One of the biggest weekends for women’s bodybuilding is set to take place in Chandler, AZ. The 2023 Rising Phoenix World Championship and the 2023 Arizona Pro show will both take place on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023.
The Rising Phoenix will solely feature the women’s bodybuilding division, while the Arizona Pro will include the other five IFBB Pro League women’s divisions. All winners of these contests will earn qualifications for the 2023 Olympia Weekend in Orlando, FL, on Nov. 2-5, 2023, if they haven’t qualified already.
2023 Rising Phoenix World Championship and 2023 Arizona Pro Rosters
The rosters for all six iFBB Pro League contests are as follows”
Women’s Bodybuilding
- MayLa Ash (USA)
- Michaela Aycock (USA)
- Reshanna Boswell (USA)
- Nicki Chartrand (Canada)
- Leah Dennie (USA)
- Chelsea Dion (USA)
- Julia Foery (Switzerland)
- Taylor Iraggi (USA)
- Rene Marven (USA)
- LaDawn McDay (USA)
- Kristina Mendoza (USA)
- Sherry Priami (USA)
- Andrea Shaw (USA)
- Melissa Teich (USA)
- Angela Yeo (USA)
- Tina Williams (USA)
Women’s Physique
- Rachel Aronson (USA)
- Ashley Bader (USA)
- Ceci Barba (USA)
- Alyssa Coppolino (Canada)
- Jennifer Grealish (USA)
- Tina Mauer Guadarrama (USA)
- Alex Hall (USA)
- Yuna Kim (South Korea)
- Ji Hye Lee (South Korea)
- Suzan Oktay (Australia)
- Claudia Gabriela de Leon Pardo (Mexico)
- Danielle Petze (USA)
- Brooke Pighin (USA)
- Michelle Polanik (USA)
- Mary Power (USA)
- Anna-Lena Prinz (Germany)
- Joanna Romano (Spain)
- Natalia Spierings (United Kingdom)
- Winsome White (USA)
- Heidi Worrell-Osborne (USA)
Fitness
- Rene L. Brosch (USA)
- Danielle Delikat (USA)
- Corina Harkelroad (USA)
- Stephanie Jones (USA)
- Sally Kendall-Williams (USA)
- Rachel Pitts (USA)
- Kristin Pope (USA)
- Kayla Rossi (USA)
Figure
- Shanice Abrams (USA)
- Raquel Clarke (USA)
- Jennifer Delgado-Martin (USA)
- Amanda Elliot (Canada)
- Wendy Ford (USA)
- Crystal Garcia (USA)
- Rhea Gayle (USA)
- Silvia Hammontree (USA)
- Lisa Hutchins (USA)
- Jaslynn James (USA)
- Sophie Jenkins (United Kingdom)
- Jennifer Johnson (USA)
- Silvia Kovacsova (Australia)
- Nikki McGuire (USA)
- Spomenka Miller-Stanic (USA)
- Elizabeth Nieder (USA)
- Paula Rojo (USA)
- Chijioke Soribe (USA)
- Christine Stearns (USA)
- Stacey Steiner (Australia)
- Sara Taschner (USA)
- Osiris Trumpe (USA)
- Melody Zita (USA)
Bikini
- Iulia Baba (Romania)
- Judith Ceballos (Mexico)
- Sylvanna Cedillos (USA)
- Jordan Christafferson (USA)
- Cierra Davis (USA)
- Erika Devera (USA)
- Hikaru Sarah Dundore (USA)
- Abbi Gaetano (USA)
- Marioly Galarza (Bolivia)
- Niccole Guggia (USA)
- Chantel Hall (USA)
- Reijuana Harley (USA)
- Janea Harris (USA)
- Daraja Hill (USA)
- Courtney Janecek (USA)
- Jessica Lewis (USA)
- Marcela Moreno (USA)
- Reyna Perez Mecalco (Mexico)
- Cristina Meza (Mexico)
- Jazmine Osborne (USA)
- Zoey Panzarino (USA)
- Belinda Rivera (USA)
- Kasie L. Rodriguez (USA)
- Lacy Rutland (USA)
- Rachel Price Schatz (USA)
- Shannon Showalter (USA)
- Courtney Walton (USA)
- Heidi L. Young (USA)
- Katie Zaslove (USA)
Wellness
- Jessica Alvarado (USA)
- Maria Borisch (USA)
- Ciarra Cho (USA)
- Tracy Eden (United Kingdom)
- Norma Esparza (USA)
- Alejandra La Fonseca (Puerto Rico)
- Christine Ford (USA)
- Briaunna R. Guthrie (USA)
- Andrea Hrenko (USA)
- Hye Yoon Kim (Korea)
- Madison Luna (USA)
- Mariha Lyons (USA)
- Jenna de Manincor (USA)
- Marina Martins (Canada)
- Micheline Mengue M (Canada)
- Brittanie Molina (USA)
- Celeste Morales (USA)
- Rosa Benadero Munoz (Spain)
- Joann Norwood (USA)
- Jasmine Payne (USA)
- Natasha Peay (USA)
- Victoria Puentes (USA)
- Kimberly Sayers (USA)
- Tatum Schneidmiller (USA)
- Erewa Uku (USA)
- Simara Walter (Brazil)
- Kat Williams (USA)
- Jennifer Zollars (USA)
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Women’s Bodybuilding Athletes to Watch
Below are household names in the bodybuilding world and are likely to contend in first callouts:
Andrea Shaw
Andrea Shaw is the defending champion and the early favorite to win the 2023 Rising Phoenix title. She’s on a quest to four-peat in this show as well as the Ms. Olympia contest. She’s already won the most Rising Phoenix titles since the contest was created in 2015, but adding that fourth title would pad her legacy as an all-time great.
Angela Yeo
Yeo was the runner-up to Shaw at the 2022 Ms. Olympia contest in Las Vegas, NV, and was the 2022 Chicago Pro winner. This will be Yeo’s 2023 season debut, and many fans hope that she gives Shaw a run for her money. Yeo, a former Women’s Physique competitor, has been quiet about her training this season, which makes her appearance in this show all the more exciting.
Michaela Aycock
Unlike Shaw and Yeo, Michaela Aycock has already competed twice in 2023. She won the 2023 Tampa Pro and was the runner-up at the 2023 Lenda Murray Atlanta Pro. Aycock doesn’t need to win this show to qualify for the Ms. Olympia, but it would give her some incredible momentum in the last month of Olympia prep.
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