2011 IFBB Houston Pro Results

[MuSuLPhReAk]

Date: October 15, 2011
Location: Houston, Texas

Figure Open
1. Teresa Anthony
2. Jelena Abbou
3. Jami DeBernard
4. Krissy Chin
5. Allison Frahn
6. Alea Suarez
7. Tiffany Procopio
8. Charmayne Jackson
9. Tracey McDonald
10. Ginette Delhaes
11. Kristina Rojas
12. Kimberly Sheppard
13. Soleivi Hernandez
13. Tamee Marie
15. Vicki Counts
15. Anissa Payne
16. Elisha Archibold
16. Melanie Burger
16. Debbie Fowler
16. Danielle Kifer
16. Cheri Lewis
16. Amanda Marinelli
16. Natalie Waples
16. Natalie Calland

Figure Open
1. Christina Vargas
2. Skye Taylor
3. Nicole Coleman
4. Tawna Eubanks
5. Barbara Bolotte
6. Nicole Moneer-Guerrero
7. Janet Harding
8. Roya Tehrani
9. Gabriela Silva Cardosa da Silva

[69challenger]

BIG mistake in Pro Figure.....Natalie Waples was completely overlooked during pre-judging...she didn't even get called out. Here's what she had to say....


"Hi Everyone! First off I wanted to thank all of you for the support of my predicament. As an athlete, not being called out is inexcusable really, let alone than awarding me with a 'No Placing' rank of 16th. I was on the Olympia stage 3 weeks ago, so yes, I was devastated. The show was running long so the judges had us come out and do our model turns, then they did call outs right away - no comparisons in numerical order. They did 4 call outs, so you could imagine how I felt when the head judge announced 'thank you that concludes the prejudging' and I hadn't even quarter turned. I went backstage, in shock, and a couple girls came up and commented on what happened, including the eventual winner Teresa Anthony -- they had noticed but the judges didn't. I decided to go say something and went back to the press pit, asking for the head judge and told him that I hadn't been called out. I left it with them to decide what to do, as I really didn't know what to say. I went back to the change room and then the head judge came to the change room and apologized. He said that my number had been missed when they did the 2nd call out, he was extremely apologetic, and then told me it would be corrected at the night show. At the night show they did pull me out in the second call out, but they did not do any judging, so technically I was not not judged at all. This was the part that upset me, only because I was told it would be 'fixed' yet it was left as though I hadn't competed at all. I have no idea where I would have ended up in that 2nd call out, but to be left out completely and then given a 'No placing' is really a slap in the face as it was their oversight, yet I am the one being punished in that I now have a '16' against my name for 2011, and that is not representative of where I should have been. I do not know if there will be reprecussions for my writing this - the error was just that, an error and it was not intentional, but they should have taken the 5 minutes to do a confirmation judging. This is the IFBB Pro league. The Border States Pro Figure is in two weeks and I will be competing, so here's hoping this time I get to spin around in my heels a little bit .... placed 7th last year so we'll see what happens! Thanks for listening! Natalie"

[69challenger]

She looked great! Good luck to her in Cali!!

[Sean Summers]

Wow! What a joke.