OUR FULL CONTEST REPORT WILL BE AVAILABLE HERE.
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Here are the final results:
Huge congratulations to
Gina Aliotti for the win, to
Paola Almerico for her 2008 Olympia qualification, and to
Latisha Wilder our spotlight athlete for her great showing. Natalie and Heather both looked stunning, even better than they did at the Olympia. This was a superb show all around!!
The coverage below was written in the afternoon after the pre-judging. Look for our full contest report including photo and videos later this week!
Shannon Meteraud and
Zivile Raudoniene are the key surprise last minute entrants!! No Amber Littlejohn though, which is a disappointment.
The call-outs at the one piece pre-judging went like this:
First call-out:
Gina Aliotti
Paola Almerico
Natalie Benson
Heather Green
Shannon Meteraud
Latisha Wilder
Zivile Raudoniene
Gina Aliotti looks stunning as expected, she is just exuding star quality on stage.
Paola Almerico and
Heather Green are right on her heels though, both look to be in their best shape ever and it's going to be very hard to fit everyone at the top. Looking at this lineup just has to make you happy about the sport, and the direction -- just an unbelievable combination of muscle and beauty which is what you want to see on the figure stage.
Second call-out:
Paola Almerico
Natalie Benson
Heather Green
Danielle Hollenshade
Shannon Meteraud
Zivile Raudoniene
Cynthia Sharp
Throughout the pre-judging they are replacing two or three athletes per call-out which makes for some interesting speculation.
Cynthia Sharp has not been on stage for quite a while but looks to be much improved relative to her placing here last year.
Natalie Benson has an even better overall shape and structure and far superior presentation than she had at the Olympia, this is going to be very competitive tonight.
Third call-out:
Danielle Hollenshade
Cynthia Sharp
Zivile Raudoniene
Paola Almerico
Tivisay Briceno
Shannon Meteraud
Competitors like
Shannon Meteraud, Zivile and Paola have now been out for all three of the first call-outs, very unpredictable and some are getting noticeably tired under the lights!
Tivisay Briceno looks gorgeous in her debut, ripped physique and a beautiful look, she is going to surprise with her placing.
Fourth call-out:
Meriza DeGuzman
Marie Gibbons
Pia Johnsen
Melissa Pearo
Cynthia Sharp
Fifth call-out:
Zena Collins
Claire Parmley
Aymara Munoz
Helen Turley
Sixth call-out:
Paola Almerico
Tivisay Briceno
Shannon Meteraud
Melissa Pearo
Christine Wan
Seventh and final call-out:
Probably your top six!!!
Gina Aliotti
Paola Almerico
Natalie Benson
Heather Green
Zivile Raudoniene
Latisha Wilder
And here are the two piece call-outs.
First call-out:
Aliotti, Almerico, Benson, Green, Wilder
Not much different here, Paola looks amazing her lines are perfect and structurally she comes across as confident but not overly so. We can't say enough about Gina she is a superstar, and Heather has also dialed in her conditioning perfectly.
Second call-out:
Benson, Briceno, Hollenshade, Meteraud, Raudoniene
Tivisay looks even better in her two piece, she has a great midsection so look for her to move up even more.
Third call-out:
Almerico, Green, Meteraud, Wilder
This is an interesting call-out, perhaps the judges are looking to see what they can get away with here.
Fourth call-out:
Briceno, Johnsen, Meteraud, Parmley, Pearo, Raudoniene, Wan
Claire Parmley gets one of her best call-outs at a pro show, it is much deserved she has a great physique.
Christine Wan stands out for her shoulder development.
Shannon Meteraud's upper body is really thick and muscular.
Fifth call-out:
DeGuzman, Gibbons, Johnsen, Munoz, Sharp, Turley
Visit the web site of IFBB Pro Figure superstar
Danielle Hollenshade at
http://www.daniellehollenshade.com/
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