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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.
2000 Ms. Olympia | ||||
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Promotion | IFBB | |||
Date | October 21, 2000 | |||
Venue | Mandalay Bay Arena | |||
City | Las Vegas, Nevada | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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Total: $40,000
Heavyweights over 135 pounds:
Lightweights up to 135 pounds:
Place | Name | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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-- Heavyweights over 135 lbs -- | |||||||
1 | Valentina Chepiga | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | |
2 | Vickie Gates | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 39 | |
3 | Lesa Lewis | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 60 | |
4 | Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia | 21 | 21 | 24 | 66 | ||
5 | Iris Kyle | 25 | 24 | 22 | 71 | ||
6 | Denise Hoshor | 29 | 30 | 30 | 89 | ||
7 | Th-resa Bostick | 35 | 35 | 35 | 105 | ||
-- Lightweights up to 135 lbs -- | |||||||
1 | Andrulla Blanchette | 10 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 33 | |
2 | Brenda Raganot | 5 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 42 | |
3 | Renee Casella | 15 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 51 | |
4 | Cathy LeFrançois Priest | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | ||
5 | Jennifer McVicar | 24 | 25 | 25 | 74 |
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.
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