The 2025 Vancouver Island Showdown Pro will take place in Victoria, BC, Canada on Saturday, April 19, 2025. This is the first pro show on the 2025 schedule to be held in Canada, and it features three women’s divisions: Women’s Bodybuilding, Women’s Physique, and Wellness.
Twenty-five athletes will compete for fans and judges in this show. The winners receive 2025 Olympia Weekend qualifications.
2025 Vancouver Island Showdown Pro Roster
The lineups for all three categories are below, as shown on the IFBB Pro League:
Women’s Bodybuilding
- Lena Betka (USA)
- Chelsea Dion (USA)
- Kyna Squarey (Canada)
- Gabriela Vega (USA)
Women’s Physique
- Marika Beal (USA)
- Georgina D’abreo (Canada)
- Jenaya Hofer (Canada)
- Yin Hsuan Huang (Taiwan)
- Cara Kerluck (Canada)
- Tori La Rock (Germany)
- Emilija Martic (Canada)
- Barbara Menage (France)
- Karrisa Otero-Hardgrove (USA)
- Nadine Phoenix (UK)
- Michelle Polanik (USA)
- Janessa Roy (Canada)
- Julie Schultz (USA)
- Paola Viveros (Canada)
Wellness
- Tea Bibeti (USA)
- Kassandra Gillis (Canada)
- Michelle Ibata (Brazil)
- Whitney Lobreau (Canada)
- Jasmine Payne (USA)
- Sarah Riche (Canada)
- Nadina Schaniel (Switzerland)
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Women’s Physique Athletes to Watch
This is the year’s first show for the Women’s Physique division, and these three athletes are considered early favorites to contend for the win.
Emilija Martic
Emilija Martic was the runner-up at this show in 2022 and 2023. She ranked 12th at the 2023 Women’s Physique Olympia but took the 2024 season off. Her last win came at the 2023 Toronto Pro Supershow.
Barbara Menage
Barbara Menage has ranked fourth at the Olympia four times, including in 2024. The top three from the 2024 Olympia automatically qualified for 2025.
Most recently, Menage won the 2024 Europa Pro, and many fans see her as the athlete to beat in this competition. She was previously ranked runner-up at the 2024 Romania Muscle Fest Pro.
Julie Schultz
Julie Schultz has competed in Women’s Bodybuilding and Women’s Physique. She was the runner-up in this show in the Women’s Physique category in 2024 behind Marianne Von Gierke.
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