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1991 Ms. Olympia

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1991 Ms. Olympia
PromotionIFBB
DateOctober 12–13, 1991
VenueShrine Auditorium
CityUnited States Los Angeles, California, United States
Event chronology
1990 Ms. Olympia 1991 Ms. Olympia 1992 Ms. Olympia

The 1991 Ms. Olympia contest was an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition was held on October 12 and 13, 1991 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. It was the 12th Ms. Olympia competition held.

Prize money

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  • 1st - $35,000
  • 2nd - $20,000
  • 3rd - $13,000
  • 4th - $7,500
  • 5th - $5,000
  • 6th - $4,000
  • 7th - $3,000
  • 8th - $2,500
  • 9th - $2,000
  • 10th - $1,500

Total: $93,500

Rounds

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  • Round 1 (Symmetry Round): Judging the overall balance and proportion of the contestants' physiques.
  • Round 2 (Muscularity Round): Focused on muscle size and definition.
  • Round 3 (Compulsory Poses Round): Contestants performed mandatory poses to showcase key muscle groups.
  • Round 4 (Posing Routine Round): A choreographed posing routine to music, emphasizing the contestants' creativity, presentation skills, and artistic expression.

Results

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Place Country[1] Name
1 United States Southfield, Michigan Lenda Murray
2 Australia New York City, New York Bev Francis
3 United States Venice, California Laura Creavalle
4 United States Scottsdale, Arizona Sandy Riddell
5 United States Edgewater, New Jersey Sharon Marvel
6 United States Newport Beach, California Diana Dennis
7 United States Portland, Oregon Shelley Beattie
8 Germany Baden-Württemberg, Germany Anja Schreiner
9 Italy Rimini, Italy Claudia Montemaggi
10 United States Tustin, California Sue Gafner
11 United States Scottsdale, Arizona Jackie Paisley
12 France Le Port-Marly, France Marie Mahabir
13 Netherlands Venice, California Hanny Van Aken
14 Italy Como, Italy Claudia Profanter
15 United States San Diego, California Lisa Lorio
16 Canada Montreal, Canada Sandra Blackie
16 United States Venice, California Laura Beaudry
16 United States Orlando, Florida Audrey Harris
16 United States Miami, Florida Gillian Hodge
16 Czechoslovakia Žilina, Czech and Slovak Federative Republic Zuzana Korinkova
16 Germany Munich, Germany Jutta Tipelt

Scorecard

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Contestant Country

(In order of appearance)

Round

1

Round

2

Round

3

Pose

Down

Final

Place

Marie Mahabir, France France 58 48 59 12
Shelley Beattie, United States USA 38 38 35 30 7
Laura Creavalle, Guyana Guyana 22 13 15 15 3
Diana Dennis, United States USA 42 30 25 6
Claudia Profanter, Italy Italy 65 64 69 14
Sandy Riddell, United States USA 16 23 22 20 4
Lenda Murray, United States USA 8 10 5 8 1
Lisa Lorio, United States USA 64 73 3 15
Anja Schreiner, Germany Germany 34 46 45 8
Bev Francis, Australia Australia 7 7 10 8 2
Claudia Montemaggi, Italy Italy 50 50 43 9
Jackie Paisley, United States USA 53 55 55 11
Hanny Van Aken, Netherlands Holland 69 63 65 13
Sue Gafner, United States USA 52 50 51 10
Sharon Marvel, United States USA 22 22 23 25 5
ALSO COMPETED: Laura Beaudry,  USA. Sandra Blackie,  Canada. Audrey Harris,  USA. Gillian Hodge,  Trinidad and Tobago. Zuzana Kornakova,  Czechoslovakia. Jutta Tippelt,  Germany.

Notable events

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  • Lenda Murray won her second Ms. Olympia consecutively, trying with Rachel McLish's record two Ms. Olympia wins, along with trying with Larry Scott's record two consecutive Mr. Olympia wins, along with Franco Columbu's record two overall Mr. Olympia wins.
    • After the 1991 Ms. Olympia prejudging (rounds 1 & 2) and going into the 1991 Ms. Olympia evening finals, Bev Francis lead Lenda Murray by a score of 14 to 18. Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN), in an unprecedented move for professional bodybuilding, flashed up the half time scores for the audience to see that Bev was in the lead. After rounds 3 & 4, Lenda edged out Bev, with the slimmest margin of victory for any Ms. Olympia winner, by a final score of 31 to 32. Peter McGough, bodybuilding journalist and historian, called the decision to award Lenda the 1991 Ms. Olympia as the "most controversial result in the event’s history".
    • In an interview with John Romano, Lenda said that before the finals she heard Benjamin "Ben" Weider and Josef "Joe" Weider and "did something" and called the decision to award her 1991 Ms. Olympia as a "business decision". She thought it probably could have been both Ben and the ESPN brass behind awarding her the 1991 Ms. Olympia.
  • This was the first Ms. Olympia contest, the 1991 Ms. Olympia finals, to be televised live on ESPN.
  • The two emcees of the 1991 Ms. Olympia was Jake Steinfeld and Carla Dunlap-Kaan.
  • Rachel McLish was awarded bodybuilding's Lifetime Achievement Award by Joe Weider.
  • This is the first Ms. Olympia since 1984 to not drug test. Every Ms. Olympia after 1991 would also not drug test.

See also

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References

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