The 2024 Battle of the Bay Pro was held on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, in Union City, CA. This event served as a 2025 Olympia qualifier for the Bikini division. It featured 30 pros representing five different nations.
2023 Masters Olympia champion Jessica Wilson left the stage victorious in a close contest with runner-up Rudie Guerrero. Chyna Melton rounded out the top three.
2024 Battle of the Bay Pro Results
- Jessica Wilson (USA)
- Rudie Guerrero (USA)
- Chyna Melton (USA)
- Hope Harper (USA)
- Adriana Izaguirre (USA)
- Nedjie Thompson (USA)
- Judy Son (USA)
- Renata Guimaraes (USA)
- Angela White (USA)
- Nicole Johnson (USA)
- Shaneeka Harmonson (USA)
- Michelle Hurst (USA)
- Marie Blanchard-Bradley (USA)
- Shannyn Creekmore (Canada)
- Zoey Panzarino (USA)
Tied for 16th
- Merica Abbado (USA)
- Melanie Albinio (USA)
- L. Dawn Charlton (Bahamas)
- Arisdelsy Cuevas (USA)
- Jennifer Greer (USA)
- Tomo Hashimoto (Japan)
- Shawn Hektor Lewis (USA)
- Huong Mai (USA)
- Nani Nieves (USA)
- Leslie Potts (USA)
- Gina Sardina (USA)
- Ashley Scott (USA)
- Winnie Shao (USA)
- Aneta Szoltysek (Poland)
- Stephanie Warden (Canada)
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Winner — Jessica Wilson
Wilson was a 2024 Bikini Olympia competitor, but she placed outside the top 15. Her last show was the 2024 Iron Games Pro on Nov. 9, 2024, where she placed fifth. The judges liked what she brought to this show, but she only won by one point. Nonetheless, she is now qualified for the Olympia for the fifth consecutive year.
Second Place — Rudie Guerrero
Guerrero appeared better at this show than at the 2024 Shawn Ray Hawaiian Classic Pro on Nov. 16, 2024, where she placed fourth. This is the fifth-year pro’s best finish since entering the pro ranks in 2020.
Third Place — Chyna Melton
This is Melton’s second consecutive bronze-place finish. She was also third at the 2024 KC Bikini Pro Championships in Kansas City, MO, on Nov. 23, 2024. Melton is a rookie at the pro level, and two top-three finishes in her first two shows are signs of great potential going into the 2025 season.
Other Notes
The following weekend, there are two Bikini division contests. The Ronnie Coleman Sur Pro Cup will occur in Cuidad del Este, Paraguay, on Dec. 14-15, 2024, and the 2024 Huanji China Pro will host Bikini competitors on the same weekend. Both shows are also 2025 Bikini Olympia qualifying events.
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