2009 Ms. Olympia

The 2009 Ms. Olympia contest is an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition and part of Joe Weider's Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend 2009 was held on September 25, 2009, at the South Hall in the Las Vegas Convention Center in Winchester, Nevada and in the Orleans Arena at The Orleans Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada. It was the 30th Ms. Olympia competition held. Other events at the exhibition include the 212 Olympia Showdown, Mr. Olympia, Fitness Olympia, and Figure Olympia contests.

2009 Ms. Olympia
Information
Promotion	IFBB
Date	September 25, 2009
Venue	South Hall in the Las Vegas Convention Center and Orleans Arena at The Orleans Hotel and Casino
City	Winchester and Paradise, Nevada, United States
Event chronology
2008 Ms. Olympia 2009 Ms. Olympia 2010 Ms. Olympia

Prize money

• 1st $28,000
• 2nd $15,000
• 3rd $8,000
• 4th $5,000
• 5th $3,000
• 6th $2,000

Total: $61,000

Results

• 1st - Iris Kyle
• 2nd - Heather Armbrust
• 3rd - Debi Laszewski
• 4th - Lisa Aukland
• 5th - Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia
• 6th - Betty Pariso
• 7th - Kristy Hawkins
• 8th - Dayana Cadeau
• 9th - Betty Viana-Adkins
• 10th - Tina Chandler
• 11th - Rosemary Jennings
• 12th - Nicole Ball
• 13th - Gale Frankie

Comparison to previous Olympia results:

• Same - Iris Kyle
• -12 - Heather Armbrust
• Same - Lisa Aukland
• -2 - Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia
• -1 - Betty Pariso
• -6 - Dayana Cadeau
• -7 - Betty Viana-Adkins
• -4 - Rosemary Jennings
• -1 - Nicole Ball

Scorecard

			Judging	Finals
No^[1]	Name	Country	RD1+RD2	RD3	RD4	Total	Place
1	Armbrust, Heather		10	10	10	30	2
2	Aukland, Lisa		18	17	16	51	4
3	Ball, Nicole		58	48		106	12
4	Cadeau, Dayana		40	32		72	8
5	Chandler, Tina		54	50		104	10
6	Frankie, Gale		62	59		121	13
7	Hawkins, Kristy		35	35		70	7
8	Jennings, Rosemary		53	53		106	11
9	Kyle, Iris		5	5	5	15	1
10	Laszewski, Debi		18	15	15	48	3
11	Oriquen-Garcia, Yaxeni		25	24	23	72	5
12	Pariso, Betty		30	29	27	86	6
13	Viana-Adkins, Betty		45	41		86	9

Attended

• 12th Ms. Olympia attended - Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia
• 11th Ms. Olympia attended - Iris Kyle
• 10th Ms. Olympia attended - Dayana Cadeau
• 8th Ms. Olympia attended - Betty Pariso
• 5th Ms. Olympia attended - Lisa Aukland
• 4th Ms. Olympia attended - Betty Viana-Adkins and Rosemary Jennings
• 3rd Ms. Olympia attended - Heather Armbrust and Nicole Ball
• 1st Ms. Olympia attended - Debi Laszewski, Kristy Hawkins, Tina Chandler, and Gale Frankie
• Previous year Olympia attendees who did not attend - Klaudia Larson, Sherry Smith, Debbie Bramwell, Brenda Raganot, Jennifer Sedia, Jeannie Paparone, Mah-Ann Mendoza, and Cathy LeFrançois

Notable events

• This was Iris Kyle's 5th overall and 4th consecutive Olympia win, thus tied her with Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls with the number of consecutive Olympia wins and surpassed Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls's overall Olympia wins.
• Heather Armbrust placed 2nd place this Olympia, the best placing she has ever had at the Olympia. This is also Heather Armbrust's last Olympia before her retirement from bodybuilding in 2011.
• This is Lisa Aukland's last Olympia she attended before her retirement from bodybuilding in 2010.
• This is Betty Pariso's, the oldest IFBB pro female bodybuilder active, last Olympia she attended before her retirement from bodybuilding in 2010. She was also the oldest IFBB pro female bodybuilder to attend a Ms. Olympia, at the age of 53 years.^[2]
• This is Betty Viana-Adkins's and Rosemary Jennings's last Olympia they have attended.
• The song played during the posedown was Fire Burning by Sean Kingston.

2009 Ms. Olympia Qualified

From the 2009 Atlantic City Pro:^[3][4]

Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA, September 12, 2009

1. Lisa Aukland,  

2. Kristy Hawkins,  

3. Nicole Ball,  

From the 2009 Tampa Pro Bodybuilding Weekly Championships:

Tampa, Florida, USA, August 8, 2009

1. Betty Pariso,  

2. Gale Frankie,  

3. Tina Chandler,  

From the 2009 New York Pro:

New York, New York, USA, May 16, 2009

1. Cathy LeFrancois,  

2. Betty Pariso,  

3. Rosemary Jennings,  

From the 2009 Ms. International:

Columbus, Ohio, USA, March 6, 2009

1. Iris Kyle,  

2. Debi Laszewski,  

3. Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia,  

4. Heather Armbrust,  

5. Dayana Cadeau,  

6. Betty Viana-Adkins,  

7. Isabelle Turell,  ^*

^*Qualifies pursuant to IFBB Pro Rule 4.5.5

From the 2008 Ms. Olympia:

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, September 26, 2008

1. Iris Kyle,  

2. Betty Viana-Adkins,  

3. Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia,  

4. Lisa Aukland,  

5. Dayana Cadeau,  

6. Cathy LeFrancois,  

See also

• 2009 Mr. Olympia

References

1. 2009 Ms Olympia Results Scorecard
2. Ms. Olympia by the numbers
3. 2009 Ms. Olympia qualified
4. "2009 Olympia Qualified Competitors List". bodybuildbid.com. Retrieved 2014-05-27.