2024 Rising Phoenix World Championships
| Date held | August 24, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Gila River Resorts & Casinos – Wild Horse Pass | ||||||||||||||||
| Address | 5040 Wild Horse Pass Blvd, Chandler, AZ 85226, United States | ||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°16′36″N 111°58′31″W / 33.2766°N 111.9752°W | ||||||||||||||||
| Held in conjunction with | 2024 IFBB Pro League Arizona Women’s Pro and 2024 NPC Arizona Women’s Extravaganza | ||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Wings of Strength, LLC | ||||||||||||||||
| Promoter | Alex Sacasa | ||||||||||||||||
| Sports governing body | IFBB Pro League | ||||||||||||||||
| Sponsors | Blood, Sweat & Bodywork, Le’Bou Beauty, Mutant, Pro Tan and WolfPak | ||||||||||||||||
| Qualification for | 2024 Ms. Olympia | ||||||||||||||||
| Website | wingsofstrength | ||||||||||||||||
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The 2024 IFBB Professional League Blood, Sweat & Bodywork Rising Phoenix World Championships was an International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness Professional League (IFBB Pro League) professional female bodybuilding contest that was held in conjunction with the IFBB Pro League Arizona Women's Pro and the National Physique Committee (NPC) Arizona Women’s Extravaganza. It was the tenth Rising Phoenix World Championships to be held.
Prize money
[edit]- Open
- 1st - $50,000
- 2nd - $25,000
- 3rd - $12,500
- 4th - $7,500
- 5th - $5,000
- Best Posing Routine
- 1st - $5,000
- 2nd - $2,500
- 3rd - $1,500
Most Muscular - $7,000
Overall - $116,000
Comparisons
[edit]Judging
[edit]- Leyvina Barros (switched with Michaela Aycock), Michaela (switched with Leyvina), Ashley Jones (switched with Andrea Shaw), Angela Yeo (switched with Andrea), Andrea (switched with Ashley and Angela), Sherry Priami and Selyka Givan
- Leyvina, Michaela, Sherry and Selyka
- Julia Foery, Reshanna Boswell (switched with Desunka Dawson), Desunka (switched with Reshanna), Julia Whitesel (switched with Irene Andersen and Sheena Ohlig), Sheena Ohlig (switched with Julia), and Irene (switched with Julia)
- Michaela (switched with Sherry), Sherry (switched with Michaela), Andrea, Angela and Selyka
Finals
[edit]- Julia, Irene (switched with Reshanna) and Reshanna (switched with Irene)
- Sheena (switched with Leyvina), Leyvina (switched with Sheena) and Julia
- Selyka, Michaela and Sherry
- Angela (switched with Ashley and Andrea), Andrea (switched with Angela) and Ashley (switched with Angela)
Results
[edit]- Open
- 1st - Angela Yeo
- 2nd - Andrea Shaw
- 3rd - Ashley Jones
- 4th - Sherry Priami
- 5th - Michaela Aycock
- 6th - Selyka Givan
- 7th - Leyvina Barros
- 8th - Sheena Ohlig
- 9th - Julia Whitesel
- 10th - Reshanna Boswell
- 11th - Irene Andersen
- 12th - Julia Foery
Comparison to previous Rising Phoenix World Championships contestants results:
- +1 - Angela Yeo
- -1 - Andrea Shaw
- +3 - Sherry Priami
- -2 - Michaela Aycock
- +5 - Sheena Ohlig
- +5 - Julia Whitesel
- -1 - Reshanna Boswell
- -5 - Irene Andersen
- +2 - Julia Foery
- Most Muscular
- Andrea Shaw
- Best Posing Routine
- 1st - Angela Yeo
- 2nd - Selyka Givan
- 3rd - Ashley Jones
Scorecard
[edit]| #[1] | NAME | COUNTRY | JUDGING | FINALS | TOTAL | PLACE |
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| 1 | Irene Andersen |  Sweden
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36 | 36 | 11 | |
| 2 | Michaela Aycock |  United States
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14 | 14 | 5 | |
| 3 | Leyvina Rodrigues Barros |  Brazil
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21 | 21 | 7 | |
| 4 | Reshanna Boswell | Deerfield, IL
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33 | 33 | 10 | |
| 5 | Desunka Dawson | Arlington, TX
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- | - | NS | |
| 6 | Julia Foery |  Switzerland
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39 | 39 | 12 | |
| 7 | Selyka Givan | Decatur, GA
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18 | 18 | 6 | |
| 8 | Ashley Lynnette Jones | United States
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9 | 9 | 3 | |
| 9 | Sheena Ohlig | Collingswood, NJ
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28 | 28 | 8 | |
| 10 | Sherry Priami | Melbourne, FL
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13 | 13 | 4 | |
| 11 | Julia Whitesel | Springfield, MO
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29 | 29 | 9 | |
| 12 | Angela Yeo | Toledo, OH
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4 | 4 | 1 | |
| 13 | Andrea Shaw | Clinton Township, MI
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5 | 5 | 2 |
Notable events
[edit]- Angela Yeo dethroned Andrea Shaw, winning her first Ms. Rising Phoenix title and first Best Posing Routine award.
- According to Roger Lockridge, some experts felt Andrea lost due to her back poses.[2]
- This is the first Rising Phoenix World Championships since 2018 where the incumbent Ms. Rising Phoenix was dethroned.
- Andrea is the first incumbent Ms. Olympia to lose a contest outside the Ms. Olympia since Iris Kyle at the 2008 Ms. International.
- This was also Andrea's first loss since the 2019 Rising Phoenix World Championships.
- This marked the end of Andrea's consecutive four Ms. Rising Phoenix winning streak.
- Andrea Shaw won her second consecutive Most Muscular award.
- Desunka Dawson competed during judging part, but was absent during the finals and received a no score placing.
- Mayla Ash, Kaylin Heisler, Natalia Kovaleva and Virginia Sanchez was invited, but did not attend, while Ashley Jones was not on the official contestant list, but attended.
- This was the first Rising Phoenix World Championships without Tim Gardner as promoter.
Appearances
[edit]- Irene Andersen – 10 appearances (2015–2024)
- Andrea Shaw – 6 appearances (2019–2024)
- Michaela Aycock – 5 appearances (2020–2024)
- Sheena Ohlig – 3 appearances (2021–2022, 2024)
- Angela Yeo – 2 appearances (2023–2024)
- Julia Foery – 2 appearances (2023–2024)
- Reshanna Boswell – 2 appearances (2023–2024)
- Sherry Priami – 2 appearances (2023–2024)
- Ashley Jones – 1 appearance (2024)
- Desunka Dawson – 1 appearance (2024)
- Julia Whitesel – 1 appearance (2024)
- Leyvina Barros – 1 appearance (2024)
- Selyka Givan – 1 appearance (2024)
Official contestant list
[edit]- Andrea Shaw
- Angela Yeo
- Michaela Aycock
- Mayla Ash
- Kaylin Heisler
- Ashley Jones
- Desunka Dawson
- Irene Andersen
- Julia Föry / Foery
- Julia Whitesel
- Leyvina Barros
- Natalia Kovaleva
- Reshanna Boswell
- Selyka Givan
- Sheena Ohlig
- Sherry Priami
- Virginia Sanchez[3][4][5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2024 Rising Phoenix Results". IFBB Pro. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ "2024 Rising Phoenix Results". BarBend. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
- ^ "Amateur Olympia Instagram Post". Instagram. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ "2024 Rising Phoenix Arizona Pro". IFBB Pro. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ "2024 NPC Wings of Strength Ms. International Classic". NPC News Online. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
