Ny Pro/huge Lineup

[Beenaround]

This is great to see, and Euro gals also.First time I'll be seeing my good friend Denise Gerard compete. Whoo Hooo.
I may be working with Ann R. towards the end of her prep, and great to see Paula Suzuki back on stage.
Gene will you be there? I'm going
1. Nathalie Abellan
2. Lisa Aukland
3. Fannie Barrios
4. Myriam Bustamante
5. Vilma Caez
6. Maria Calo
7. Danjela Crevar
8. Carmella Cureton
9. Angela Debatin
10.Desiree Ellis
11.Susan Facini
12.Denise Gerard
13.Cynthia Gonzales
14.Guisy Caputo
15.Kim Harris
16.Rosemary Jennings
17.Mary Ellenn Jerumbo
18.Klaudia Larson
19.Marja Lehtonen
20.Nancy Lewis(not sure due to injury)
21.Gayle Moher
22.Colette Nelson
23.Antoinette Norman
24.Jeannie Paparone
25.Betty Parisio
26. Mily Pena
27.Annie Rivieccio
28.Christine Roth
29.Paula Suzuki
30.Paulina Talus
31.Betty Viana
32.Petra Walk
33.Annett Wittig

[hans]

Thanks for the info Michelle. Wow, what a huge line up - should be a great show. I saw some pics of Colette today and she is looking good. I'm also excited to see Cindy Gonzales make her pro debut. Annie will do great - she has pro level muscle maturity already.

Hans

[Beenaround]

Your welcome, I wish I could be up there with all my friends, heck I've competed with alot of these gals :o At least if I could help gals like Annie dial it in and see her qualify, I'd be estactic just for this!!!!
I'm getting a kick this yr to go to shows just to walk around with my guns a armed!!!! This is where I get the best apprectiation, from the FANS ;)

[boomboomroom1234]

wow, what a great line-up, SO many great names...so many hot awesome bodies.. im sure it's gonna be great

[Liftingchic]

Big line up... Can't want to see how Colette does

[Amanda Dunbar]

Colette is looking off the hook.... Saw pics of her last night. She is the biggest she's been and of course beautiful. Wow, this is going to be a damn good show. Gene you have to go!

I cant believe all the names! I bet nancy lewis wont do it, so really 32 women??? And people say fbb is fading quick? Umm. I'd say not!

Amanda

[Scott]

whoa that isnt just a show thats an All Star fest!!!

[Amanda Dunbar]

glad i'm going! woohooo!

[Liftingchic]

Colette is looking off the hook.... Saw pics of her last night. She is the biggest she's been and of course beautiful. Wow, this is going to be a damn good show. Gene you have to go!

I cant believe all the names! I bet nancy lewis wont do it, so really 32 women??? And people say fbb is fading quick? Umm. I'd say not!

Amanda




Great news about colette I am sure she will do Great... i see top 5 ;) in her future :)


i am betting nancy doesn't compete as well.

[Jason]

DAAM!! What a lineup and great to see the European ladies competing too! Glad i got my tickets. Better bring a camera too! :rolleyes:

[Scott]

I noticed that Kim Harris's name is one the list did she change her mind about doing figure? Also, is Gina D not doing this show?

[Amanda Dunbar]

Here are a couple pics taken by Kyle Quest Studios, posted with Colette's permission. This is her at 6 weeks out, training hard in the gym. Lookin' awesome!!! I can't wait to see her on stage!!

http://img45.echo.cx/img45/2096/chest1kf.jpg

http://img45.echo.cx/img45/5545/rightbicep1jt.jpg

http://img45.echo.cx/img45/1148/tricep1qy.jpg

Amanda

[Amanda Dunbar]

Also, is Gina D not doing this show?

Gina isnt competing until next year Scott...

Amanda

[Scott]

wow that is as good as i have seen Colette look, thanks for the reply about G

[Beenaround]

Colette is looking bigger!! you go girl, one of the deepest chesst in fbbing.
Can't wait for the routines. I've always loved the performance part, I'm going to have Colette work with me when I compete again
I have a new found respect after I saw her compete in Raye Hollitts strenght show LOL!! :eek:

[Amanda Dunbar]

Michelle.... wait til you see her routine. There is not one person that will put on a better performance this year, I'm quite confident in that. Her night show routine will blow everyone away. lol. I cannot wait!!!!!!!!!!!

Michelle when do you get in to NYC?? I'll be there Thursday mid-morning.

Amanda

[Beenaround]

I get in to Philly first to hook up with my husband, Bill, then I think we are going to be up there Fri afternoon. We should all do dinner, Fri, plus I want a sneak preview of Colette. We always stay at the Marriott, contest or not since Bill uses this same location for business. I'm doing a mini diet, to look good hangng out, plus want to to some photos. I'm sure there is going to be alot of photo-ops!!! :p

[Amanda Dunbar]

ok very cool. Let me know what your for sure plans are. I'll shoot you my number later. I'll be dieting for the USA, so not sure about eating out Friday... but maybe Saturday post show celebration. he he. I'm sure Colette will give you the sneak peak. It's going to be a lot of fun. I am still wondering if Gene is going to go...? I'm also looking to do lots of photos there. Elena Seiple and I will hopefully do some on Thursday if she can get into the city... then whatever else pans out. Who knows? :)

Definitely keep me posted!

Amanda

[KyleQuest]

Hey everyone, great to be here. My thanks to Amanda for telling me about it.

Being the blessed one who's taken Colette's photo's, I can tell you she's going to be off the hook!!! Every week she's getting better and better. This past month she has been getting out of this world!!! I can't be more proud of her or say enough about how well she's doing on her prep.

She's simply the best...!!!! There's only one Colette Nelson.... imho

Hope to see you all here in NY.....

~Rich

[Beenaround]

Hi Kyle, welcome aboard!! Love to meet ya. I'll be the one not on stage in contest shape LOL!!! Colette is looking fantastic!!

[Liftingchic]

Great pics Amanda.. thanks for posting..



Shes looks great!

[genex]

Colette looks good and that is a crazy lineup - will be a great show for sure!

gene

[Star Blaylock]

I'd hate to be on that judging panel...Christine Roth and Collette Nelson are my two favorites. I wish I could be there...that's going to be an awesome show!

[Maxt]

Colette Nelson

[Amanda Dunbar]

It should be really interesting to see how they judge this show... will they change the standards and do what they are saying with this 20% rule? They will have such a variety of people in the HW CLASS... Look at the difference here. Paula Suzuki against Colette. TOTALLY DIFFERENT PHYSIQUES, both amazing in their own ways... I think this show will DEFINE what direction they want to take with female bodybuilding.

All I know is, I speak with Colette everyday.... she is working HARDER than she EVER has at prepping for a show. It is obviously paying off. I hope the other women really put together a killer night show routine because hers will be VERY hard to compete against. lol. woohoooooo YOU GO GIRL!

Amanda

[HumanFreakShow300]

That third pic of collette is sick. She looks great.

[DatboyTone]

I'm looking forward to seeing Paula Suzuki, haven't seen anything of her for ages

[eseiple]

I am actually excited to see Cindy Gonzales make her pro debut after winning the LHW class in Dallas! GO GIRL!

I too am a Colette fan as I know how hard she works ( i know they all work hard...) But she does look tremendous. I wish I could make the show but have another obligation to attend ...husband is competing the next day....:)

[Amanda Dunbar]

You still better make an appearance in the city before taking off to help Chris!!! We have to train and do some pics....

-A

[hans]

Elena - I'm interested to see Cindy compete as a pro too. It's also going to be interesting cos she'll be the first winner of the lhw class at Nationals or the USA to compete as a pro. With the cut-off at 135 in the pros, I guess she could go either way, lw or hw...

Hans

[Beenaround]

Cindy physique is pretty streamlined, I believe she will be in the lt class.

[mark000]

Cindy physique is pretty streamlined, I believe she will be in the lt class.

With a field of 33, I would like to see at least 3 weight classes, but I'm not running the IFBB.

Yes, I saw the comments that Nancy won't actually be competing, but another top pro FBB who is not on the list told me yesterday she will definitely be on stage.

[Amanda Dunbar]

Cool that is awesome Mark. Hope she can make it and hope her knee is doing well. Talk about dedication. She had major surgery and to come back from that this quick is pretty amazing. I hope to see her on stage. :)

Amanda

[Jason]

Lisa Aukland has withdrawn due to an injury. Her beautiful physique and presence will be missed in NY.

[Tre]

Aw, man, does that mean we're back down to just 11 women again?

Sorry to hear about Lisa - thanks for the update and I hope she gets well soon.

[Larg]

Ditto...Lisa is part of my "New School" favorites (see FTWEBCAM Forum--Favorite 15 FBBs thread)...I hope she recovers quickly!! I thought 2005 would be her year of excellence.

[mark000]

Aw, man, does that mean we're back down to just 11 women again?

Sorry to hear about Lisa - thanks for the update and I hope she gets well soon.

VERY sorry to hear about Lisa :( :( :( - she's becoming a special favorite of mine, she continues to improve her awesome physique from a very high level, while staying totally beautiful. Someone posted elsewhere that she's hoping to compete later this year, so hopefully it's not too serious.

Her site is http://www.lisaaukland.com/

BTW Tre - if you have a reasonably accurate current list, please update the rest of us.

[mark000]

...Yes, I saw the comments that Nancy won't actually be competing, but another top pro FBB who is not on the list told me yesterday she will definitely be on stage.


Cool that is awesome Mark. Hope she can make it and hope her knee is doing well. Talk about dedication. She had major surgery and to come back from that this quick is pretty amazing. I hope to see her on stage.

Oops - looks like an ambiguous pronoun reference. When I said "she" I meant the OTHER top FBB pro. Since she has been ID'd by BA on FTV, I can confirm that I meant Heather Foster, who was looking MAGNIFICENT last week. :o :o :o

[Tre]

Mark, unfortunately, I haven't seen the latest list either, but haven't heard of any additions - all we were told was that there were initially 6 entries and then 6 more turned in contracts. We just now learned of Lisa's withdrawal (and we're all rooting for her to get well soon), but I don't think any latecomers have since thrown their hats into the ring.

One thing needed most, in my opinion, is individual sponsorship to help some of the European and S. American (and even Australian, Asian or African) women get to the U.S. to compete in these pro events. Assuming airfare of $800, plus lodging and food, $1200-1500 per competitor would go a long way towards getting some of them onstage here. No, that wouldn't completely cover all the travel costs, but any amount that could be deferred would certainly help, would it not?

That's my take and if someone would like to take the lead in organizing this effort, I'm more than willing to contribute.

[Tre]

BTW, I predict that this is the year that Heather Policky turns pro. :)

[mark000]

Tre all we were told was that there were initially 6 entries and then 6 more turned in contracts.

There was a list of FBBs w/contracts on BA's board about a month ago, it was less than 12 - do you know who the 2d group of 6 is, or do you know who knows?

[Beenaround]

Tre, and that is why we don't see very many in the lineups. For the most part the women put out the money it takes to get ready and no return!! Even the American women have to pay travel expenses...

[Jason]

Mark, unfortunately, I haven't seen the latest list either, but haven't heard of any additions - all we were told was that there were initially 6 entries and then 6 more turned in contracts. We just now learned of Lisa's withdrawal (and we're all rooting for her to get well soon), but I don't think any latecomers have since thrown their hats into the ring.

One thing needed most, in my opinion, is individual sponsorship to help some of the European and S. American (and even Australian, Asian or African) women get to the U.S. to compete in these pro events. Assuming airfare of $800, plus lodging and food, $1200-1500 per competitor would go a long way towards getting some of them onstage here. No, that wouldn't completely cover all the travel costs, but any amount that could be deferred would certainly help, would it not?

That's my take and if someone would like to take the lead in organizing this effort, I'm more than willing to contribute.

It would be Great to see more ladies from other countries(outside US and Canada) competing here!! I know it's expensive for the ladies here in the states. I can't imagine how much more expensive it is for the ladies trying to come here to compete!
I chipped in with donations to 2 ladies last yr and 2 ladies this yr from overseas. But, i'm sure it barely put a dent into the total of their expenses for the shows! And YES, every little bit does help!

But how many other fans understand or realize how expensive it is for these ladies to prepare and get to each show? If a lady(outside the US)doesn't have her own website, how can she be contacted or be helped? If she does have her own site but, no "paypal" would she be willing to give her mailing address or even bank info, if needed?

[Nicole]

You are right. Every little bit DOES help. That was really generous of you to send some of your hard earned dough overseas for those ladies. If we can get more competitors over this way, that means more butts in the seats and increased ticket sales can only have a positive effect on our numbers...in other words, more exposure, more money in our pockets as competitors and keeping our dying sport alive!

[namous20032001]

My senses say that Colette may be the favorite to win this show she is far a very dynamic poser in very much the tradition of a DIana Dennis and very charismatic onstage of course she looks great onstage .

[mark000]

It seems I actually have 11 names, (some are 2d or 3rd -hand):

LW/MW

Carmella (Cureton) Key
Cindy Gonzalez
Fannie Barrios
Gayle Moher
Jeannie Paparone
Rosemary Cheeseman Jennings
Susan Facini

HW
Annie Rivieccio*
Colette Nelson
Heather Foster*
Sarah Dunlap

* means the women told me directly, within the last couple of weeks, that they are competing.

[mark000]

Maria Calo will be competing, according to her new page on Andy's site.

Anyone else?

[mark000]

People who looked earlier at Gene's quick listing of the results should note that an error has now been corrected: only the two class winners, Rosemary Jennings and Annie Rivieccio get Olympia invitations. People whon missed the NY show will have another opportunity to see Heather Foster's routine, one of the best ever, this fall, probably at the Pariso show in September.