2005 Ms. Olympia

The 2005 Ms. Olympia contest is an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition and part of Joe Weider's Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend 2005 was held on October 21, 2005, at the South Hall in the Las Vegas Convention Center in Winchester, Nevada and in the Orleans Arena at The Orleans Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada. It was the 26th Ms. Olympia competition held. Other events at the exhibition include the Mr. Olympia, Fitness Olympia, Figure Olympia, and Olympia Wildcard contests.

Prize money
Total: $71,000
 * 1st - $30,000
 * 2nd - $18,000
 * 3rd - $10,000
 * 4th - $7,000
 * 5th - $4,000
 * 6th - $2,000

Competitors' weight

 * Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia - 173 lb
 * Betty Pariso - 164 lb
 * Betty Viana-Adkins - 160 lb
 * Annie Rivieccio - 160 lb
 * Bonny Priest - 158 lb
 * Iris Kyle - 157 lb
 * Jitka Harazimova - 145 lb
 * Mah-Ann Mendoza - 141 lb
 * Brenda Raganot - 140 lb
 * Dayana Cadeau - 138 lb
 * Marja Lehtonen - 135 lb
 * Toni Norman - 135 lb
 * Desiree Ellis - 133 lb
 * Tonia Williams - 132 lb
 * Rosemary Jennings - 128 lb

Scorecard
Comparison to previous Olympia results:
 * +2 - Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia
 * -1 - Iris Kyle
 * -2 - Dayana Cadeau
 * -6 - Jitka Harazimova
 * -1 - Brenda Ragonot
 * +1 - Bonny Priest
 * -2 - Betty Viana-Adkins
 * -4 - Betty Pariso
 * -1 - Rosemary Jennings
 * -6 - Rosemary Jennings
 * -5 - Mah-Ann Mendoza
 * -10 - Desiree Ellis

Attended

 * 8th Ms. Olympia attended - Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia
 * 7th Ms. Olympia attended - Iris Kyle
 * 6th Ms. Olympia attended - Dayana Cadeau
 * 5th Ms. Olympia attended - Betty Pariso
 * 4th Ms. Olympia attended - Brenda Ragonot and Betty Viana-Adkins
 * 3rd Ms. Olympia attended - Jitka Harazimova
 * 2nd Ms. Olympia attended - Desiree Ellis, Rosemary Jennings, Marja Lehtonen, Mah-Ann Mendoza, and Bonnie Priest
 * 1st Ms. Olympia attended - Antionette Norman, Annie Rivieccio, and Tonia Williams
 * Previous year Olympia attendees who did not attend - Lisa Aukland, Vilma Caez, Valentina Chepiga, Nancy Lewis, Joanna Thomas

2005 Ms. Olympia changes
The IFBB introduced the so-called '20 percent rule', requesting "that female athletes in Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure decrease the amount of muscularity by a factor of 20%". The memo stated that the request "applies to those female athletes whose physiques require the decrease". Another change added to the 2005 Ms. Olympia, was the abandonment of the weight class system adopted in 2000. In 2005 Ms. Olympia, Iris Kyle was dethroned by Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia.