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The 2009 Ms. Olympia contest is an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition and part of Joe Weider's Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend 2009 was held on September 25, 2009, at the South Hall in the Las Vegas Convention Center in Winchester, Nevada and in the Orleans Arena at The Orleans Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada.
Salvagno started weight training at the age of 16 and competed in her first show 7 years later. Her most notable accomplishment to date is winning the light-heavyweight class and the overall at the 2009 NPC USA Championship earning her pro status.
The IFBB Professional League Ms. Olympia (initially named the Miss Olympia) [2] is professional bodybuilding's most prestigious competition and the title of the winner of the competition in female bodybuilding. [22] It was first held in 1980. [23]
In 2006, she won the 2006 female athlete of the year at the Flex Awards for her outstanding achievement in the industry. In 2009, she achieved her goal of became the first female bodybuilder above the age of 50 years to win an IFBB professional competition, by winning the 2009 Tampa Bay Pro.
2009 25th World Bodybuilding & Fitness Championships - 14th (heavyweight) 2009 Central American Champions (CAC) Bodybuilding Championships, Grenada - 1st (overall and heavyweight) 2010 |IFBB Pro Bodybuilding Weekly Championships Women's Bodybuidling -14th Place
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In 2009, she attended her first Ms. Olympia, which she placed 7th. [ 1 ] When training and competing specifically for bodybuilding, she consumed 2,500–3,000 calories a day and her contest weight was around 140 pounds and roughly 165 pounds when off season.
Prior to 1977, bodybuilding had been considered strictly a male-oriented sport. Henry McGhee, described as the "primary architect of competitive female bodybuilding", was an employee of the Downtown Canton YMCA, carried a strong belief that women should share the opportunity to display their physiques and the results of their weight training the way men had done for years.