2015 Wings of Strength Rising Phoenix World Championships

2015 Wings of Strength Rising Phoenix World Championships
Status	Defunct
Genre	Female professional bodybuilding competition
Date(s)	20 August 2015 – 22 August 2015
Begins	20 August 2015
Ends	22 August 2015
Frequency	Annually
Venue	Grand Hyatt
Location(s)	San Antonio, Texas
Country	United States
Years active	0
Inaugurated	20 August 2015
Founder	Jake Wood Kristal Wood Tim Gardner
Most recent	2015 Wings of Strength Rising Phoenix World Championships
Previous event	None
Next event	2016 Wings of Strength Rising Phoenix World Championships
Participants	Irene Andersen Rita Bello Lisa Cross Christine Envall Monique Jones Gillian Kovack Debi Laszewski Margaret Martin Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia Virginia Sanchez Alana Shipp Shawna Strong Helle Trevino Aleesha Young
Attendance	14 (bodybuilders)
Patron(s)	FloMuscle
Organised by	Wings of Strength Tim Gardner Productions IFBB
People	Alina Popa
Member	Jake Wood Kristal Wood Lenda Murray
Sponsor	Wings of Strength Tim Gardner Productions IFBB FloMuscle
Website
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The 2015 Wings of Strength Rising Phoenix World Championships was an IFBB female professional bodybuilding competition and held in conjunction with the IFBB Wings of Strength Texas Pro, the NPC Tim Gardner Texas Extravaganza, and NPC National. It was held on August 20, 2015 to August 22, 2015, at the Grand Hyatt, in San Antonio, Texas, United States.^[1][2]

Call outs

Prejudging

• 1st - Debi Laszewski, Margaret Martin, Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia, Alana Shipp, and Helle Trevino
• 2nd - Monique Jones, Shawna Strong, Isabelle Turell, Aleesha Young, Rita Bello, and Lisa Cross
• 3rd - Irene Andersen, Christine Envall, Gillian Kovack, Virginia Sanchez, and Shawna Strong
• 4th - Margaret Martin, Helle Trevino, and Debi Laszewski

Confirmation round

• 1st - Debi Laszewski, Margaret Martin, Helle Trevino, and Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia (Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia and Helle Trevino switched places)
• 2nd - Isabelle Turell, Alana Shipp, Aleesha Young, and Rita Bello (Alana Shipp and Isabelle Turell switched places)
• 3rd - Irene Andersen, Monique Jones, Christine Envall, Lisa Cross, Shawna Strong, Virginia Sanchez, and Gillian Kovack (Lisa Cross and Monique Jones switched places; Gillian Kovack and Shawna Strong switched places)
• 4th - Debi Laszewski, Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia, Margaret Martin, and Helle Trevino

Prize money

• 1st $50,000 plus new a Wings of Strength Jeep^[1]
• 2nd $25,000
• 3rd $12,500
• 4th $7,000
• 5th $5,000

Total: $99,500

Results

• 1st - Margaret Martin
• 2nd - Helle Trevino
• 3rd - Debi Laszewski
• 4th - Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia
• 5th - Alana Shipp
• 6th - Aleesha Young
• 7th - Isabelle Turell
• 8th - Rita Bello
• 9th - Lisa Cross
• 10th - Christine Envall
• 11th - Shawna Strong
• 12th - Virginia Sanchez
• 13th - Monique Jones
• 14th - Irene Andersen
• 15th - Gillian Kovack^[3]

Best poser award

Margaret Martin

Scorecard

No[4]	Name	Country	Judging	Finals	Total	Place
1	Irene Andersen	Sweden	70	68	138	14
2	Lisa Cross	United Kingdom	49	49	98	9
3	Christine Envall	Queensland, Australia	59	49	108	10
4	Monique Jones	Greer, South Carolina	50	67	117	13
5	Gillian Kovack	Toronto, Canada	75	75	150	15
6	Debi Laszewski	Jupiter, Florida	15	15	30	3
7	Margie Martin	Temecula, California	5	5	10	1
8	Yaxeni Oriquen	Miami, Florida	21	20	41	4
9	Virginia Sanchez	Madrid, Spain	60	56	116	12
10	Alana Shipp	Hutto, Texas	24	25	49	5
11	Shawna Strong	Phoenix, Arizona	56	55	111	11
12	Helle Trevino	Venice, California	10	10	20	2
13	Isabelle Turell	Terre Haute, Indiana	35	36	71	7
14	Aleesha Young	Lehi, Utah	30	30	60	6
15	Rita Bello	Argentina	40	39	79	8

Notable events

• Due to injuries, Alina Popa stated in an interview that she will attend, but not participate in the 2015 Wings of Strength Rising Phoenix World Championships.^[5]

• This is the first year since 1998 that Iris Kyle would not attend a IFBB professional bodybuilding competition of that particular year due to her retirement from the sport.

• The first competition was held on Iris Kyle's 41st birthday.

• Both Vera Mikulcova and Jana Bendova qualified, but did not attend.

• One of the two emcees was Lenda Murray.

• All of the competitors received a rose after individual posing.

• All 15 competitors did the posedown.

• The IFBB professional women's bodybuilding cash prize for first place was five times that of the IFBB professional men's bodybuilding first place cash prize.^[6]

2015 Wings of Strength Rising Phoenix World Championships Qualified

Name[7][8][9][10][11]	Country	How Qualified
Iris Kyle		2014 Ms. Olympia 1st
Alina Popa		2014 Ms. Olympia 2nd
Debi Laszewski		2014 Ms. Olympia 3rd
Alana Shipp		2014 Ms. Olympia 4th 2015 Wings of Strength PBW Tampa Pro 2nd
Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia		2014 Ms. Olympia 5th
Lisa Cross		2015 Omaha Pro 1st
Christine Envall		2015 Omaha Pro 3rd 2015 Toronto Pro Supershow 1st
Helle Trevino		2015 Wings of Strength Chicago Pro-Am Extravaganza 1st
Margie Martin		2015 Wings of Strength Chicago Pro-Am Extravaganza 4th 2015 Wings of Strength PBW Tampa Pro 1st
Isabelle Turell		2015 Wings of Strength Chicago Pro-Am Extravaganza 4th 2015 Wings of Strength PBW Tampa Pro 3rd
Monique Jones		2015 Omaha Pro 2nd
Vera Mikulcova		2015 Toronto Pro Supershow 2nd
Gillian Kovack		2015 Omaha Pro 4th 2015 Toronto Pro Supershow 4th
Rita Bello		2015 Wings of Strength Chicago Pro-Am Extravaganza 2nd
Jana Bendova		2015 Toronto Pro Supershow 3rd
Virginia Sanchez		2015 Wings of Strength Chicago Pro-Am Extravaganza 3rd
Aleesha Young		Special invite
Shawna Strong		Special invite
Irene Andersen		Special invite

Points standings

Ranking^1[7][8]	Name	Country	Points
1	Isabelle Turell		5
2	Monique Jones		4
2	Vera Mikulcova		4
2	Rita Bello		4
2	Gillian Kovack		4
2	Alana Shipp		4
3	Christine Envall		3
3	Jana Bendova		3
3	Virginia Sanchez		3
4	Angela Rayburn		2
4	Keri Watkins		2
5	Margie Martin		1
5	Jacqueline Fuchs		1

¹ 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 Wings of Strength Rising Phoenix World Championships.

See also

• 2015 Mr. Olympia

References

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