If you are ever asked the trivia question, “Who was the first Bikini International winner?” The answer is Nicole Nagrani at the inaugural contest in 2011. Nagrani beat the first and then reigning Olympia champion, Sonia Gonzalez.
One year later, the roles were reversed. Nagrani entered the 2012 Bikini International as the Olympia champion, and Gonzalez achieved revenge, leaving Columbus as champion. Nagrani would end up in third place.
India Paulino was a rising star in the young division. She realized her potential, winning two Bikini International titles in 2013 and 2016. Her latter win made her the first Bikini competitor to regain the International title after losing it.
Ashley Kaltwasser holds the record for most wins by any IFBB Professional League competitor — 50 going into the 2025 season. Two of those wins were on the Arnold Classic stage.
The Ohio native became the first repeat champion in 2014 and 2015. Those two trophies and three Olympia championships sit on her mantle. Kaltwasser is credited as a key figure in elevating the division throughout the decade, and her performances in these two events are major reasons why.
By 2017, many division experts saw the momentum that Angelica Teixeira was building. It was simply a matter of when she would reach the top of her category. 2017 was that year; she won the Bikini International and Bikini Olympia. She repeated in 2018.
Few competitors can match Janet Layug’s popularity. She was considered the “best not to win the big one” before the 2019 season. She shook that reputation at that year’s Bikini International contest.
Elisa Pecini faced a formidable lineup in the 2020 Arnold Classic. This event was held when the COVID-19 pandemic began to impact the world. Nonetheless, the then-reigning Olympia champ added an Arnold trophy to her mantle by beating runner-up Teixeira and bronze-medalist Layug.
Jennifer Dorie of Canada rose like a rocket in the Bikini division. 2021 was her year. The Arnold Classic was held two weeks before the Olympia, and Dorie secured wins in both.
Lauralie Chapados helped Canada keep the Arnold title by winning the 2022 championship. She has since become the division’s only three-time winner.
Chapados’ 2024 win was by a single point over runner-up Aimee Delgado in what many experts called the best matchup in the contest’s history. Chapados aims to defend in the 2025 contest as the Olympia champ.
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