Maria Acosta Wins 2024 Klash Series Southern USA Championships Pro

The winner advances to the 2024 Bikini Olympia.

Last updated on May twenty seventh, 2024

Maria Acosta is the 2024 Klash Series Southern USA Championships Pro winner. Acosta was one in all 20 athletes on the stage on the Orlando, FL, event on May 25, 2024.

Acosta left with the win and qualification to compete on the 2024 Bikini Olympia in Las Vegas, NV, on Oct. 10-13, 2024. Iulia Baba finished because the runner-up, and third place went to Brittany Hamilton.

2024 Klash Series Southern USA Championships Pro Results

The full results are below, as shown on the judges scorecards:

1. Maria Acosta (United States)
2. Iulia Baba (Romania)
3. Brittany Hamilton (United States)
4. Kate Carroll (New Zealand)
5. Kimberly Bonilla (United States)
6. Cassandra Dela Rosa (Mexico)
7. Vanessa Guzman (United States)
8. April Conley (United States)
9. Samantha Houle (United States)
10. Gavi Soni (United States)
11. Marissa Bell (United States)
12. Jessica Miller (United States)
13. Hope Castelli (United States)
14. Christian Brush (United States)
15. Noemi Cosentino (Italy)

Tied for sixteenth

• Irka Carrasquillo Lizardi (Puerto Rico)
• Niccole Guggia (United States)
• Carrie Hennessy (United States)
• Vanesa Ocana (Argentina)
• Fallon Wainwright (United States)

Winner — Maria Acosta

This was Acosta’s third pro show of the 2024 season. The third time was the charm. She was last onstage on the 2024 Pittsburgh Pro, ending fourth. This is her first pro win and Olympia qualification. It got here in her third pro season.

Second Place — Iulia Baba

This is Baba’s fourth show of the 2024 season, leading to her highest placing up to now. She and Hamilton were separated by a single point on the scorecards.

Baba is attempting to qualify for the 2024 Olympia for the second straight season. She must win a professional show by Sept. 15, 2024, to earn that qualification.

Third Place — Brittany Hamilton

Hamilton is in her sixth pro season. This was her third pro show of 2024. Her best result was second on the 2024 Wasatch Warrior Pro. Hamilton is attempting to make it to the Olympia stage for the second time in her profession. She was last there in 2022, rating outside the highest 15.

Other Notes

This was one in all two Bikini division shows that occurred over the weekend. The other was on the 2024 Optimum Classic Pro. Three-time Bikini Olympia champion Ashley Kaltwasser secured her forty fifth profession pro win.