Chady Dunmore Arnold Amateur Bikini Winner 2010

Chady Dunmore of Roseville, California the overall winner of the Arnold Amateur NPC Bikini Championship competition that was held as a part of the Arnold Sports Festival 2010.  There were 89 athletes competing in the second year of this event, more than double the number of contestants over the previous year.

In the Bikini Short Class, Annette Perry of Natick, Massachusetts took 1st place and won a Tony Nowak jacket and a one year subscription to Posedown Magazine presented by Bob Johnson.

Rounding out the top five Bikini Short Class competitors were:

* 2nd place: Michelle Cagle, Tampa, Florida
* 3rd place: Nastin Mynuna, Montreal, Canada
* 4th place: Mandi Fanelli, Lakewood, California
* 5th place: Jessica Kenney, Boston, Massachusetts

In the Bikini Medium Class, Noemi Olah of Hungary took 1st place and won a Tony Nowak jacket and a one year subscription to Posedown Magazine presented by Bob Johnson.

Rounding out the top five Bikini Medium Class competitors were:

* 2nd place: Nicole Moneer-Guerrero, Schaumberg, Illinois
* 3rd place: Jennifer Norden, Lexington, Kentucky
* 4th place: Michaela Stentz, Memphis, Tennessee
* 5th place: Jessica Halbert, Arlington, Virginia

In the Bikini Tall Class, Chady Dunmore of Roseville, California, took 1st place and won a Tony Nowak jacket and a one year subscription to Posedown Magazine presented by Bob Johnson.  As the overall winner, she also won an Arnold VIP Ticket Package and a House of Pain gym bag.

The other top five Bikini Tall Class competitors were:

* 2nd place: Kristal Martin, Montclair, New Jersey
* 3rd place: Hilary Jones, Camarillo, California
* 4th place: Nathalie Mur, Quebec, Canada
* 5th place: Kristin Barber, Holly, Michigan

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Arnold Sports Festival, the largest multi-sport festival in the nation and home of the prestigious Arnold Schwarzenegger Classic World Bodybuilding Championships since 1989, will add a professional bikini competition to its lineup of IFBB-sanctioned professional competitions in 2011.

The Bikini International will join a lineup of International Federation of Body Building events that also includes the Ms. International, Fitness International and Figure International competitions that draw elite professional fields to Columbus each March. The 2011 Arnold Sports Festival will be held March 3-6, 2011.

“We are very aware of the growing popularity of professional bikini competitions and are proud to offer the world’s top pros the opportunity to compete at the Arnold Sports Festival in 2011,” event co-promoter Jim Lorimer said. “Like all of our professional events, we will strive to make the Bikini International the most sought-after championship of its kind in the world.”

There are 13 professional bikini competitions on the IFBB Professional League schedule in 2010. In addition, the Arnold Amateur Bodybuilding, Fitness, Figure and Bikini Championships has attracted more than 100 competitors for its Amateur Bikini competition to be held on Thursday, March 4 in Columbus. The winner of the 2010 Amateur Bikini will be invited to the 2011 Bikini International if that competitor earns a pro card in the next year.

The 2010 Arnold Sports Festival – which features 18,000 athletes from more than 75 nations competing in 44 sports and events – will be held March 4-7, 2010. Ms. International, Fitness International and Figure International competitions will be held on Friday, March 5 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center and Veterans Memorial. The 22nd annual Arnold Classic will be held on Saturday, March 6 at Veterans Memorial. The Arnold Amateur Bodybuilding, Fitness, Figure & Bikini Championships will be held March 4-5 at Veterans Memorial and March 6 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.

Tickets to all events are available at www.ticketmaster.com/arnold.