The Miss Flex Night Bikini contest has now emerged as a straight clash between the ladies from
The Suriname Miss Bikini trio are (from left): Melitia Galimo (2nd place); Vanety Bouoe (1st place) and Suelle Shepperd (3rd place)
Guyana and those from visiting Suriname. Last Sunday at Congress Hall in Paramaribo, Suriname held its first Miss Bikini Fitness contest. The event attracted 6 competitors and Suriname is sending the top three (3) finishers to compete in the Miss Flex Night Bikini and one other to the Miss Best Legs contest.
The quality of the female physiques was noted by aficionados of the sport, especially given the fact that the event was the first of its kind. Also the number of competitors – 6 – was seen as a very positive and encouraging development given the efforts made for years by that country’s Bodybuilding Federation to attract females to the competitive stage.
Looking to hold off the Suriname challenge will be seven (7) of Guyana’s best, drawn from two gyms – Fitness Paradise Gym (5 females) and Genesis Fitness (2 females). For Genesis Fitness it will be their debut on the Miss Bikini stage, and they are making that debut in fine style, sending the statuesque twins Marissa and Marise Jordan to represent the gym and the country. This marks the first time that twins of any gender will be competing on the bodybuilding stage in Guyana. In the 1940s the Bacchus sisters competed in powerlifting but they were not twins.
Building upon a long tradition of female participation in bodybuilding events, Fitness Paradise Gym will be sending five (5) of its best to the Miss Bikini stage. Fiano Spencer, dance aerobics instructor and winner of the 2014 Fitness Paradise Miss Bikini contest joins her colleagues Shawnell Warner (Miss Flex Night Bikini 2012 winner), Marissa Lowden, Sonia Cummings and Mahaila Goodluck on stage on Sunday night.