Angela Yeo has won the 2024 Rising Phoenix World Championship. Yeo was one of 12 IFBB Pro League women’s bodybuilders in the lineup at the 10th running of the event in Phoenix, AZ, on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024.
Yeo defeated all the others, including four-time defending champion and four-time Ms. Olympia Andrea Shaw, who finished as the runner-up. Ashley Leynnette Jones rounded out the top three.
The final results are below, as shown on the scorecards on the IFBB Pro League:
2024 Rising Phoenix Results
- Angela Yeo (United States)
- Andrea Shaw (United States)
- Ashley Lynnette Jones (United States)
- Sherry Priami (United States)
- Michaela Aycock (United States)
- Selyka Givan (United States)
- Leyvina Rodrigues Barros (Brazil)
- Sheena Ohlig (United States)
- Julia Whitesel (United States)
- Reshanna Boswell (United States)
- Irene Andersen (Sweden)
- Julia Foery (Switzerland)
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Winner — Angela Yeo
This is Yeo’s first Rising Phoenix title. She is the fifth different champion in the show’s 10-year history. Only one point separated Yeo and Shaw, meaning some judges had the former champion in front.
Yeo was already qualified for the 2024 Ms. Olympia as the runner-up in 2023, so no Olympia qualification was awarded. Still, Yeo is in the driver’s seat going into the Olympia on Oct. 10-13, 2024, in Las Vegas, NV.
Second Place — Andrea Shaw
This is Shaw’s first contest loss since 2019. She remains the winningest competitor in the show’s history.
Shaw is the defending Ms. Olympia and has lifetime qualification for that competition. Some experts felt she lost the competition from the back poses. Shaw has seven weeks to adjust for the 2024 Olympia.
Third Place — Ashley Lynnette Jones
Jones was a late entrant into this contest but left with the bronze. The 2024 New York Pro winner is qualified for the 2024 Olympia, meaning the fans and judges will see all three athletes face off again in Las Vegas.
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