IFBB Figure Pro Natalia Soltero has won the 2023 Northern California Pro in Sacramento, CA. The contest was held on Saturday, June 10, 2023, and it featured 21 competitors from five different countries.
Thanks to achieving the top rank on the judges’ scorecards, Soltero has qualified for the 2023 Figure Olympia, scheduled for Nov. 2-5, 2023, in Orlando, FL. The top 15 finishers from the 2023 Northern California Pro results are below:
2023 Northern California Pro Results — Figure Division
- Natalia Soltero (Mexico)
- Jossie Nathali Alarcon Becerra (Mexico)
- Ericka Morales Morgan (Guatemala)
- Ashley Radiance Fuller (USA)
- Gino Palma (USA)
- Wendy Fortino (USA)
- Desiree Alferes (USA)
- Ashley Garcia (USA)
- Aksana Yukhno (Belarus)
- Jessica Baltazar (USA)
- Susana Serrano (El Salvador)
- Georgina Lona (Mexico)
- Dr. Adrienne Matthews (USA)
- Christine Cave (USA)
- Laura Bedson (USA)
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Winner — Natalia Soltero
The prejudging round was the only scored round for this show. The head judge was Sandy Williamson. Soltero won the show with a perfect score. This was her first victory since the 2020 Figure International, and it was her sixth overall.
Soltero is the 10th athlete to qualify for the 2023 Figure Olympia contest, which will be her seven seventh career Olympia appearance. Soltero was the Olympia runner-up in 2020 and 2021.
Second Place — Jossie Nathali Alarcon Becerra
This contest was Becerra’s 2023 season debut. She scored silver with straight second-place votes. Becerra was fourth overall at the 2022 Olympia, one place ahead of Soltero. Cydney Gillon won her sixth consecutive Olympia in 2022. If Becerra intends to return to the Olympia in 2023, she will have to enter and win a different pro show to qualify.
Third Place — Ericka Morales Morgan
Morgan represented Guatemala in her 2023 season debut at this show. She was ninth at the 2022 Figure Olympia in Las Vegas, NV.
Morgan turned pro via her win at the 2018 Amateur Olympia. She is still looking for her first pro win. Based on her performance at the 2023 Northern California pro, the potential is certainly there to win gold at some point in 2023.
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Other Notes
The next Figure contest will take place in Spain. The 2023 Empro Pro Spain show will be held on Sunday, June 18, 2023. As of this writing, the exact location of the show had yet to be released.
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