2017 Arnold Amateur USA International Championships:  Women’s DVD # 1:

BIKINI FITNESS, MASTER BIKINI FITNESS, & ARNOLD MODEL SEARCH.

The 2017 IFBB Arnold Classic and Arnold Sports Festival are Presented by Classic Productions.  Celebrating the 29th Anniversary of the IFBB Arnold Classic and the 11th Arnold Amateur Championships.

March 2nd – 5th, 2017, Columbus, Ohio.

Held at the Greater Columbus Convention Center – Expo stage and Battelle Grand. The Presenting Sponsors were Gaspari Nutrition and iHerb.com.  More than 500 top amateur competitors from around the world competed in 10 divisions at the 11th Annual Arnold Amateur IFBB / NPC International Championships. “Athletes represented 56 different countries this year making it one of the biggest international events of its kind,” said Bob Lorimer, President of Classic Productions Inc.

This Women’s DVD #1 of 2 presents all of the classes of the BIKINI FITNESS, MASTER BIKINI FITNESS & ARNOLD MODEL SEARCH.  Spread over 2 DVDs it is probably the BIGGEST WOMEN’S CONTEST SERIES we have released!

DVD CONTENT:
See the lineups, comparisons and callouts for each class, and all awards through to the OVERALL AWARDS.

The 2 outstanding OVERALL WINNERS were as follows: Women’s Bikini-Fitness – Ekaterina Lapteva of Russia and Master Women’s Bikini-Fitness – Marbellis Ballestas of Colombia.  The 2017 Arnold Classic USA Women’s Model Search winner was Juliete De Pieri from Brazil.

Special thanks to Bob Lorimer and Live Technologies for providing the video content to produce this DVD.

PHOTOS: Carl Wade  BRONZEMINK@YAHOO.COM

THE CLASS WINNERS:
Women’s Bikini-Fitness Class A, Up To 155 cm: Ana Kyle – USA
Women’s Bikini-Fitness Class B, Up To 159 cm: Natalie Sena – USA
Women’s Bikini-Fitness Class C, Up To 163 cm: Karina Gavrikova – Hungary
Women’s Bikini-Fitness Class D, Up To 167 cm: Tamara Shemetun – Russia
Women’s Bikini-Fitness Class E, Up To 170 cm: Ekaterina Lapteva – Russia (Overall)
Women’s Bikini-Fitness Class F, Over 170 cm: Nikoleta Perinova – USA
Master Women’s Bikini-Fitness Open: Marbellis Ballestas – Colombia
Arnold Classic Women’s Model Search: Juliete De Pieri – Brazil

Women’s Results as seen in this DVD:

Women’s Bikini-Fitness Class A, Up To 155 cm
 1. Ana Kyle USA
2. Joy Zoggia Brazil
3. Malgorzata Flis Poland
4. Queeny Alfeche Canada
5. Jessica Suarez Marticorena Cuba
6. Colomba Aguad Chile
7. Alexandria Mazzurco USA
8. Karen Pham Canada
9. Mary Carriedo Canada
10. Michelle Kling USA
11. Meghan Polce USA
11. Vanessa Campea USA
11. Karolina Fierlej USA
11. Jordan Kopras USA
11. Claudia Lopez Canada
11. Amanda Morefield USA

Women’s Bikini-Fitness Class B, Up To 159 cm
 1. Natalie Sena USA
2. Anastasiia Zolotaia Russia
3. Josela Bottarelli Argentina
4. Abigail Hinojosa Mexico
5. Maria Solawa Poland
6. Alyssa Tyler USA
7. Julia Pudovikova Russia
8. Kimberly Turner USA
9. Brittaney Weyand USA
10. Corinne Orchowski USA
11. Sarah Grgic USA
11. Evelyn Small USA
11. Ashley Elliott USA
11. Silvia Scaglione San Marino
11. Lindsey Harden USA

Women’s Bikini-Fitness Class C, Up To 163 cm
 1. Karina Gavrikova Hungary
2. Yulia Len Russia
3. Olesya Volkov USA
4. Megan Adams USA
5. Maria Beltran Mexico
6. Sandra Estes USA
7. María Teresa Estrada Mexico
8. Carmen-Anna Haenggi Switzerland
9. Maria Forte USA
10. Alyssa Chase USA
11. Christiana Bailey-Green USA
11. Jessica Hoffman USA
11. Mary Love USA
11. Brieanna Dixon USA
11. Laura Randon Italy
11. Tanielle Powell USA
11. Anastasia Barkhanova Russia
11. Mackenzie Caul Canada
11. Samantha Pinna Italy
11. Oyungerel Bayarsaikhan Mongolia
11. Melody Smith USA
11. Cristina Rifo Canada
11. Micaela Markides South Africa
11. Teresa Moore USA
11. Jessica Alvarado USA
11. Angie Majeed USA
11. Maria De Ramos USA
11. Melissa Soto Chile

 Women’s Bikini-Fitness Class D, Up To 167 cm
 1. Tamara Shemetun Russia
2. Edel Keenehan Ireland
3. Kateryna Vasinkina USA
4. Judith Ceballos Mexico
5. Abi Roman Canada
6. Gabriela Vidana Mexico
7. Nicole Ferrier USA
8. Lyubov Pogribnyak USA
9. Jessica Henry USA
10. Karen Henning USA
11. Cassidy Enders USA
11. Krishawnda Allen USA
11. Becky Lisska USA
11. Sarah Manns USA
11. Amber Connor USA
11. Kristiann Amato USA
11. Ariel Jones USA
11. Marvia Laurence Curacao
11. Stine Strom USA
11. Yurly Vizcaya Colombia
11. Nikki Korek Canada
11. Caplee Robinson USA

Women’s Bikini-Fitness Class E, Up To 170 cm
 1. Ekaterina Lapteva Russia
2. Nicole Tovey Bermuda
3. Olesea Damian Moldova
4. Ana Albaladejo Gomez Spain
5. Nadia Chiaramonte Canada
6. Viviane Carlstrom Brazil
7. Jenna De Leon Trinidad & Tobago
8. Anna Medvedeva Russia
9. Kelsey Smith USA
10. Anita Szymczak Poland
11. Christina Kassel USA
11. Valeria Pipoli Italy
11. Kayla Rogers USA
11. Adriana Gentile Canada
11. Ishimine Johnson USA
11. Stephanie Patterson USA
11. Torrence Petit Canada
11. Courtney Maxim USA
11. Michelle Van Rooyen USA
11. Hillary Osborne USA

 Women’s Bikini-Fitness Class F, Over 170 cm
 1. Nikoleta Perinova USA
2. Ctila Santiago Santos Brazil
3. Sophie Guidolin Australia
4. Natalia Lugovskikh Russia
5. Alessia Facchin Italy
6. Mahsa Akbarimehr USA
7. Yuri Yasui Japan
8. Laurah Hallock USA
9. Liliia Masliuk Russia
10. Anelien Schmulian South Africa
11. Ashley Webb USA
11. Candace Tarjanyi USA
11. Maurina Brooks USA
11. Lauren Simpson Canada
11. Eleonora Khasina USA
11. Tetiana Bies USA
11. Amanda Rowland USA
11. Szandra Horváth Hungary
11. Alyssa Landrith USA

Women’s Bikini-Fitness Overall
 1. Ekaterina Lapteva Russia
2. Tamara Shemetun Russia
3. Karina Gavrikova Hungary
4. Nikoleta Perinova USA
5. Natalie Sena USA
6. Ana Kyle USA

Master Women’s Bikini-Fitness Open
 1. Marbellis Ballestas Colombia
2. Anita Szymczak Poland
3. Nicole Tovey Bermuda
4. Dzina Stralkova Belarus
5. Deborah Lindahl USA
6. Hanna Skyttä Finland
7. Valeria Pipoli Italy
8. Reyna Rodriguez Mexico
9. Silvia Scaglione San Marino
10. Linda Hydro USA
10. Becky Lisska USA
10. Deanna Farinacci Canada
10. Jammie Hagans USA
10. Corinne Orchowski USA
10. Sandy Wiedmeyer USA
10. Anelien Schmulian South Africa
10. Joy Sugahara Japan
10. Mariko Mifune Japan
10. Michelle Kling USA
10. Linda Pilat Canada
10. Stacey Vautour Canada
10. Syndy Bennett Canada
10. Amy Deboer USA
10. Erika Jordan Canada
10. Wendi O’Brien USA
10. Mary Love USA
10. Eleonora Khasina USA
10. Karolina Fierlej USA
10. Lindsey Harden USA
10. Nadirah Baldwin USA
DQ* Ana Albaladejo Gomez Spain
*Disqualification for failing Awards Ceremony

2017 Arnold Classic Women’s Model Search
 1. Juliete De Pieri – Brazil
2. Savina Nikolova
3. Autumn Cleveland
4. Victoria Schlumbrecht
5. Jacki Frye
6. Marcy Dunn
7. Kayla Shane
8. Amy Gregory
9. Stephanie Moen
10. Ishimine Johnson
11. Nikoleta Perinova
12. Sara Lynn Hoffman
13. Anqelique Hilmes