Brenda Raganot - 132 lb on 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 Place Name Country 1 2 3 4 Total -- Heavyweights over 135 lbs -- 1 Valentina ChepigaUkraine655521 2 Vickie GatesUSA910101039 3 Lesa LewisUSA1515151560 4 Yaxeni Oriquen-GarciaVenezuela21212466 5Iris KyleUSA25242271 6 Denise HoshorUSA29303089 7 Th-resa BostickUSA353535105 -- Lightweights up to 135 lbs -- 1 Andrulla BlanchetteUK1059933 2 Brenda RaganotUSA513121242 3 Renee CasellaUSA1512121251 4 Cathy LeFrançois PriestCanada20202060 5 Jennifer McVicarUSA24252574 Attended 5th Ms. Olympia attended - Vickie Gates 4th Ms. Olympia attended - Lesa Lewis and Andrulla Blanchette 3rd Ms. Olympia attended - Valentina Chepiga and Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia 2nd Ms. Olympia attended - Renee Casella, Iris Kyle, and Brenda Raganot 1st Ms. Olympia attended - Th-resa Bostick, Denise Hoshor, Cathy LeFrançois, and Jennifer McVicar Previous year Olympia attendees who did not attend - Laura Binetti, Kim Chizevsky, Tazzie Colomb, Laura Creavalle, and Gayle Moher Notable events This competition had only 12 competitors competing, the fewest competitors competing in Ms. Olympia ever. Only the 1996 Ms. Olympia would match this to have 12 competitors competing.http://www.colettenelson.com/publicity2007/Msolympiamusclemag2007/images/02-04-2007%2003;06;38PM.jpg Ms. Olympia by the numbers 2015-09-22 2016-03-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093454/http://www.colettenelson.com/publicity2007/Msolympiamusclemag2007/images/02-04-2007%2003;06;38PM.jpg dead Mike Alley and Corinna Everson were the commentators for ESPN2 coverage of the 2000 Ms. Olympia. Jennifer McVicar received a special invite to attend the 2000 Ms. Olympia. Valentina Chepiga was upset when she was weighed in and weighed over 135 lbs, making her compete in the heavyweight division. Bev Francis was one of the judges of the 2000 Ms. Olympia. 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. See also 2000 Mr. Olympia References 2000 Ms Olympia Results 2000 Ms. Olympia External links Competitor History of the Ms. Olympia https://web.archive.org/web/20131110140403/http://www.ifbbpro.com/history-of-the-mr-olympia/competitor-history-of-the-ms-olympia/ 2013-11-10 2000 MS. OLYMPIA (DOWNLOAD) 2000 MS. OLYMPIA (DVD) Ms Olympia, 2000 Category:2000 in bodybuilding Ms. Olympia Category:Ms. Olympia Category:History of female bodybuilding