The 2001 Ms. Olympia contest 
is an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition and part of Joe Weider's Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend 2001 was held on October 26, 2001, at the Mandalay Bay Arena in Paradise, Nevada. It was the 22nd Ms. Olympia competition held. Other events at the exhibition include the Mr. Olympia and Fitness Olympia contests.


== Prize Money ==
Overall - $10,000
1st (LW) - $10,000
2nd (LW) - $6,000
3rd (LW) - $4,000
1st (HW) - $10,000
2nd (HW) - $6,000
3rd (HW) - $4,000Total: $50,000


== Call Outs ==


=== Individual posing ===
Dayana Cadeau: Posing songs - Differences / Family Affair
Renee Casella: Posing song - We Are
Juliette Bergmann: Posing song - I've Never Been to Me
Joanna Thomas: Posing song - I Ask of You
Kim Harris: Posing song - Dance with Me
Brenda Raganot: Posing song - Bootylicious
Gayle Moher: Posing song - Desert Rose
Angela Debatin: Posing song - Genie in a Bottle
Fannie Barrios: Posing songs - You Can Leave Your Hat On / 20th Century Fox Fanfare / Soul Bossa Nova / Bootylicious / Lady Marmalade
Andrulla Blanchette: Posing songs - War / The Greatest Love of All
Vickie Gates: Posing songs - Slowly / One Minute Man / Lady Marmalade
Lesa Lewis: Posing songs - Bad Boy for Life'
Betty Pariso: Posing song - To Love You More'
Valentina Chepiga: Posing song -
Yaxeni Oriquen: Posing song - Fallin'
Iris Kyle: Next Generation


=== Prejudging posing ===
Call Outs from Round One: Lightweights

Cadeau - Blachette - Bergman
Raganot - Blachette - Moher
Casella - Raganot - Harris
Debatin - Barios - Thomas
Bergman - Harris - Blanchette
Casella - Debatin - Thomas
Raganot - Moher - Harris
Barrios - Moher - Cadeau
Harris - Moher - Casella
Bergman - Blachette
Cadaeu - Bergman - BlanchetteCall Outs from Round Two: Lightweights

Cadeau - Blachette - Bergman
Casella - Cadeau - Raganot
Casella - Moher - Barrios
Thomas - Harris - Debatin
Debatin - Raganot - MoherCall Outs from Round One: Heavyweights

Chepiga - Gates - Lewis
Kyle - Oriquen - Lewis
Foster - Pariso - Lewis
Gates - Oriquen - Kyle
Call Outs from Round Two: Heavyweights

Oriquen - Gates - Kyle
Lewis - Chepiga - Pariso
Gates - Kyle - Oriquen
Chepiga - Kyle - Oriquen


== Results ==


=== Scorecard ===
Comparison to previous Olympia results:

+12 - Juliette Bergmann
+4 - Iris Kyle
Same -  Vickie Gates
+1 - Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia
-3 - Valentina Chepiga
Same - Lesa Lewis
-1 - Andrulla Blanchette
+11 - Dayana Cadeau
-2 - Brenda Reganot
-6 - Gayle Moher
-3 - Renee Casella


== Attended ==
6th Ms. Olympia attended - Vickie Gates
5th Ms. Olympia attended - Juliette Bergmann, Andrulla Blanchette, and Lesa Lewis
4th Ms. Olympia attended - Valentina Chepiga and Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia
3rd Ms. Olympia attended - Renee Casella, Iris Kyle, and Brenda Raganot
2nd Ms. Olympia attended - Dayana Cadeau and Gayle Moher
1st Ms. Olympia attended - Fannie Barrios, Angela Debatin, Kim Harris, Betty Pariso, and Joanna Thomas
Previous year Olympia attendees who did not attend - Th-resa Bostick, Denise Hoshor, Cathy LeFrançois, and Jennifer McVicar


== Notable Events ==
In one of the most surprising winners of the Ms. Olympia yet, Juliette Bergmann came from out of nowhere, from last competing over 12 years ago, to win the overall and lightweight Ms. Olympia titles.  Iris Kyle won the heavyweight Olympia title.
This was the only Ms. Olympia where the lightweight Olympia winner beat the heavyweight Olympia winner to win the overall title.
The two emcee of the 2001 Ms. Olympia was Tim Wilkins and Monica Brant.
The top three heavyweight and top three lightweight posedown song was Tom Sawyer by Rush.
The top heavyweight and top lightweight posedown song was It's My Life by Bon Jovi.


== 2001 Ms. Olympia Qualified ==


== See also ==
2001 Mr. Olympia


== References ==