IFBB Pro Greater Gulf Championships 2012

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IFBB Pro Greater Gulf Championships will be held already this weekend, at 23rd-24th June. Only men's and women's pro physique and women's pro bikini divisions included though.

http://www.ifbbpro.c...ulf-states-pro/

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Updated competitor lists;

Again some interesting cross overs at this show as well; both ex-pro-fitness competitor Tamee Marie and pretty successful pro figure competitor Gina Trochiano will jump into women's physique division at this show.

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A short preview by NPCnewonline.com - http://npcnewsonline.com/ifbb-pro-greater-gulf-bikini-mens-and-womens-physique/18420/

Bikini: The Olympia Qualification Series continues, with only one competitor – Stacey Alexander – having earned a qualification to this year’s event. Alexander won the Overall here as an NPC competitor one year ago. With 13 points, Jennifer Chapman currently leads the standings and could help her cause with a top placing here. Narmin Assria (8 points), Justine Munro (4 points) and Dayne Melton (2 points) should all contend for the top spot.

Men's physique: If not for Mark Anthony, Collin Humphrey likely would have at least one Men’s Physique pro win on his resume. Humphrey has finished second in each of his three pro competitions to date – behind Anthony in each of the three. He enters New Orleans as the front runner for his first IFBB win, but he’ll face another tough challenge from Miguel Aguilar. Aguilar, who has placed third in both of his pro contests to date, finished one spot behind Humphrey at the Pro Grand Prix in March. Sadik Hadzovik won the NPC Junior USA Overall last weekend, and wasted no time jumping into his first pro event.

Women's physique: Coming off a win at the Governor’s Cup in March, Karin Kimura enters as the favorite. Jennifer Robinson has placed in the top five of both of her pro contests to date – 5th at the Europa Show of Champions and 4th at the St. Louis Pro – while Joele Smith is coming off a fifth-place finish against one of the deepest lineups of the year the New York Pro.

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A lil recap from the prejudging rounds;

In women's phyisque Jennifer Robinson, Tamee Marie, Karin Kimura and Gloria Faulls were compared in the first group and as they did not mix the call outs, seems like these girls are obviously in TOP 4. According to the call outs, Jennifer Robinson and Tamee Marie are fighting for the 1st spot here.

First call out, from the left: Jennifer Robinson - Tamee Marie - Karin Kimura -Gloria Faulls

Photos - http://contests.npcnewsonline.com/contests/2012/ifbb_greater_gulf_states_pro/

I would like to see Jennifer Robinson (on the left) to win this show, very beautiful physique..

The rest of the group, from the left: Mikaela Soto - Joele Smith - Gina Trochiano - Tracy Bodner -

La'Drissa Bonivel

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In B-division Brittany Tacy, Dayna Maleton, Jennifer Chapman, Justine Munro, Narmin Assria and Stacey Alexander were taken to the first call out. Imo nothing stunning here... anyway, first call out in the vid;

The show continues on Saturday morning with men's physique prejudging and later in the evening with the finals.

Also MD had updated their galleries with women's prejudging photos - http://pics.musculardevelopment.com/index.php?mode=contest&eventcode=1550

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And the results are...

WPD

Another competitor who seemingly came out of nowhere to notch her first win as a pro, Tamee Marie made the switch to the Women’s Physique Division after a less-than stellar first year as a professional figure competitor. In four IFBB contests last year, Marie’s highest finish was when she placed 13th at the Houston Pro. The Greater Gulf States was her first in the Women’s Physique division, and her victory came against a competitor who already had a WPD win under her belt in Karin Kimura.

Kimura, who won the Governor’s Cup in March, placed second while Jennifer Robinson finished third.

Click on the competitors name in order to view more individual photos ...

1. Tamee Marie

2. Karin Kimura

3. Jennifer Robinson

4. Gloria Faulls

5. Gina Trochiano

6. Joele Smith

7. Tracy Bodner

8. Mikaila Soto

9. La Drissa Bonivel

Scorecard - http://www.ifbbpro.com/wp-content/uploads/image/2012/results/ggs/2012ggs_scorecard3.gif

More photos on MD and NPCnewsonline.com.

The champ - Tamee Marie

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Women's bikini

Entering the Greater Gulf States, four competitors had accumulated points in the Olympia Qualification Series Standings, including points leader Jennifer Chapman and two other competitors who ranked in the top five in Narmin Assria and Justine Munro.

But when the dust settled on Saturday, it was Brittany Tacy – a second-year competitor who was nowhere to be found on that list – who came out with the win and a qualification to the Bikini Olympia. Tacy, who won her pro card at last year’s NPC USAs, competed twice as a pro in 2011, placing 6th at the Ft. Lauderdale Cup and 7th at the Bikini Pro World Championships in December. Respectable placings for competitor who had just won her pro card, but neither outing gave any indication that she was ready to win the first pro contest of her young career in New Orleans. That’s exactly what she did though by earning straight firsts on the scorecards and leaving little doubt in the minds of the judges after Friday night’s prejudging.

Justine Munro placed second while Stacey Alexander, who won the NPC Greater Gulf States Overall title here a year ago, finished third.

1. Brittany Tacy

2. Justine Munro

3. Stacey Alexander

4. Dayna Maleton

5. Narmin Assria

6. Jennifer Chapman

7. Summer White

8. Christy Cook

9. Jessica Arevalo

10. Marisa Lee

11. Christie Marquez

Scorecard - http://www.ifbbpro.com/wp-content/uploads/image/2012/results/ggs/2012ggs_scorecard1.gif

More photos on MD and NPCnewsonline.com

The winner and now also O qualified Brittany Tacy

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No doubt these guys are handsome but I still don't really get the idea of men's physique division... seems like it is no HIT among the competitors either as only 5 competitors attended this show and a few earlier were cancelled due the lack of the competitors. Well anyway..

MP

After finishing second to Mark Anthony in three consecutive contests over the course five weeks in April and May, Collin Humphrey seemed well overdue for a win in the Men’s Physique division. He finally got that W by earning straight firsts on the judges’ scorecards on Saturday, displaying the same form that saw him push Anthony over his first three contests of the year.

Sadik Hadzovic, one week removed from earning his pro card at the Junior Nationals, finished second in his pro debut. Hadzovic won his class and the Overall in Chicago last week. Matt Acton placed third.

1. Collin Humphrey

2. Sadik Hadzovic

3. Matthew Acton

4. Trevor Larsen

5. Miguel Aguilar

Scorecard - http://www.ifbbpro.com/wp-content/uploads/image/2012/results/ggs/2012ggs_scorecard2.gif

From the left Matthew Acton - Trevor Larsen - Collin Humphrey - Sadic Hadzovic - Miguel Aguilar