Week 157 :: Who Will Win The 2008 Arnold Classic Ms. International?

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TOPIC: Who Will Win The 2008 Arnold Classic Ms. International?

For the week of: February 14th - February 19th
Tuesday @ Midnight Is The Final Cut (Mountain Time, US & Canada).

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The time is upon us once again: The women have been training hard and are ready for the first big show of the year... the Arnold Classic Ms. International, Fitness, & Figure Championships. The line-up this year is stellar and will surely not disappoint. Who might take top honors for the women this year? Let's find out!

Who do you think will win the 2007 Ms. International? Why?

What do you think the top 10 will look like? Why do you put them in this order?

Who will win the Ms. Fitness & Ms. Figure Competition? Why?

What do you think the top 3 will be for the Fitness & Figure Competitors? Why did you put them in this order?

* Last updated: February 20th, 2008.

Ms. International

Lisa Aukland
Tracy Beckham
Dayana Cadeau
Tazzie Colomb
Iris Floyd Kyle
Kristy Hawkins
Rosemary Jennings
Debi Laszewski
Cathy LeFrancois
Colette Nelson
Yaxeni Oriquen
Betty Pariso
Brenda Raganot
Annie Rivieccio
Antoinette Thompson
Betty Viana-Adkins


Ms. Fitness International

Regiane Da Silva
Tina Durkin
Bethany Gainey
Tracey Greenwood
Oksana Grishina
Jen Hendershott
Kimberly Klein
Julie Lohre
Tanya Merryman
Mindi O' brien
Julie Palmer
Stacy Simons


Ms. Figure International

Sonia Adcock
Gina Aliotti
Paola Almerico
Catherine Andersen
Natalie Benson
Amy Fry
Bernadette Galvan
Jennifer Gates
Deborah Leung
Juliana Malacarne
Kristal Richardson
Chastity Slone
Brenda Marie Smith
Briana Tindall
Latisha Wilder
Nicole Wilkins

Bonus Question: Have you ever attended the Arnold Classic and Expo? If so, what did you think of it and how was your experience? Was it what you thought it would be? How could it be made better?

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[mrkdrt]

nice!
I love 'em fitness/figure cometitors...

[bigcalves]

nice topic again Will!

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Who do you think will win the 2007 Ms. International? Why?

This question is quite easy to solve. Iris Kyle is a multiple Arnold winner and defends her 2007 Olympia crown again. She is always in great shape. She has nice peaks on her biceps and talk about shredded abs. Kyle's ability to come into any event in great condition is what will make her the champ again.

Dayana Cadeau will not have the same 6th place performance from last year and I look for her to be behind Kyle once again. Or it could be Yaxeni Oriquen who at 5'8 has a nice frame. She finished runner-up last year to Kyle, so she might get the number two spot.

Lisa Auckland will place above Betty Pariso, but these ladies still have great shape despite their older, wiser ages. Lisa's muscles are not overpowered by another muscle group, so she has the edge over Pariso. Annie Rivieccio placed 10th at the Olympia, but I see her doing a lot better in this contest if she comes dialed in.

1)Iris Kyle
2)Dayana Cadeau
3)Yaxeni Oriquen
4)Lisa Auckland- great legs too
5)Betty Pariso
6)Annie Rivieccio
7)Tazzie Columb-been in the game over 14 years and still competitive
8)Betty Viana-Adkins- she has the edge over Debi in experience and placed 2nd at 2005 Arnold
9)Debi Laszewski -placed third behind Adkins in the Atlantic City Pro and it will be the same at the Arnold Classic. Debbie has more vascularity in her arms and you can see her ham-quad separation
10) This is the hardest position to fill. Hawkins is coming in confident and so is Cathy Lefrancois. I am giving it to Antoinette Thompson(married now). She placed 15th in the Olympia, but certainly can compete if she added some size and kept her wonderful abs.


Who will win the Ms. Fitness & Ms. Figure Competition? Why?
Kimberly Klein will win the Ms. Fitness this year because she does not have to worry about Adele Garcia dancing away with the routine and she won last year. The total package for sure.

Ms. Figure will be won by Sonia Adcock. It her year to win. She may be short but combine her muscle size and symmetry on her five foot frame and she will win.


What do you think the top 3 will be for the Fitness & Figure Competitors? Why did you put them in this order?

Ms. Fitness International
1)Kimberly Klein-she will come in great condition like always and her physique is top notch.

2)Jen Hendershott- she will be in second place. Her routines are some of the best and if she comes into the contest with a great back...watch out folks. There is no Garcia to prevent her from doing better in the routine rounds.

3)Tracey Greenwood -excuse me have you seen her back. Her muscles get better every year and look forward to the Spiderwoman taking third


Look Out:Oksana Grishina could be a sleeper folks.

Ms. Figure
Sonia Adcock(for reason stated above). Her arms have nice size and vascularity. She does good in every contest entered. Don't let her size fool you.

Gina Aliotti -strong second place finish at the Olympia.

Jennifer Gates back pose might even challenge Gina Aliotti. She placed fourth at the Arnold. Nice tight abs too.

It is too bad Amanda Savell is not in this contest.

[mrkdrt]

Hope you all enjoy.. my gf had some input..
Figure/fitness picks were HARD to make! haha..all toooo pretty:D


mrkdrt's entry

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Hope you all enjoy.. my gf had some input..
Figure/fitness picks were HARD to make! haha..all toooo pretty:D


mrkdrt's entry

surprising..no Betty Adkins

You got some upsets..no Gina Aliotti?

You don't think Klein is going to place at all in the top 3

[mrkdrt]

yea.. i know them and I think theyll do well.. but I based my picks on straight appearnce.. no hype.. Aliotto and Klein have a lot of popularity behind them ... I think picks should be made based on pure physique and in the case of these their performance and poise.. plus theres up-and comers now that steal the show from some of well-known veterans..
look at what happened at Ironman with moe al-moussawi

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yea.. i know them and I think they'll do well.. but I based my picks on straight appearance.. no hype.. Aliotto and Klein have a lot of popularity behind them ... I think picks should be made based on pure physique and in the case of these their performance and poise.. plus theres up-and comers now that steal the show from some of well-known veterans..
look at what happened at Ironman with moe al-moussawi

Yeah, but Moe has NO chance at the Arnold in my opinion.lol

The Ms. International is hard to decide because they still pick basically the same as the Olympia. I was going to put Thompson higher up than tenth based on her 15th place Olympia appearance, but I felt she needed some more mass. She could be in figure.

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thanks Iris Kyle...gosh..lol