| Status: | Active[1] |
| Genre: | IFBB Professional League professional female bodybuilding |
| Frequency: | Annually[2] |
| Venue: | Gila River Resorts & Casinos – Wild Horse Pass, Chandler, Arizona, United States of America |
| Coordinates: | 33.2812°N -111.973°W |
| Years Active: | [3] |
| First: | 22 August 2015 |
| Founder Name: | Jake Wood Kristal Wood[4] |
| Last: | 2023 Rising Phoenix World Championships |
| Prev: | 2022 Rising Phoenix World Championships[5] |
| Next: | 2024 Rising Phoenix World Championships |
| Participants: | 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] |
| Area: | International |
| Activity: | Spectator sport |
| Leader Title: | Promoter |
| Leader Name: | Alex Sacasa Wings of Strength |
| Organized: | Wings of Strength |
The IFBB Pro League Wings of Strength Rising Phoenix Women's Bodybuilding World Championships is a professional female bodybuilding competition, promoted by Wings of Strength and founded by Jake and Kristal Wood.,[7] [8] [9] [10] [11], and sanctioned by the International Federation of Bodybuilding (IFBB). It is considered to be the most prestigious IFBB Professional League all women's bodybuilding event in the world. The show's inception came as a result of the elimination of the Ms. Olympia, being the pinnacle of women's bodybuilding 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.[12]
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.[13]
At the 2015 Rising Phoenix World Championships, with Iris Kyle retired and Alina Popa not attending, Margie Martin, a dark horse contestant, managed to beat much more seasoned professional bodybuilders such as Helle Trevino, Debi Laszewski and Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia in order to win the Ms. Rising Phoenix title. At the 2016 Rising Phoenix World Championships, Margie would repeat her success and retain her title. At the 2017 Rising Phoenix World Championships, with Margie not defending her title, Helle would win the title. At the 2018 Rising Phoenix World Championships, Alina dethroned Helle and beat Margie to win the title. At the 2019 Rising Phoenix World Championships, with Alina retired, Helle would go on the beat Margie and again win the title.
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.
| Year | Champions | Best poser award | Most muscular award | Best intro video award | Posedown music | Total prize | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 |  Margaret Martin | Margaret Martin | Macarena by Los del Río | $99,500 & $65,000 Jeep Wrangler[14] | Grand Hyatt, San Antonio, Texas, United States | ||
| 2016 | Sheila Bleck | Tootsie Roll by Old School Players | $150,000 & $65,000 Jeep | Talking Stick Resort, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States | |||
| 2017 | Helle Trevino | Aleesha Young |  Silvia Matta | $128,000 & $65,000 Jeep Wrangler[15] | |||
| 2018 |  Alina Popa |  Nicole Chartrand | Helle Trevino | LaDawn McDay | $123,000 & $100,000 Chevrolet Corvette | Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino, Chandler, Arizona, United States | |
| 2019 | Helle Trevino | Mona Poursaleh | Aleesha Young | Silvia Matta | Berzerk by Eminem | $115,900 & $100,000 Dodge Challenger Hellcat | |
| 2020 | Andrea Shaw | Andrea Shaw | $115,900 & Chevrolet Camaro | Talking Stick Resort, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States | |||
| 2021[16] | Mona Poursaleh |  Irene Andersen | LaDawn McDay | Bring Me to Life by Evanescence | & American prize vehicle | ||
| 2022[17] | Janeen Lankowski | Moonlight Sonata (Epic Trailer Version) by Hidden Citizens Diplomatico (Remix) by Jabato Get It On The Floor (feat. Swizz Beatz) by DMX Lacrimosa by Apashe | $120,500 & Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD | Gila River Resorts & Casinos – Wild Horse Pass, Chandler, Arizona, United States | |||
| 2023 | Rene Marven | Andrea Shaw | Bulls On Parade by Rage Against the Machine | $125,000[18] | Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America | ||
| 2024 | TBD | $144,000 | Gila River Resorts & Casinos – Wild Horse Pass, Chandler, Arizona, United States | ||||
| Ranking | Champions | Years | Number of wins | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Best poser award | Most muscular award | Best intro video award | |||
| 1st | Andrea Shaw | 2020 – 2023 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2nd | Margaret Martin | 2015 – 2016 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Helle Trevino | 2017 & 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 3rd | Alina Popa | 2018 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 4th | Sheila Bleck | 2016 – 2017 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mona Poursaleh | 2021 – 2022 | |||||
| Aleesha Young | 2017 & 2019 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Irene Andersen | 2021 – 2022 | |||||
| Silvia Matta | 2017 & 2019 | 0 | 2 | |||
| LaDawn McDay | 2018 & 2021 | |||||
| 5th | Nicole Chartrand | 2018 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Janeen Lankowski | 2022 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Rene Marven | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| Ranking | Champions | Years | Number of consecutive wins | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Best poser award | Most muscular award | Best intro video award | |||
| 1st | Andrea Shaw | 2020 – 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2nd | Margaret Martin | 2015 – 2016 | 2 | |||
| 3rd | Sheila Bleck | 2016 – 2017 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mona Poursaleh | 2021 – 2022 | |||||
| Irene Andersen | 2021 – 2022 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Year | Champions | Runner-Up | 3rd Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Margaret Martin | Helle Trevino | Debi Laszewski |
| 2016 | Sheila Bleck | Alina Popa | |
| 2017 | Helle Trevino | Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia | |
| 2018 | Alina Popa | Margaret Martin | Sheila Bleck |
| 2019 | Helle Trevino | Irene Andersen | |
| 2020 | Andrea Shaw | Helle Trevino | Monique Jones |
| 2021 | Mona Poursaleh | ||
| 2022 | MayLa Ash | Michaela Aycock | |
| 2023 | Angela Yeo |
| Year | Champions | Runner-Up | 3rd Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Sheila Bleck |  Virginia Sanchez | Pauline Nelson | |
| 2018 | Nicole Chartrand | Sheila Bleck | ||
| 2019 | Mona Poursaleh | Janeen Lankowski | Nicole Chartrand | |
| 2021 | MayLa Ash | |||
| 2022 | MayLa Ash | Janeen Lankowski | ||
| 2023 | Rene Marven | Nicole Chartrand | Kristina Mendoza |
| Rank | Nation | Most muscular award | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) | 3 | |
| 2 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 |
| Year | Champions | Runner-Up | 3rd Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Silvia Matta | Nicole Chartrand | Teresa Ivancik | |
| 2018 | LaDawn McDay | Virginia Sanchez | Alina Popa | |
| 2019 | Silvia Matta | Aleesha Young | Nicole Chartrand | |
| 2021 | LaDawn McDay | Janeen Lankowski | Nicole Chartrand | |
| 2022 | Janeen Lankowski | Sheena Ohlig | MayLa Ash |