The 2016

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was an IFBB Wings of Strength female professional bodybuilding competition and held in conjunction with the IFBB Arizona Pro. It was held on September 10, 2016 at the

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in Scottsdale,

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Call outs

Prejudging

*1st - Margaret Martin, Sheila Bleck, Alina Popa, Helle Trevino *2nd - Helle Trevino, Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia, Kim Buck, Lisa Cross, Irene Andersen *3rd - Lisa Cross, Irene Andersen, Nancy Clark, Maria Bello, Angela Rayburn *4th - Jacqueline Fuchs, Lora Ottenad, Amanda Aivaliotis, Laura Carolan *5th - Isabelle Turell, Lora Ottenad, Amanda Aivaliotis, Laura Carolan, Alana Shipp *6th - Margaret Martin, Sheila Bleck, Alina Popa, Helle TrevinoWings of Phoenix Rising Strength's World Championships 2016: results and photos
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Prize money

*1st - $50,000 + $65,000 Jeep

Results

Overall results

*1st - Margaret Martin *2nd -

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*3rd - Alina Popa *4th -

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*5th - Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia *6th - Kim Buck *7th - Lisa Cross *8th - Irene Andersen *9th - Nancy Clark *10th - Maria Bello *11th - Angela Rayburn *12th - Jacqueline Fuchs *13th - Isabelle Turell *14th - Silvia Matta *15th - Lora Ottenad *16th - Amanda Aivaliotis *16th - Laura Carolan *16th - Alana ShippScorecard
/ref> Comparison to previous Rising Phoenix World Championships results: *Same - Margaret Martin *-2 - Helle Trevino *-1 - Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia *+2 - Lisa Cross *+6 - Irene Andersen *-2 - Maria Bello *-6 - Isabelle Turtle *-11 - Alana Shipp

Scorecard

Best poser winner

*Winner - Sheila Bleck Comparison to previous Rising Phoenix World Championships results: *+1 - Sheila Bleck *-1 - Margaret Martin

2016 Rising Phoenix World Championships Qualified

Points standings

In the event of a tie, the competitor with the best top five contest placings will be awarded the qualification. If both competitors have the same contest placings, than both will qualify for the Rising Phoenix World Championships.

Attended

*2nd Rising Phoenix World Championships attended - Margaret Martin, Helle Trevino, Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia, Lisa Cross, Irene Andersen, Maria Bello, Isabelle Turell, and Alana Shipp *1st Rising Phoenix World Championships attended - Sheila Bleck, Alina Popa, Kim Buck, Nancy Clark, Angela Rayburn, Jacqueline Fuchs, Lora Ottenad, Amanda Aivaliotis, Laura Carolan, and Silvia Matta *Previous year Olympia attendees who did not attend - Debi Laszewski, Aleesha Young,

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, Shawna Strong, Virginia Sanchez,

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, and Gillian Kovack

Notable events

*This was Margaret Martin's 2nd Ms Rising Phoenix overall award win. *This was Sheila Bleck's 1st Ms Rising Phoenix best poser award win. *On September 25, 2015, in an interview with Dave Palumbo, Kyle announced she will be coming out of retirement to compete at the 2016 Wings of Strength Rising Phoenix World Championships. Although Iris Kyle stated she wanted to compete at the 2016 Wings of Strength Rising Phoenix World Championships, the IFBB told her that she needed to either win the 2015 Puerto Rico Pro, 2015 Toronto Pro Supershow, the 2015 Omaha Pro, the 2016 Chicago Pro, the 2016 Lenda Murray Pro AM, and the 2016 PBW Tampa Pro, or be one of the top 7 IFBB female bodybuilders to accumulative points implementing the IFBB Tier 4 point system. Iris was angered at the IFBB, stating that she was entitled to compete for the fact she is the most successful bodybuilder, male or female, ever. Iris said that she was offered to do some work with them that she doesn't " agree with", but declined the offer. While the IFBB did later allow her a special invite to the 2016 Wings of Strength Rising Phoenix World Championships, she declined to compete, instead focusing on training her boyfriend,

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, for the 2017 Arnold Classic Men's Physique and focusing on their business venture.Generation Iron 2
/ref> *Debi Laszewski, Bonnie Switzer-Pappas, and Catherine LeFrançois qualified but did not attend the 2016 Rising Phoenix World Championships. * The 2016 Rising Phoenix World Championships was featured in was featured in season 1, episode 2 of

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' documentary ''SWOLE'' in the episode called ''The Last of the Iron Sisters''.

References

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