2004 Ms. Olympia
| 2004 Ms. Olympia | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | IFBB | |||
| Date | October 29, 2004 | |||
| Venue | Mandalay Bay Arena | |||
| City |  Paradise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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The 2004 Ms. Olympia contest is an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition and part of Joe Weider's Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend 2004 that was held on October 29, 2004, at the Mandalay Bay Arena in Paradise, Nevada. It was the 25th Ms. Olympia competition held. Other events at the exhibition include the Mr. Olympia, Fitness Olympia, and Figure Olympia contests.
Prize money[edit]
- Overall - $10,000
- 1st (Lightweight (LW)) - $10,000
- 1st (Heavyweight (HW)) - $10,000
- 2nd (LW) - $6,000
- 2nd (HW) - $6,000
- 3rd (LW) - $4,000
- 3rd (HW) - $4,000
Total: $50,000
Weight-in[edit]
Heavyweights over 135 pounds:
- Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia - 165 lb (75 kg)[1]
- Betty Pariso - 165 lb (75 kg)
- Bonny Priest - 165 lb (75 kg)
- Betty Viana-Adkins - 160 lb (73 kg)
- Lisa Aukland - 155 lb (70 kg)
- Lenda Murray - 153 lb (69 kg)
- Iris Kyle - N/A (missed the weigh-in)
Lightweights up to 135 pounds:
- Marja Lehtonen - 135 lb (61 kg)
- Desiree Ellis - 134 lb (61 kg)
- Vilma Caez - 134 lb (61 kg)
- Joanna Thomas - 134 lb (61 kg)
- Valentina Chepiga - 133 lb (60 kg)
- Nancy Lewis - 133 lb (60 kg)
- Mah Ann Mendoza - 132 lb (60 kg)
- Denise Masino - 131 lb (59 kg)
- Dayana Cadeau - 129 lb (59 kg)
Numerical order of contestants[edit]
| No | NAME | COUNTRY | ||||||
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| Lightweights up to 135 pounds | ||||||||
| 1 | Marja Lehtonen |  Finland
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| 2 | Dayana Cadeau |  Canada
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| 3 | Desiree Ellis | Canada
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| 4 | Denise Masino | USA
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| 5 | Vilma Caez | USA
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| 6 | Valentina Chepiga |  Ukraine
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| 7 | Nancy Lewis | USA
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| 8 | Mah Ann Mendoza |  Philippines
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| 9 | Joanna Thomas |  England
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| Heavyweights over 135 pounds | ||||||||
| 10 | Lenda Murray | USA
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| 11 | Lisa Aukland | USA
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| 12 | Yaxeni Oriquen |  Venezuela
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| 13 | Betty Pariso-Carmichael | USA
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| 14 | Betty Viana | Venezuela
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| 15 | Iris Kyle | USA
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| 16 | Bonny Priest | USA
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Results[edit]
Scorecard[edit]
| Place[2] | Name | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Winner - Iris Kyle | ||||||||
| Heavyweights over 135 pounds | ||||||||
| 1 | Iris Kyle | USA
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5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | |
| 2 | Lenda Murray | USA
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10 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 37 | |
| 3 | Yaxeni Oriquen | Venezuela
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15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 60 | |
| 4 | Betty Pariso-Carmichael | USA
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22 | 22 | 24 | 68 | ||
| 5 | Betty Viana | Venezuela
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23 | 24 | 24 | 71 | ||
| 6 | Lisa Aukland | USA
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32 | 30 | 32 | 94 | ||
| 7 | Bonny Priest | USA
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33 | 34 | 32 | 99 | ||
| Lightweights up to 135 pounds | ||||||||
| 1 | Dayana Cadeau | Canada
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7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 28 | |
| 2 | Denise Masino | USA
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8 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 34 | |
| 3 | Marja Lehtonen | Finland
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23 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 72 | |
| 4 | Nancy Lewis | USA
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21 | 21 | 21 | 63 | ||
| 5 | Desiree Ellis | Canada
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22 | 23 | 22 | 67 | ||
| 6 | Mah Ann Mendoza | Philippines
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23 | 30 | 29 | 82 | ||
| 7 | Joanna Thomas | England
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37 | 35 | 40 | 112 | ||
| 8 | Valentina Chepiga | Ukraine
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39 | 41 | 36 | 116 | ||
| 9 | Vilma Caez | USA
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45 | 44 | 40 | 129 | ||
Comparison to previous Olympia results:
- +1 - Iris Kyle
- -1 - Lenda Murray
- Same - Yaxeni Oriquen
- +2 - Betty Pariso-Carmichael
- +1 - Betty Viana-Adkins
- +1 - Dayana Cadeau
- +1 - Denise Masino
- +2 - Nancy Lewis
- +3 - Joanna Thomas
- -6 - Valentina Chepiga
Attended[edit]
- 11th Ms. Olympia attended - Lenda Murray
- 7th Ms. Olympia attended - Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia
- 6th Ms. Olympia attended - Iris Kyle and Nancy Lewis
- 5th Ms. Olympia attended - Dayana Cadeau
- 4th Ms. Olympia attended - Fannie Barrios and Angela Debatin
- 3rd Ms. Olympia attended - Kim Harris, Betty Pariso-Carmichael, and Betty Viana-Adkins
- 2nd Ms. Olympia attended - Denise Masino and Joanna Thomas
- 1st Ms. Olympia attended - Lisa Aukland, Vilma Caez, Desiree Ellis, Marja Lehtonen, Mah Ann Mendoza, and Bonny Priest
- Previous year Olympia attendees who did not attend - Juliette Bergmann, Vickie Gates, Kim Harris, Rosemary Jennings, Helle Trevino, and Cathy LeFrançois
Notable events[edit]
- Lenda Murray was dethroned of her Ms. Olympia title this year by Iris Kyle, who won her 1st Ms. Olympia. Dayana Cadeau wins her 1st lightweight Ms. Olympia title.
- This was the first Ms. Olympia since the 1980 Ms. Olympia to include lat spreads in compulsory posing routines.[3]
- This was Lenda Murray's last Olympia before her retirement.
- The 2004 Ms. Olympia was featured in the 2005 documentary Supersize She.
- The music played during the heavyweight posedown was Move Somethin by LL Cool J, Word Up by Korn, and Frantic (instrumental) by Metallica.
2004 Ms. Olympia Qualified[edit]
| # | Name | Country | How Qualified[4][5][6] |
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| 1 | Lenda Murray |
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Ms. Olympia Winner |
| 2 | Juliette Bergmann | 
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Ms. Olympia Winner |
| 3 | Valentina Chepiga |
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Ms. Olympia Winner |
| 4 | Andrulla Blanchette | 
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Ms. Olympia Winner |
| 5 | Dayana Cadeau |
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2003 Ms. Olympia LW 2nd |
| 6 | Denise Masino |
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2003 Ms. Olympia LW 3rd |
| 7 | Iris Kyle |
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2003 Ms. Olympia HW 2nd |
| 8 | Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia |
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2003 Ms. Olympia HW 3rd |
| 9 | Sophie Duquette |
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2004 Ms. International LW 2nd |
| 10 | Betty Pariso |
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2004 Ms. International HW 3rd |
| 11 | Vilma Caez |
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2004 Night of Champions LW 1st |
| 12 | Marja Lehtonen |
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2004 Night of Champions LW 2nd |
| 13 | Heather Foster |
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2004 Night of Champions HW 3rd |
| 14 | Mah Ann Mendoza |
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2004 Southwest Pro LW 1st |
| 15 | Desiree Ellis |
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2004 Southwest Pro LW 2nd |
| 16 | Bonnie Priest |
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2004 Southwest Pro HW 1st |
| 17 | Betty Viana-Adkins |
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2004 Southwest Pro HW 2nd |
| 18 | Lisa Aukland |
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2004 Show of Strength HW 3rd |
| 19 | Nancy Lewis |
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2004 Show of Strength LW 1st |
| 20 | Joanna Thomas |
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2004 Show of Strength LW 2nd |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "FLASH REPORT". billdobbins.com. Retrieved 2014-07-30.
- ^ Competitor History of the Ms. Olympia
- ^ WHY NO LAT SPREAD FOR WOMEN?
- ^ 2004 Ms. Olympia qualified
- ^ "2004 Olympia Qualified Competitors List". bodybuildbid.com. Retrieved 2014-05-27.
- ^ Supersize She Joanna Thomas Female Bodybuilding Documentary
External links[edit]
- 2004 WOMEN’S OLYMPIA: PREJUDGING (DOWNLOAD)
- 2004 MS. OLYMPIA/FIGURE OLYMPIA – FINALS (DOWNLOAD)
- 2004 WOMEN’S OLYMPIA: PREJUDGING (DVD)
- 2004 MS. OLYMPIA/FITNESS/FIGURE OLYMPIA – FINALS (DVD)
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