Iris Kyle Crowned 2011 Ms. Olympia

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2011, Alina Popa, Brigita Brezovac, Debbie Laszewski, Iris Kyle, Mah-Ann Mendoza, Mr Olympia, Ms. Olympia, Sheila Bleck, Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia

(l-r) Iris Kyle, Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia

Iris Kyle won her 7^th Ms. Olympia crown tonight at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Despite being less sharply defined than at this morning’s prejudging, Kyle still managed to edge out runner-up Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia of Venezuela and in doing so comes one more victory closer to topping Lenda Murray’s record of 8 Ms. Olympia wins.

Rounding out the rest of the top six were Brigita Brezovac, of Slovenia, at number 3, Debbie Laszewski, USA, at number 4 and Alina Popa, Switzerland, & Sheila Bleck, USA, holding the 5^th & 6^th spots respectively.

Mah-Ann Mendoza

At the end of the pose-down, emcee Bob Chicherillo announced that this would be the last Olympia for competitors Dayana Cadeau & Mah-Ann Mendoza. Mendoza, 52, is a recent survivor of cancer, overcoming both the disease and after effects of chemotherapy in order to qualify for the Olympia.

Brennan Storr writes the blog Largely the Truth