The 2000

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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

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. It was the 21st Ms. Olympia competition held. Other events at the exhibition include the

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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 (

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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 (

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Round): Contestants engaged in a final posedown, directly comparing their physiques for the judges.

Weight-in

Heavyweights over 135 pounds: * Lesa Lewis - * Yaxeni Oriquen - * Vickie Gates - * Valentina Chepiga - Lightweights up to 135 pounds: * Andrulla Blanchette - * Renee Casella - * Brenda Raganot -

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

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 -

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, and

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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.Ms. Olympia by the numbers
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were the commentators for

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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. *

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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

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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.

References

2000 Ms Olympia Results

2000 Ms. Olympia

External links

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Prize money

Rounds

Weight-in

Pre-judging

Round 1

Lightweight call outs

Heavyweight call outs

Round 2

Lightweight call outs

Heavyweight call outs

Results

Scorecard

Attended

Notable events

2000 Ms. Olympia changes

See also

References

External links