Ericka Morales Morgan has won the 2023 IFBB Pro League Zhanna Rotar Pro Figure show. The contest was held in Anaheim, CA, on Saturday, July 22, 2023, and Morgan was one of 14 competitors representing four countries. Paula Rojo finished the show as the runner-up, and third place went to Wendy Fortino. The final standings are below:
2023 Zhanna Rotar Pro — Figure
- Ericka Morales Morgan (Guatemala)
- Paula Rojo (USA)
- Wendy Fortino (USA)
- Zulfiya Bitiyeva (Kazakhstan)
- Oyku Basar (Turkey)
- Osiris Trumpe (USA)
- Desiree Alferes (USA)
- Jessica Baltazar (USA)
- Xin Qi (USA)
- Jossie Alarcon (USA)
- Christine Cave (USA)
- Dr. Adrienne Matthews (USA)
- Kara Bennitt (USA)
- Jennifer Delgado-Martin (USA)
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Winner — Ericka Morales Morgan
This was Morgan’s second show of the year and first win of her five-year pro career; she earned her pro card at the 2018 Amateur Olympia South America contest.
Morgan finished third at the 2023 Northern California Pro and can now focus on the 2023 Olympia in Orlando, FL, on the weekend of Nov. 2-5, 2023. She aims to improve upon her ninth-place finish at the 2022 Figure Olympia, won by Cydney Gillon.
Second Place — Paula Rojo
Rojo was competing in her second pro contest. She left the amateur ranks after winning the 2022 NPC Junior Nationals. She made her pro debut at that year’s Tampa Pro, finishing in ninth place. Standing alongside a top-10 Olympia competitor in Morgan could serve as education and motivation for Rojo going into her next show.
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Third Place — Wendy Fortino
Fortino was coming off a sixth-place finish at the 2023 Northern California Pro, and she looked much improved in this event. She seeks her seventh Olympia appearance but has to win a show to qualify. There is no word on when her next contest will be at the time of this article’s publication.
Other Notes
This was one of three Figure contests on July 21-23, 2023. Autumn Cleveland won the Figure show at the 2023 Chicago Pro in Tinley, IL, and the Pharlabs Sur Pro Cup Colombia Figure show finished on Sunday, July 23.
The next Figure competition will be held at the 2023 Tampa Pro in Tampa, FL, on the weekend of Aug. 3-5, 2023.
Featured image: @erickammorgan on Instagram
