The IFBB Wings of Strength Rising Phoenix World Championships is a professional female bodybuilding competition, sponsored by Wings of Strength company founded by Jake and Kristal Wood, promoted by Tim Gardner Productions, and sanctioned by the International Federation of BodyBuilders (I.F.B.B.). It is the most prestigious IFBB professional female bodybuilding event around since the end of the Ms. Olympia. The first championship show took place in conjunction with the IFBB Texas Pro, the NPC Tim Gardner Texas Extravaganza, and the NPC National on August 22, 2015 at the Grand Hyatt, San Antonio, Texas.
On March 8, 2015, Wings of Strength announced the creation of the Rising Phoenix World Championships. Regarded as the successor to the Ms. Olympia, Rising Phoenix World Championships adopted the point qualification system that the Ms. Olympia had.
The 2015 Rising Phoenix World Championships was an IFBB Wings of Strength female professional bodybuilding competition and held in conjunction with the IFBB Texas Pro, the NPC Tim Gardner Texas Extravaganza, and NPC National. It was held on August 20, 2015 to August 22, 2015, at the Grand Hyatt, in San Antonio, Texas, United States.
Call outs
Prejudging
1st - Debi Laszewski, Margaret Martin, Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia, Alana Shipp, and Helle Trevino
2nd - Monique Jones, Shawna Strong, Isabelle Turell, Aleesha Young, Maria Bello, and Lisa Cross
3rd - Irene Andersen, Christine Envall, Gillian Kovack, Virginia Sanchez, and Shawna Strong
4th - Margaret Martin, Helle Trevino, and Debi Laszewski
Confirmation round
1st - Debi Laszewski, Margaret Martin, Helle Trevino, and Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia (Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia and Helle Trevino switched places)
2nd - Isabelle Turell, Alana Shipp, Aleesha Young, and Maria Bello (Alana Shipp and Isabelle Turell switched places)
3rd - Irene Andersen, Monique Jones, Christine Envall, Lisa Cross, Shawna Strong, Virginia Sanchez, and Gillian Kovack (Lisa Cross and Monique Jones switched places; Gillian Kovack and Shawna Strong switched places)
4th - Debi Laszewski, Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia, Margaret Martin, and Helle Trevino
Prize money
1st $50,000 plus new a Wings of Strength Jeep
2nd $25,000
3rd $12,500
4th $7,000
5th $5,000
Total: $99,500
Results
1st - Margaret Martin
2nd - Helle Trevino
3rd - Debi Laszewski
4th - Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia
5th - Alana Shipp
6th - Aleesha Young
7th - Isabelle Turell
8th - Maria Bello
9th - Lisa Cross
10th - Christine Envall
11th - Shawna Strong
12th - Virginia Sanchez
13th - Monique Jones
14th - Irene Andersen
15th - Gillian Kovack
Notable events
Due to injuries, Alina Popa stated in an interview that she will attend, but not participate in the 2015 Wings of Strength Rising Phoenix World Championships.
This is the first year since 1998 that Iris Kyle would not attend a IFBB professional bodybuilding competition of that particular year due to her retirement from the sport.
The first competition was held on Iris Kyle's 41st birthday.
Both Vera Mikulcova and Jana Bendova qualified, but did not attend.
One of the two emcees was Lenda Murray.
All of the competitors received a rose after individual posing.
All 15 competitors did the posedown.
The IFBB professional women's bodybuilding cash prize for first place was five times that of the IFBB professional men's bodybuilding first place cash prize.
The Rising Phoenix World Championships will be following the IFBB Professional League qualification point system formerly used for the Ms. Olympia:
Top 5 IFBB female bodybuilders of the 2014 Ms. Olympia.
1st place IFBB female bodybuilder 2015 at the Toronto Pro, Omaha Pro, Chicago Pro and Tampa Pro.
Top 7 IFBB female bodybuilder’s accumulative points implementing the IFBB Tier 4 point system.
IFBB Tier 4 point system: 2nd - 4 points, 3rd - 3 points, 4th - 2 points & 5th - 1 point.
These points will be earned at the 2015 IFBB Omaha Pro, Toronto Pro, Chicago Pro & Tampa Pro.
Up to three invites from Wings of Strength as approved by the IFBB Professional League.
