2004 Ms. Olympia

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

 * 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
Heavyweights over 135 pounds:


 * Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia - 165 lb
 * Betty Pariso - 165 lb
 * Bonny Priest - 165 lb
 * Betty Viana-Adkins - 160 lb
 * Lisa Aukland - 155 lb
 * Lenda Murray - 153 lb
 * Iris Kyle - N/A (missed the weigh-in)

Lightweights up to 135 pounds:


 * Marja Lehtonen - 135 lb
 * Desiree Ellis - 134 lb
 * Vilma Caez - 134 lb
 * Joanna Thomas - 134 lb
 * Valentina Chepiga - 133 lb
 * Nancy Lewis - 133 lb
 * Mah Ann Mendoza - 132 lb
 * Denise Masino - 131 lb
 * Dayana Cadeau - 129 lb

Scorecard
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

 * 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

 * 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.
 * 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.