2020 Rising Phoenix World Championships

2020 Rising Phoenix World Championships
2020 Rising Phoenix World Championships
Promotion	IFBB Professional League; Wings of Strength
Date	5 December 2020
Venue	Talking Stick Resort
City	Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Event chronology

The 2020 Rising Phoenix World Championships was an IFBB Professional League Wings of Strength female professional bodybuilding competition that was held in conjunction with Arizona Women’s Pro and the NPC Wings of Strength Arizona Women’s Extravaganza. It was held on 5 December 2020 at the Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America. It was the 6th Rising Phoenix World Championships to be held.^[1]

Results

No	Name	Country	Judging	Total	Place
1	Irene Anderson	Sweden	15	15	5
2	Nicki Chartrand	Bullhead City, Arizona	18	18	6
3	Patti Hanson	Sedro-Wooley, Washington	36	36	12
4	Thereas Ivancik	Butler, Pennsylvania	21	21	7
5	Monique Jones	Simpsonville, South Carolina	10	10	3
6	Janeen Lankowski	Tampa, Florida	31	31	10
7	LaDawn McDay	Detroit, Michigan	24	24	8
8	Yaxeni Oriquen	Miami, Florida	27	27	9
9	Mona Poursaleh	Canada	32	32	11
10	Andrea Shaw	Clinton Township, Michigan	3	3	1
11	Helle Trevino	Venice, California	6	6	2
12	Aleesha Young	Lehi, Utah	11	11	4^[2]

Andrea Shaw, a dark horse competitor coming off her win at the 2020 Omaha Pro, dethroned reigning Ms. Rising Phoenix Helle Trevino and won her first Ms. Rising Phoenix title, along with the best poser award.^[2]^[4]
Originally scheduled to be held on 5 September 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America (USA), but due to the COVID-19 pandemic however it was rescheduled to 5 December 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The venue was later changed to Scottsdale, Arizona, USA due to COVID-19 restrictions on the capacity of audience attendance. This also lead to a massive decline in non-American residential competitors due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.^[5]^[6]^[1]
This was the first Rising Phoenix World Championship to be demoted to the status as professional bodybuilding's 2nd most prestigious competition for female bodybuilding due to the restoration of the Ms. Olympia. Due to this change, it adopted a Ms. International style invitational application system, along with a Olympia Qualification System ranking on par with the Arnold Classic.^[4]