15 Rising Phoenix World Championships invited IFBB Professional League professional female bodybuilders (
mean; 2020 – present)
19 Rising Phoenix World Championships qualified IFBB Professional League professional female bodybuilders (mean; 2015 – 2019)[6][3]
The
IFBB Pro League 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.,[16][17][18][19][20] promoted by Tim Gardner Productions, and sanctioned by the
International Federation of BodyBuilders (I.F.B.B.). It was the most prestigious IFBB professional female bodybuilding event around from 2015 to 2019, while the
Ms. Olympia contest was on hiatus. 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.[21]
History
2015 – 2019
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.[22][21]
In 2020, several changes were made to the Rising Phoenix World Championships. The 2020 Olympia Qualification System changed the qualification from the Olympia Qualification System to an application invitational contest and it became a Tier 1 Contest on the 2020 Olympia Qualification System. This changed the Rising Phoenix World Championships from being the equivalent of the Ms. Olympia to the equivalent of the Ms. International. Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, the
2020 Rising Phoenix World Championships was moved from September 5, 2020 in
Phoenix, Arizona to December 5, 2020 in
Las Vegas, Nevada. At the 2020 Rising Phoenix World Championships,
Andrea Shaw dethroned
Helle Trevino. Andrea would go on to consecutively win the
2021,
2022 and
2023 Rising Phoenix World Championships. Starting during the 2023 Olympia Qualification System period, the tier point system was removed, with only Ms. Rising Phoenix qualifying for the 2023 Ms. Olympia.