The 2015 Rising Phoenix World Championships was an IFBB Wings of Strength female professional bodybuilding competition and held in conjunction with the IFBB 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.
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, Maria 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 Maria 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 + Jeep 2nd $25,000 3rd $12,500 4th $7,000 5th $5,000 Total: $99,500 + Jeep
Results Overall results 1st - Margaret Martin 2nd - Helle Trevino 3rd - Debi Laszewski 4th - Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia 5th - Alana Shipp 6th - Aleesha Young 7th - Isabelle Turell 8th - Maria Bello 9th - Lisa Cross 10th - Christine Envall 11th - Shawna Strong 12th - Virginia Sanchez 13th - Monique Jones 14th - Irene Andersen 15th - Gillian Kovack
Scorecard No Name Country Judging Finals Total Place 1 Irene Andersen Sweden706813814 2 Lisa Cross United Kingdom4949989 3 Christine Envall Queensland, Australia594910810 4 Monique Jones Greer, South Carolina506711713 5 Gillian Kovack Toronto, Ontario757515015 6 Debi Laszewski Jupiter, Florida1515303 7 Margie Martin Temecula, California55101 8 Yaxeni Oriquen Miami, Florida2120414 9 Virginia Sanchez Madrid, Spain605611612 10 Alana Shipp Hutto, Texas2425495 11 Shawna Strong Phoenix, Arizona565511111 12 Helle Trevino Venice, California1010202 13 Isabelle Turell Terre Haute, Indiana3536717 14 Aleesha Young Lehi, Utah3030606 15 Rita Bello Argentina4039798
Best poser winner Winner - Margaret Martin
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. This is the first year since 1998 that Iris Kyle would not attend an 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.
2015 Rising Phoenix World Championships Qualified Name 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 4th2015 PBW Tampa Pro 2nd Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia 2014 Ms. Olympia 5th Lisa Cross 2015 Omaha Pro 1st Christine Envall 2015 Omaha Pro 3rd2015 Toronto Pro Supershow 1st Helle Trevino 2015 Chicago Pro-Am Extravaganza 1st Margie Martin 2015 Chicago Pro-Am Extravaganza 4th2015 PBW Tampa Pro 1st Isabelle Turell 2015 Chicago Pro-Am Extravaganza 4th2015 PBW Tampa Pro 3rd Monique Jones 2015 Omaha Pro 2nd Vera Mikulcova 2015 Toronto Pro Supershow 2nd Gillian Kovack 2015 Omaha Pro 4th2015 Toronto Pro Supershow 4th Maria Bello 2015 Chicago Pro-Am Extravaganza 2nd Jana Bendova 2015 Toronto Pro Supershow 3rd Virginia Sanchez 2015 Chicago Pro-Am Extravaganza 3rd Aleesha Young Special invite Shawna Strong Special invite Irene Andersen Special invite
Points standings Ranking Name Country Points 1 Isabelle Turell 5 2 Monique Jones 4 2 Vera Mikulcova 4 2 Maria 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 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.
Pictures
See also 2015 Mr. Olympia 2016 Rising Phoenix World Championships
References