1999 Ms. Olympia

The 1998 Ms. Olympia contest was an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition held October 2, 1999, in Secaucus, New Jersey, alongside the 1999 Women's Pro Extravaganza. It was the 20th Ms. Olympia competition held.

1999 Ms. Olympia
Information
PromotionIFBB
DateOctober 2, 1999
City Secaucus, New Jersey, United States
Event chronology
1998 Ms. Olympia 1999 Ms. Olympia 2000 Ms. Olympia

Prizes
  • 1st $25,000
  • 2nd $10,000
  • 3rd $7,000
  • 4th $4,000
  • 5th $3,000
  • 6th $1,000

Total: $50,000

Competitors weight

Pre-judging

Symmetry round

In this round the judges are looking for the overall muscle balance; that the proportion of muscle is distributed evenly over the bodybuilder's frame.

  • Brenda Ragonot, Laura Binetti, Andrulla Blanchette, Vickie Gates, Laura Creavalle, Tazzie Colomb, Valentina Chepiga, Gayle Moher, Yaxeni Oriquen, Lesa Lewis, Iris Kyle, Kim Chizevsky
  • Kim Chizevsky, Iris Kyle, Lesa Lewis, Yaxeni Oriquen, Gayle Moher, Valentina Chepiga, Tazzie Colomb, Laura Creavalle, Vickie Gates, Andrlla Blanchette, Laura Binetti, and Brenda Ragonot

Results
  • 1st - Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls
  • 2nd - Vickie Gates
  • 3rd - Laura Creavalle
  • 4th - Iris Kyle
  • 5th - Lesa Lewis
  • 6th - Tazzie Colomb
  • 7th - Andrulla Blanchette
  • 8th - Laura Binetti
  • 9th - Brenda Raganot
  • 10th - Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia
  • 11th - Gayle Moher
  • 12th - Valentina Chepiga

Scorecard
No[2] Name Country Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total
1 Kim Chizevsky 5 5 5 5 20
2 Iris Kyle 22 17 26 20 85
3 Lesa Lewis 17 27 20 25 89
4 Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia 52 46 48 146
5 Gayle Moher 52 55 55 162
6 Valentina Chepiga 60 60 50 180
7 Tazzie Colomb 35 29 30 39 123
8 Laura Creavalle 20 18 10 13 61
9 Vickie Gates 10 10 15 12 47
10 Andrulla Blanchette 29 35 35 99
11 Laura Binetti 41 40 41 122
12 Brenda Raganot 45 49 45 139

Attended
  • 12th Ms. Olympia attended - Laura Creavalle
  • 6th Ms. Olympia attended - Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls
  • 5th Ms. Olympia attended - Laura Binetti
  • 4th Ms. Olympia attended - Vickie Gates
  • 3rd Ms. Olympia attended - Lesa Lewis, Gayle Moher, and Andrulla Blanchette
  • 2nd Ms. Olympia attended - Tazzie Colomb, Valentina Chepiga, and Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia
  • 1st Ms. Olympia attended - Iris Kyle and Brenda Raganot
  • Previous year Olympia attendees who did not attend - Dayana Cadeau, Yolanda Hughes, Chris Bongiovanni, Zdenka Turda, Jacqueline De Gennaro, Jitka Harazimova, Beate Drabing, and Sipka Berska

Notable Events
  • This was Kim Chizevsky's 4th overall and consecutive Olympia win. This was also Kim's last Olympia before she retired from bodybuilding.
  • This was Iris Kyle's first Olympia she attended.

1999 Ms. Olympia controversy

The 1999 Ms. Olympia was originally scheduled to be held on 9 October in Santa Monica, California. However, one month before the scheduled date, the IFBB announced that the contest had been cancelled. 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.

See also

References
  1. 1999 Ms. Olympia
  2. IFBB MS. OLYMPIA 1999 - FLASH REPORT
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