IFBB Women’s Head Judge breaks down the top six from the 2012 Ms. Olympia.
(Related: View From The Judges: 2012 Mr. Olympia)
6 – SHEILA BLECK
“Sheila has really nice symmetry. Her conditioning was really good. She’s a tall girl, so she just lacks a little overall size to compete with the girls who placed above her. Symmetry and conditioning-wise, she couldn’t have done any better for herself.”
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5 – BRIGITA BREZOVAC
“I actually think she has a little bit too much mass on her small frame. Sometimes competitors feel like they have to have more and more mass, but that’s not always the case. Since she’s such a small girl, she doesn’t need quite that amount of mass. Her conditioning was right on, you couldn’t have asked for better conditioning.”
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4 – ALINA POPA
“Nice mass, nice symmetry, but her conditioning on Friday morning was not near what it was Friday night. She was much tighter at night than she was earlier in the day. I know she moved up from 5th to 4th, and it was on conditioning. She’s another one who has beautiful muscle bellies and a lot of mass on her body. She just needs to work on bringing herself in a little bit tighter. I don’t think she needs any more size on her physique. Beautiful delts, full muscle bellies and beautiful skin tone.”
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3 – YAXENI ORIQUEN
“She was just way too conditioned and as a result lost some of her size. She just looked small and a little stringy. It’s been a while since I’ve seen her this stringy. She just overdid the conditioning. Coming in this lean, her aesthetics – which are are a hallmark for her – just weren’t there.”
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2 – DEBBIE LASZEWSKI
“Probably the best I’ve ever seen Debbie. From the front she gave Iris a run for her money. I know in the morning there were some judges who felt that Debbie was the best. Debbie still needs to bring that waist in. She lost a little bit that in the back poses. She has the width, but she doesn’t have quite the thickness and depth that Iris has. Conditioning, you couldn’t ask for anything more.”
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1 – IRIS KYLE
“What do you say about her? She is probably the best bodybuilder – male or female -ever. Nobody has come in each and every show like she has, with the conditioning that she has. I will say she wasn’t as tight as she ‘s been at other shows, but I don’t need to see her that conditioned. She has beautiful lines, she had enough detail in the hamstrings and glutes and back. She knows she doesn’t have to continue to add mass – she got that after her first couple years of being a pro, she never had to work on getting any bigger. I know she doesn’t gain a lot of weight in the offseason, so she makes it easier for herself to continually bring in this kind of quality.”
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