The 2023 Daytona Pro-Am show is set for Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in Daytona Beach, FL. Three IFBB Pro League divisions will host contests, each of which will award a 2023 Olympia qualification to its winners (if they are not already qualified).
Athletes from Men’s Physique, Figure, and Bikini will face the judges and fans, hoping to score gold in the penultimate weekend of the Olympia qualifying season.
2023 Daytona Pro-Am Rosters
The full rosters are below, with names in alphabetical order:
Men’s Physique
- Byron Archie (USA)
- Christopher Barr (USA)
- Emerson Brahimi (Canada)
- Briger Alberto Cabezas Renteria (Colombia)
- Miguel Angel Cartaya Kuischmajec (Ecuador)
- Robert Clark (USA)
- Everett Davis (USA)
- Jamal Everette (USA)
- Anas Farhat (USA)
- Juan Manuel Gochez (USA)
- Joshua Guidry (USA)i
- Brett Mario Jackson (USA)
- Reuben Joseph (USA)
- Mark Lancaster (USA)
- Kenyon Leno (USA)
- Benedikt Lukas (Germany)
- Don McCall (USA)
- Clarence McSpadden Jr. (USA)
- Michael D. Mperey (USA)
- Geobanny Paula (USA)
- Hygor Ponchet (USA)
- Sharif Reid (USA)
- Denny Singh (USA)
- Leon K. Smith (USA)
- Tyler Smith (United Kingdom)
- Jimmie Stewart (USA)
- Winston Sullivan (USA)
- Harlan Taylor Jr. (USA)
- Serge Victor (USA)
- Favian Villalobos (USA)
Figure
- Ethel Heredia Appa (Spain)
- Alissa Carpio (USA)
- Sh’Nere Mattise Deas (USA)
- Melissa Brodsky (USA)
- Edith Driver (USA)
- Kelly Estrada (Venezuela)
- Nicole Zenobia Graham (USA)
- Karine Hajjar (Qatar)
- Emily Hammond (Canada)
- Courtney Jacobs (USA)
- Lorena Luciani (Argentina)
- Natalia Marrero (USA)
- Dr. Adrienne Matthews (USA)
- Blanca Rodrigues (USA)
- Mallory Rosado (USA)
- Danielle Rose (USA)
- Stephanie Santamaria (USA)
- Kimberly Smith (USA)
- Rachel Stuckert (USA)
- Roberta Visintaine (Italy)
- Thais Cabrices Werner (USA)
- Aleaha Yencha (USA)
- Carrie L. Zoba (USA)
Bikini
- Noelle Agnew (USA)
- Paola Almerico (USA)
- Susana Aramayo (Argentina)
- Hong Chen (USA)
- Myra Colcord (USA)
- April Conley (USA)
- Jessica Nicole Dolias (USA)
- Rebecca Flachner (USA)
- Claudia Garcia (USA)
- Violeta Garcia (USA)
- Janine Herrera (USA)
- Huong Mai (USA)
- Ndeye Ndour (USA)
- Rachael Oberst (USA)
- Kate Orara (USA)
- Ayleen Santander (Canada)
- Winitchanok Shao (USA)
- Cindy Van Empel-Popowich (Canada)
- Maria Vegas (USA)
- Fallon A. Wainwright (USA)
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Men’s Physique Athletes to Watch
Below are three Men’s Physique athletes who are expected to contend for the podium in first callouts:
Joshua Guidry
This is Joshua Guidry’s fifth contest of the 2023 season, of which he has yet to rank worse than fourth. He needs to win a pro show to reach the Olympia stage. Since the qualifying cutoff date is Oct. 9, 2023, he only has this contest and the following weekend to gold. His most recent show was the 2023 Titans Grand Prix, where he finished third overall.
Clarence McSpadden Jr.
Clarence McSpadden Jr. is in his second pro season. He’s coming off a second-place finish at the 2023 Texas Pro, one of the three shows this season that he’s ranked in the top five of. He seeks both his first win and first Olympia qualification in Daytona Beach.
Brett Mario Jackson
This is Brett Mario Jackson’s fifth contest of the 2023 season and could be considered the dark horse for this contest. If any of the other favorites are even slightly off the mark, Jackson could snag the win. Jackson’s most recent show was the 2023 Miami Muscle Beach Pro, where he ranked eighth overall. He finished sixth overall in the 2022 Daytona Pro.
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Bikini Division Athletes to Watch
The Bikini division is stacked, but here are three standouts to keep close attention to:
Janine Herrera
Janine Herrera is a Masters competitor who has proven herself as a contender in Open shows. The 2023 Bikini Masters Olympia runner-up placed as high as fourth this season in Open shows. This is her third pro season; she seeks her first Olympia qualification.
Ndeye Ndour
Rookie Ndeye Ndour turned pro earlier in the 2023 season and has already competed four times since. Her highest finish was bronze in the 2023 San Antonio Pro and 2023 World Klash Pro.
Ndour gains experience and knowledge with each show that she has clearly applied to each subsequent contest. Ndour’s rookie season is almost over, and she intends to finish it on the Olympia stage.
Jessica Nicole Dolias
Jessica Nicold Dolias was the runner-up to Daraja Hill at the 2023 Janet Layug Battle of the Bodies show and fourth at the 2023 Iron Games Pro show. Dolias hasn’t won a pro show yet, but the physique she presented at her most recent contest was certainly her best package yet. If she wins in Daytona Beach, her Olympia debut will be in Orlando.
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