The 2001 Ms. Olympia contest is an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition and part of Joe Weider's Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend 2001 was held on October 26, 2001, at the Mandalay Bay Arena in Paradise, Nevada. It was the 22nd Ms. Olympia competition held. Other events at the exhibition include the Mr. Olympia and Fitness Olympia contests.

Prize money

Overall - $10,000 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: $50,000

Rounds Round 1 (Symmetry Round): Judging contestants' balance and proportion. Round 2 (Muscularity/Conditioning Round): Focused on muscle size, definition, and conditioning, emphasizing leanness and separation. Round 3 (Compulsory Poses Round): Contestants performed mandatory poses to highlight key muscle groups. Round 4 (Posedown Round): Contestants engaged in a final posedown to compare their physiques directly.

Call outs Individual posing

Dayana Cadeau: Posing songs - Differences / Family Affair Renee Casella: Posing song - We Are Juliette Bergmann: Posing song - I've Never Been to Me Joanna Thomas: Posing song - I Ask of You Kim Harris: Posing song - Dance with Me Brenda Raganot: Posing song - Bootylicious Gayle Moher: Posing song - Desert Rose Angela Debatin: Posing song - Genie in a Bottle Fannie Barrios: Posing songs - You Can Leave Your Hat On / 20th Century Fox Fanfare / Soul Bossa Nova / Bootylicious / Lady Marmalade Andrulla Blanchette: Posing songs - War / The Greatest Love of All Vickie Gates: Posing songs - Slowly / One Minute Man / Lady Marmalade Lesa Lewis: Posing songs - Bad Boy for Life Betty Pariso: Posing song - To Love You More Valentina Chepiga: Posing song - Yaxeni Oriquen: Posing song - Fallin' Iris Kyle: Next Generation

Prejudging posing

Call Outs from Round One: Lightweights

Cadeau - Blachette - Bergman Raganot - Blachette - Moher Casella - Raganot - Harris Debatin - Barios - Thomas Bergman - Harris - Blanchette Casella - Debatin - Thomas Raganot - Moher - Harris Barrios - Moher - Cadeau Harris - Moher - Casella Bergman - Blachette Cadaeu - Bergman - Blanchette

Call Outs from Round Two: Lightweights

Cadeau - Blachette - Bergman Casella - Cadeau - Raganot Casella - Moher - Barrios Thomas - Harris - Debatin Debatin - Raganot - Moher

Call Outs from Round One: Heavyweights

Chepiga - Gates - Lewis Kyle - Oriquen - Lewis Foster - Pariso - Lewis Gates - Oriquen - Kyle

Call Outs from Round Two: Heavyweights

Oriquen - Gates - Kyle Lewis - Chepiga - Pariso Gates - Kyle - Oriquen Chepiga - Kyle - Oriquen

Results

Scorecard ATHLETES FIRST ROUND SUBTOT1 SECOND ROUND SUBTOT2 Tot1-2 THIRD ROUND SUBTOT3 Tot1-2-3 FOURTH ROUND SUBTOT4 TOTAL RANK X X X X NAMES 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1) Dayana CADEAU 3333333333 153333243223 15304444243333 1848333333333315633 2) Renee CASELLA 5755107887934686666978103468656656108610321001006 3) Juliette BERGMANN 111112211251111111233510111111111151511111111115201 4) Joanna THOMAS 81010109899974610101010101010710107509610101010101079794914514510 5) Kim HARRIS 767746466631978898887840718788676687351061067 6) Brenda RAGANOT 4444745445204444734444204033338344441757574 7) Gayle MOHER 6566556554277677455555285556774555552681815 8) Angela DEBATIN 1089961010101084889995910996449298997981096431351359 9) Fannie BARRIOS 99889977810425555876669297179559887108381091098 10) Andrulla BLANCHETTE 2222211221102222321112102022223222221030222222222210402 Heavy weight 11) Vickie GATES 111111211353233133324141922222443241332222313232311432 12) Lesa LEWIS 5455255555254444455556224755554555452572725 13) Betty PARISO 6666666666305655666665285866666666663088886 14) Heather FOSTER 777777777735777777777735707777777777351051057 15) Valentina CHEPIGA 222252442112656654444224361111531133743434 16) Yaxeni ORIQUEN 3533331244152322222233112634441232521440333231313214543 17) Iris KYLE 43444433321811113111115234333312411143711112212116431 Judges: 1-Rockell 2-C.Sanchez 3-Weinberger 4-Frig 5-Beckles 6-Calascione 7-Baldantoni 8-Kemper 9-Ourama 10-Feinstein

Comparison to previous Olympia results: +12 - Juliette Bergmann +4 - Iris Kyle Same - Vickie Gates +1 - Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia -3 - Valentina Chepiga Same - Lesa Lewis -1 - Andrulla Blanchette +11 - Dayana Cadeau -2 - Brenda Reganot -6 - Gayle Moher -3 - Renee Casella

Attended 6th Ms. Olympia attended - Vickie Gates 5th Ms. Olympia attended - Juliette Bergmann, Andrulla Blanchette, and Lesa Lewis 4th Ms. Olympia attended - Valentina Chepiga and Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia 3rd Ms. Olympia attended - Renee Casella, Iris Kyle, and Brenda Raganot 2nd Ms. Olympia attended - Dayana Cadeau and Gayle Moher 1st Ms. Olympia attended - Fannie Barrios, Angela Debatin, Kim Harris, Betty Pariso, and Joanna Thomas Previous year Olympia attendees who did not attend - Th-resa Bostick, Denise Hoshor, Cathy LeFrançois, and Jennifer McVicar

Notable events Juliette Bergmann won her 1st lightweight and overall Ms. Olympia title. She had not competed since the 1989 World Pro Championships and was considered a dark horse competitor. There was controversy over the 2001 Ms. Olympia overall title being awarded to Juliette, with some claiming the move was political. For the past 10 years, she has been a still active International Federation of BodyBuilding and Fitness (IFBB) international judge, working alongside the same judges who decided the outcome of 2001 Ms. Olympia.2001 Ms. Olympia and Fitness Olympia There was no scoresheet for the overall. Jim Manion counted the votes and verbally communicated who the winner was, but nothing was written down. According to Jim, the 8 judges voted for Juliette Bergmann, while 2 judges voted for Iris Kyle. This was the only Ms. Olympia where the lightweight Ms. Olympia title winner beat the heavyweight Ms. Olympia title winner to win the overall Ms. Olympia title. Iris Kyle won her 1st heavyweight Ms. Olympia title. At the end of the fourth round, both Iris Kyle and Vickie Gates were tied in the scorecard at 43 points. Iris won due to the IFBB tie breaking rule that the discarded highs and lows from all three previous rounds will be used to break the tie, with her getting 12 first place votes, while Vickie got 9 first place votes.PROFESSIONAL RULES BODYBUILDING, FITNESS AND FIGURE2001 Ms. Olympia scorecard This was the slimmest margin of victory for a Ms. Olympia heavyweight title.History of the Ms. Olympia This was the only Ms. Olympia where the heavyweight Ms. Olympia title was won through a IFBB tie breaking rule. The two emcee of the 2001 Ms. Olympia was Tim Wilkins and Monica Brant. The overall posedown song was It's My Life by Bon Jovi. The top three heavyweight and top three lightweight posedown song was Tom Sawyer by Rush.

2001 Ms. Olympia Qualified # Name How Qualified 1 Valentina Chepiga Ms. Olympia Winner 2 Andrulla Blanchette Ms. Olympia Winner 3 Vickie Gates 2000 Ms. Olympia HW 2nd 4 Lesa Lewis 2000 Ms. Olympia HW 3rd 5 Brenda Raganot 2000 Ms. Olympia LW 2nd 6 Renee Casella 2000 Ms. Olympia LW 3rd 7 Iris Kyle 2001 Ms. International HW 2nd 8 Dayana Cadeau 2001 Ms. International LW 1st 9 Angela Debatin 2001 Ms. International LW 3rd 10 Betty Pariso 2001 Jan Tana Pro Classic HW 1st 11 Fannie Barrios 2001 Jan Tana Pro Classic MW 1st 12 Joanna Thomas 2001 Jan Tana Pro Classic LW 1st 13 Heather Foster 2001 Women's Pro Extravaganza HW 1st 14 Kim Harris 2001 Women's Pro Extravaganza MW 1st 15 Gayle Moher 2001 Women's Pro Extravaganza LW 1st 16 Juliette Bergmann Special Invite 17 Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia Special Invite

See also 2001 Mr. Olympia

References

External links 2001 MS. OLYMPIA PREJUDGING (DOWNLOAD) 2001 MS. OLYMPIA: FINALS (DOWNLOAD) 2001 MS. OLYMPIA PREJUDGING (DVD) 2001 MS. OLYMPIA: FINALS (DVD)