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.[1][2]

2001 Ms. Olympia
PromotionIFBB
DateOctober 26, 2001
VenueMandalay Bay Arena
CityUnited States Paradise, Nevada, United States
Event chronology
2000 Ms. Olympia 2001 Ms. Olympia 2002 Ms. Olympia

Prize money

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  • 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

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  • 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

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Individual posing

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

Prejudging posing

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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

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Scorecard

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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   3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 15 3 3 3 3 2 4 3 2 2 3 15 30 4 4 4 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 18 48 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 15 63 3
2) Renee CASELLA   5 7 5 5 10 7 8 8 7 9 34 6 8 6 6 6 6 9 7 8 10 34 68 6 5 6 6 5 6 10 8 6 10 32 100 100 6
3) Juliette BERGMANN   1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 5 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 15 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 20 1
4) Joanna THOMAS   8 10 10 10 9 8 9 9 9 7 46 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 7 10 10 7 50 96 10 10 10 10 10 10 7 9 7 9 49 145 145 10
5) Kim HARRIS   7 6 7 7 4 6 4 6 6 6 31 9 7 8 8 9 8 8 8 7 8 40 71 8 7 8 8 6 7 6 6 8 7 35 106 106 7
6) Brenda RAGANOT   4 4 4 4 7 4 5 4 4 5 20 4 4 4 4 7 3 4 4 4 4 20 40 3 3 3 3 8 3 4 4 4 4 17 57 57 4
7) Gayle MOHER   6 5 6 6 5 5 6 5 5 4 27 7 6 7 7 4 5 5 5 5 5 28 55 5 6 7 7 4 5 5 5 5 5 26 81 81 5
8) Angela DEBATIN   10 8 9 9 6 10 10 10 10 8 48 8 9 9 9 5 9 10 9 9 6 44 92 9 8 9 9 7 9 8 10 9 6 43 135 135 9
9) Fannie BARRIOS   9 9 8 8 9 9 7 7 8 10 42 5 5 5 5 8 7 6 6 6 9 29 71 7 9 5 5 9 8 8 7 10 8 38 109 109 8
10) Andrulla BLANCHETTE   2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 10 2 2 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 2 10 20 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 10 30 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 10 40 2
Heavy weight
11) Vickie GATES   1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 5 3 2 3 3 1 3 3 3 2 4 14 19 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 3 2 4 13 32 2 2 2 3 1 3 2 3 2 3 11 43 2
12) Lesa LEWIS   5 4 5 5 2 5 5 5 5 5 25 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 22 47 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 25 72 72 5
13) Betty PARISO   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 30 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 28 58 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 30 88 88 6
14) Heather FOSTER   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 35 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 35 70 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 35 105 105 7
15) Valentina CHEPIGA   2 2 2 2 5 2 4 4 2 1 12 6 5 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 2 24 36 1 1 1 1 5 3 1 1 3 3 7 43 43 4
16) Yaxeni ORIQUEN   3 5 3 3 3 3 1 2 4 4 15 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 11 26 3 4 4 4 1 2 3 2 5 2 14 40 3 3 3 2 3 1 3 1 3 2 14 54 3
17) Iris KYLE   4 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 18 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 5 23 4 3 3 3 3 1 2 4 1 1 14 37 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 6 43 1

Judges:
1-Rockell
2-C.Sanchez
3-Weinberger
4-Frig
5-Beckles
6-Calascione
7-Baldantoni
8-Kemper
9-Ourama
10-Feinstein[3]

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

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  • 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

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  • 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.[3]
    • 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.[3][4]
    • 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.[3]
    • 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.[3]
  • 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.[3][5][6][7]
    • This was the slimmest margin of victory for a Ms. Olympia heavyweight title.[8]
    • 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

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# 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

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References

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  1. ^ "Juliette Bergmann - Official Fansite Ms. Olympia 2001-02 LW". juliette-bergmann.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  2. ^ "2001 Ms. Olympia - the Pump Room - Product Catalogue | GMV ..." gmv.com.au. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Dobbins, Bill (November 26, 2001) [November 26, 2001]. "MS. OLYMPIA 2001: CONTEST REPORT". The official Bill Dobbins female physique websites. Archived from the original on 17 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  4. ^ 2001 Ms. Olympia and Fitness Olympia
  5. ^ PROFESSIONAL RULES BODYBUILDING, FITNESS AND FIGURE
  6. ^ 2001 Ms. Olympia scorecard
  7. ^ Silverman, Ruth (February 1, 2002) [February 1, 2002]. "2001 Ms. Olympia: Juliette of the Spirits". Iron Man. Archived from the original on 11 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  8. ^ History of the Ms. Olympia
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