2001 Ms. Olympia

The 2001 Ms. Olympia contest is an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition and part of Joe Weider's Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend 2001 was held on October 26, 2001, at the Mandalay Bay Arena in Paradise, Nevada. It was the 22nd Ms. Olympia competition held. Other events at the exhibition include the Mr. Olympia and Fitness Olympia contests.[1][2]

2001 Ms. Olympia
Information
Promotion	IFBB
Date	October 26, 2001
Venue	Mandalay Bay Arena
City	Paradise, Nevada, United States
Event chronology
2000 Ms. Olympia 2001 Ms. Olympia 2002 Ms. Olympia

Prize Money

• Overall - $10,000
• 1st (LW) - $10,000
• 2nd (LW) - $6,000
• 3rd (LW) - $4,000
• 1st (HW) - $10,000
• 2nd (HW) - $6,000
• 3rd (HW) - $4,000

Total: $50,000

Call Outs

Individual posing

1. Dayana Cadeau: Posing songs - Differences / Family Affair
2. Renee Casella: Posing song - We Are
3. Juliette Bergmann: Posing song - I've Never Been to Me
4. Joanna Thomas: Posing song - I Ask of You
5. Kim Harris: Posing song - Dance with Me
6. Brenda Raganot: Posing song - Bootylicious
7. Gayle Moher: Posing song - Desert Rose
8. Angela Debatin: Posing song - Genie in a Bottle
9. Fannie Barrios: Posing songs - You Can Leave Your Hat On / 20th Century Fox Fanfare / Soul Bossa Nova / Bootylicious / Lady Marmalade
10. Andrulla Blanchette: Posing songs - War / The Greatest Love of All
11. Vickie Gates: Posing songs - Slowly / One Minute Man / Lady Marmalade
12. Lesa Lewis: Posing songs - Bad Boy for Life'
13. Betty Pariso: Posing song - To Love You More'
14. Valentina Chepiga: Posing song -
15. Yaxeni Oriquen: Posing song - Fallin'
16. Iris Kyle: Next Generation

Prejudging posing

Call Outs from Round One: Lightweights

• Cadeau - Blachette - Bergman
• Raganot - Blachette - Moher
• Casella - Raganot - Harris
• Debatin - Barios - Thomas
• Bergman - Harris - Blanchette
• Casella - Debatin - Thomas
• Raganot - Moher - Harris
• Barrios - Moher - Cadeau
• Harris - Moher - Casella
• Bergman - Blachette
• Cadaeu - Bergman - Blanchette

Call Outs from Round Two: Lightweights

• Cadeau - Blachette - Bergman
• Casella - Cadeau - Raganot
• Casella - Moher - Barrios
• Thomas - Harris - Debatin
• Debatin - Raganot - Moher

Call Outs from Round One: Heavyweights

• Chepiga - Gates - Lewis
• Kyle - Oriquen - Lewis
• Foster - Pariso - Lewis
• Gates - Oriquen - Kyle

Call Outs from Round Two: Heavyweights

• Oriquen - Gates - Kyle
• Lewis - Chepiga - Pariso
• Gates - Kyle - Oriquen
• Chepiga - Kyle - Oriquen

Results

Scorecard

-- Overall --
Juliette Bergmann
-- Lightweights up to 135 lbs --
No	Name	Country	1	2	3	4	Total	Place
1	Dayana Cadeau		15	15	18	15	63	3
2	Renee Casella		34	34	32		100	6
3	Juliette Bergmann		5	5	5	5	20	1
4	Joanna Thomas		46	50	49		145	10
5	Kim Harris		31	40	35		106	7
6	Brenda Raganot		20	20	17		57	4
7	Gayle Moher		27	28	26		81	5
8	Angela Debatin		48	44	43		135	9
9	Fannie Barrios		42	29	38		109	8
10	Andrulla Blanchette		10	10	10	10	40	2
-- Heavyweights over 135 lbs --
11	Vickie Gates		5	14	13	11	43	2
12	Lesa Lewis		25	22	25		71	5
13	Betty Pariso		30	28	30		88	6
14	Heather Foster		35	35	35		105	7
15	Valentina Chepiga		12	24	7		43	4
16	Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia		15	11	14	14	54	3
17	Iris Kyle		18	5	14	6	43	1

Comparison to previous Olympia results:

• +12 - Juliette Bergmann
• +4 - Iris Kyle
• Same - Vickie Gates
• +1 - Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia
• -3 - Valentina Chepiga
• Same - Lesa Lewis
• -1 - Andrulla Blanchette
• +11 - Dayana Cadeau
• -2 - Brenda Reganot
• -6 - Gayle Moher
• -3 - Renee Casella

Attended

• 6th Ms. Olympia attended - Vickie Gates
• 5th Ms. Olympia attended - Juliette Bergmann, Andrulla Blanchette, and Lesa Lewis
• 4th Ms. Olympia attended - Valentina Chepiga and Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia
• 3rd Ms. Olympia attended - Renee Casella, Iris Kyle, and Brenda Raganot
• 2nd Ms. Olympia attended - Dayana Cadeau and Gayle Moher
• 1st Ms. Olympia attended - Fannie Barrios, Angela Debatin, Kim Harris, Betty Pariso, and Joanna Thomas
• Previous year Olympia attendees who did not attend - Th-resa Bostick, Denise Hoshor, Cathy LeFrançois, and Jennifer McVicar

Notable Events

• In one of the most surprising winners of the Ms. Olympia yet, Juliette Bergmann came from out of nowhere, from last competing over 12 years ago, to win the overall and lightweight Ms. Olympia titles. Iris Kyle won the heavyweight Olympia title.
• This was the only Ms. Olympia where the lightweight Olympia winner beat the heavyweight Olympia winner to win the overall title.
• The two emcee of the 2001 Ms. Olympia was Tim Wilkins and Monica Brant.
• The top three heavyweight and top three lightweight posedown song was Tom Sawyer by Rush.
• The top heavyweight and top lightweight posedown song was It's My Life by Bon Jovi.

2001 Ms. Olympia Qualified

#	Name	How Qualified
1	Valentina Chepiga	Ms. Olympia Winner
2	Andrulla Blanchette	Ms. Olympia Winner
3	Vickie Gates	2000 Ms. Olympia HW 2nd
4	Lesa Lewis	2000 Ms. Olympia HW 3rd
5	Brenda Raganot	2000 Ms. Olympia LW 2nd
6	Renee Casella	2000 Ms. Olympia LW 3rd
7	Iris Kyle	2001 Ms. International HW 2nd
8	Dayana Cadeau	2001 Ms. International LW 1st
9	Angela Debatin	2001 Ms. International LW 3rd
10	Betty Pariso	2001 Jan Tana Pro Classic HW 1st
11	Fannie Barrios	2001 Jan Tana Pro Classic MW 1st
12	Joanna Thomas	2001 Jan Tana Pro Classic LW 1st
13	Heather Foster	2001 Women's Pro Extravaganza HW 1st
14	Kim Harris	2001 Women's Pro Extravaganza MW 1st
15	Gayle Moher	2001 Women's Pro Extravaganza LW 1st
16	Juliette Bergmann	Special Invite
17	Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia	Special Invite

See also

• 2001 Mr. Olympia

References

1. "Juliette Bergmann - Official Fansite Ms. Olympia 2001-02 LW". juliette-bergmann.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
2. "2001 Ms. Olympia - the Pump Room - Product Catalogue | GMV ..." gmv.com.au. Retrieved 11 November 2013.