2022 FitGems Awards Results

I feel like I’m a broken record at this point, but I want to apologize for how these awards went down this year. Life happens. As mentioned before, a committee will be helping me with the awards going forward, beginning with the 2023 edition. I’ll post more about it closer to time. 

With that being said, here are the winners for each category. Congrats to you all!

• Pro Female Bodybuilder of the Year: Andrea Shaw (Runner-up: Michela Aycock)
• Pro Women’s Physique Competitor of the Year: Natalia Coelho (Runner-up: Brooke Walker)
• Pro Fitness Competitor of the Year: Missy Truscott (Runner-up: Ariel Khadr)
• Pro Figure Competitor of the Year: Cydney Gillon (Runner-up: Jessica Reyes Padilla)
• Pro Bikini Competitor of the Year: Jennifer Dorie (Runner-ups: Ashley Kaltwasser and Lauralie Chapados)
• Pro Wellness Competitor of the Year: Yarishna Ayala (Runner-up: Francheel Mattos)
• Pro Masters Female Bodybuilder of the Year: Lenore Gregson (Runner-up: Gina Hill)
• Pro Masters Women’s Physique Competitor of the Year: Lenore Gregson (Runner-up: Stephanie Fredrickson)
• Pro Masters Figure Competitor of the Year: Lena Johannessen (Runner-up: Missy Sandeman)
• Pro Masters Bikini Competitor of the Year: Michelle Hurst (Runner-up: Miriam Jenkins)
• Pro Masters Welllness Competitor of the Year: Tammy Sievers (Runner-up: Tina Breshears)
• FitGems Fan Favorite Pro Female Bodybuilder of 2022: Lenore Gregson
• FitGems Fan Favorite Pro Women’s Physique Competitor of 2022: Lenore Gregson
• FitGems Fan Favorite Pro Fitness Competitor of 2022: Missy Truscott
• FitGems Fan Favorite Pro Figure Competitor of 2022: Jessica Reyes Padilla
• FitGems Fan Favorite Pro Bikini Competitor of 2022: Jennifer Dorie
• FitGems Fan Favorite Pro Wellness Competitor of 2022: Yarishna Ayala
• Amateur Female Bodybuilder of the Year: Leann George (Runner-up: Andrea Wellington)
• Amateur Women’s Physique Competitor of the Year: Jessica Coleman (Runner-up: Nicole Washington)
• Amateur Fitness Competitor of the Year: Brittney Mendoza (Runner-up: Rachel Pitts)
• Amateur Figure Competitor of the Year: Jennifer Aguirre (Runner-up: Becca Wilcox)
• Amateur Bikini Competitors of the Year: Savannah Watchman and Amy Vetters (Runner-up: Evil Jack)
• Amateur Wellness Competitor of the Year: Alexis Adams (Runner-up: Shelby Talon)
• FitGems Fan Favorite Amateur Female Bodybuilder of 2022: Chloe Phillips
• FitGems Fan Favorite Amateur Women’s Physique Competitor of 2022: Julie Boley, Lauren Anderson, Nicole Lareau, Nicole Washington
• FitGems Fan Favorite Amateur Fitness Competitor of 2022: Brittney Mendoza
• FitGems Fan Favotite Amateur Figure Competitor of 2022: Becca Wilcox
• FitGems Fan Favorite Amateur Bikini Competitors of 2022: Brandi Lewis-Reed, Darcy Quinn, Evil Jack, Ukacki Onyekiaka
• FitGems Fan Favorite Amateur Wellness Competitor of 2022: Shelby Talon
• FitGems Fan Favorite Fitness Model of 2022: Lenore Gregson
• Fitness Model of the Year: Yarishna Ayala (Runner-up: Wendy Fortino)
• Jenny Lynn Fitness Ambassador of the Year:  Whitney Jones (Runner-up: Trish Stratus)
• Social Media Woman of the Year: Yarishna Ayala (Runner-ups: Wendy Fortino and Ashley Marie Lajomowski
• Moment of the Year: Natalia Coelho finally wins the big one, winning her first-ever Women’s Physique Olympia title (Runner-ups: Isabella Nunes wins the inaugural Wellness International and Bianca Belair become the first active WWE Women’s Champion in history to compete in a bodybuilding show, becoming a WBFF Pro)
• Photographer of the Year: Will Wittman (Runner-up: Sean Nelson)
• Videographer of the Year: Gilco Productions (Runner-up: Joe Bayer for NPC News Online)
• Fit Celebrity of the Year: Carrie Underwood (Runner-up: Trish Stratus)
• Fittest Female RAW Superstar of the Year: Dana Brooke and Rhea Ripley (Runner-up: Alexa Bliss)
• Fittest Female Smackdown Superstar of the Year: Ronda Rousey (Runner-up: Charlotte Flair)
• Fittest Female NXT Superstar of the Year: Mandy Rose (Runner-up: Tiffany Stratton)
• Fittest Female AEW Wrestler of the Year: Jade Cargill (Runner-ups: Toni Storm and Saraya)
• Fittest Impact Wrestling Knockout of the Year: Jordynne Grace (Runner-up: Mickie James)
• Fittest Wrestling Star of the Year (ROH/NWA/Indies): Kylie Rae (Runner-up: Lady Frost)
• Physique Paysite of the Year: HDPhysiques/Premium Physiques (Runner-up: HerBiceps)
• Physique Paysite Models of the Year: Tanya Chartrand and Katie Lee (Runner-up: Modesta Halby)
• Fitness Clothing Line of the Year: Better Bodies Inc. (Runner-up: Flag Nor Fail)
• Team of the Year: Underrated Muscle (Runner-up: Cyberbodyshop and Time Mihaly) 
• Mad Mountain John Meadows Male Trainer of the Year: Dave of Underrated Muscle (Runner-ups: Matt Allen and Brent Wilkin)
• Female Trainer of the Year: Stacy Espinosa (Fujarski) (Runner-up: Whitney Jones)
• 2022 FitGems Nation Woman of the Year: Cydney Gillon

Photos of all the winners will posted on our social media post (Facebook and Instagram) in the coming days. We will also be sending out awards to the winners via Instagram like we did in our previous awards, and that will begin in the next few days as well. 

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU ALL for your patience this time around. Hopefully the revamped format for the 2023 awards and beyond suits everyone better going forward. Congrats to the best of 2022 and good luck to everyone competing this year. Maybe we’ll see you on the 2023 FitGems Awards ballot! 

FitGems Awards Poll is OPEN!!!

First and foremost, I want to sincerely apologize to you all for not getting this out sooner. As I mentioned earlier, life can take unexpected turns and you have to adjust accordingly. Now I’m at a point where I can finally get this out to you all so you can vote on who was the best in 2022. Better late than never, especially with competition season about to go full throttle in a matter of weeks. Voting is open from now until next Monday, March 21st at Midnight Eastern time. Awards will be announced that weekend.

With the FitGems Fan Favorites, write in (type) who was your favorite from each category in 2022. If they competed as an amateur AND a pro, they are eligible for both as long as they did it in 2022. Because it’s only one week, there is no limit to how many times you can vote. But like always, your favorites can’t win if you don’t vote! Pass this along to everyone you know. 

To everyone that’s nominated, congrats to you all and best of luck to everyone!

VOTE BELOW: 

https://forms.gle/BDDjRedzhGB2V6ZX6

WTF Arnold?!

Next year will be the 35th Anniversary of the Arnold Sports Festival. This SHOULD be a case for celebration to have one of the biggest fitness festivals in the world reach such a milestone, but it’s been scarred with controversy with the removal of pro women’s physique and pro figure, in addition to STILL not bringing back women’s bodybuilding despite the Olympia coming to their senses a couple of years ago and bringing back the Ms. Olympia competition in 2020 to massive praise not only with fans but within other competitors.

I understand that all things must evolve in order to survive and thrive, that has been true for all of eternity. Every entity that has made it has had to do just that. But every entity that has been able to thrive has been able to understand and respect where they came from and not show disrespect to what got them in the big dance in the first place. You would think someone like Arnold Schwarzenegger, someone who got his fame in the first place as a BODYBUILDER, would understand this concept. But sadly that doesn’t seem to be the case…at least on the female side of things. I mean, no women’s bodybuilding, no women’s physique, no figure?! It’s not a coincidence that the three top muscular divisions are not represented in the Arnold in 2023.  In all honestly, with the amount of muscle the fitness division is packing, I’m shocked that the fitness division wasn’t cut as well.  A bodybuilder, arguably THE most popular bodybuilder in the world, afraid of women with muscle is such a crock of shit. Any respect Arnold had in the bodybuilding world has went down the drain with how the females are bring cut in their own industry in the festival that is supposed to showcase the best of the fitness world, which includes…say it slowly with me…BODYBUILDING!!!!

And apparently a reason for the cuts on the women’s side of things has to do with “lack of depth”, which is honestly straight up horseshit. Last I checked, the figure division is DEEP, the women’s physique division is DEEP, the women’s bodybuilding division is DEEP. Ever since the Ms. Olympia competition returned, we have seen more female bodybuilders than we have in a while and has help balance out the female bodybuilders from the women’s physique competitors. And the addition of Wellness has helped balanced out who should be in wellness and who should be in figure, so mess me with the “lack of depth” bullshit of an excuse.  So no, there’s no lack of depth on the part of those divisions…only a lack of incompetence on the part of Arnold and the committee. 

On our Instagram, we called for a boycott of the Arnold next year and we are calling for it here. Attack them where it hurts. Don’t go to the Arnold, do not TALK about the Arnold on social media, do not purchase the Arnold websteam and instead invest in other shows that actually DO care about ALL the ladies of the industry. We’re making an announcement now…until things change in the Arnold, we will NOT be doing any form of coverage on any of out platforms. This is not to diss fitness, bikini, nor wellness. This is bigger than that. This is to show solidarity for ALL female divisions and to let them know that EACH division matters to us. It would be awesome if each division that IS represented at the Arnold, male or female, would show solidarity, and no one applies for the Arnold. But in all honesty, we don’t see that happening. But we will do our best to represent ALL female muscle as much and as often as possible on all our platforms, even if there are those like Arnold that won’t. 

I attended the Arnold in 2015 and it was among the best times of my life. Unless things change, I’ll be damned if I ever go to another one again. Arnold, you have the opportunity to make things right. Your reputation has been damaged greatly but not permanently destroyed…yet. The ball is in your court to fix things before they are damaged beyond repair. Your move, sir. 

Could a “Getting Physical” Remake Work in 2021?

Back in 1984, a made-for-TV movie called Getting Physical, starting Alexandra Paul. Paul starred in the film as Kendall Gibley, a woman whose weight was causing her to suffer from self-esteem. She decided to take up self-defense classes to lose wright but ended up getting into female bodybuilding after seeing the women in the gym. She would get into it so much that she ends up facing the pros for the championship. However her boyfriend and her dad aren’t exactly too thrilled with her new look. If you want to view the movie for yourself, click here.

For a made-for-tv movie, I didn’t think it was too bad. It strikes me as something that would fit Lifetime, Freeform, or any channel like that. There were some corny and cheesy parts to it, but that was par for the course when it came to movies back in the 1980s. Also for anyone that followed Paul’s career, it’s hard for her to portray a heavy woman (especially with one of her highlights in her career being on the hit show Baywatch) but she was able to pull it off. 

Speaking of pulling if off...could a Getting Physical remake be done in 2021? Personally, I’d say yes, BUT I would change a few things. One, it doesn’t have to be a heavy-set woman trying to get fit. My spin would be a woman who has a dangerous encounter with a man and wanted to take self-defense classes to protect herself. The premise would remain the same: she sees fit women in the gym and gets the bug and dedices to do physique competitions and works her way to the championship, with her boyfriend and dad not being so approving of her look. Another change would be the category that would be represented. At the time of the original movie, only bodybuilding was there for the women. Now there’s women’s bodybuilding, women’s physique, fitness, figure, bikini, and wellness. If it were up to me, I would choose between figure, bikini, or wellness, as I feel those three would be more acceptable to the mainstream audience. I would look-wise aim for figure with a bodybuilding-like style of flexing to it, to give the audience a show. Obviously the championship would not be the Olympia, as the IFBB owns that name. However, it would be cool to see some IFBB Pros in a remake of Getting Physical as part of not only the championship but also in the gym scenes that influence the main star to give muscle competitions a try. 

There’s a lot more to get into when it comes to a remake but this a general thought on it. With that being said, I’ll leave the floor open to you all: Do YOU think a Getting Physical remake will work in 2021? Do you WANT to see this movie getting a modern remake? Which IFBB Pros (or NPC athletes) would you like to see make an appearance in the movie? Which actress would you like to have Alexandra Paul’s role? We will have a follow-up post soon. You can either comment below, leave us a DM on our social media platforms, or email us at fitgemsnation@gmail.com. Looking forward to everyone’s responses!

2020 FitGems Awards Announcement

2020 has been quite the year. Some good, a lot bad, and a WHOLE LOT of WTF. But like all things, it must come to an end (THANK GOD) but before we say goodbye and good riddance to 2020, it's time to make an annoucement on the 2020 FitGems Awards! With all the shows being done differently and the holidays going on, I've decided to start the award voting on January 11th so I can make sure that everything this year counts. You will be able to vote once per day until January 29th with results annnounced on Super Bowl Sunday (Yes, they will be announced before the game so folks won't be stressing about THIS during the game. LOL.). A few categories have been modified and some have been omitted due to everything that happened this year. Nominees to be revealed at a later date.

PRO CATEGORIES

Pro Female Bodybuilder of the Year

Pro Women's Physique Competitor of the Year

Pro Fitness Competitor of the Year

Pro Figure Competitor of the Year

Pro Bikini Competitor of the Year

Pro Wellness Competitor of the Year (NEW)

Most Improved Pro Female Bodybuilder of the Year

Most Improved Pro Women's Physique Competitor of the Year

Most Improved Pro Fitness Competitor of the Year

Most Improved Pro Figure Competitor of the Year

Most Improved Pro Bikini Competitor of the Year

Rookie Pro Female Bodybuilder of the Year

Rookie Pro Women's Physique Competitor of the Year

Rookie Pro Fitness Competitor of the Year

Rookie Pro Figure Competitor of the Year

Rookie Pro Bikini Competitor of the Year

Most Underrated Pro Female Bodybuilder of the Year

Most Underrated Pro Women's Physique Competitor of the Year

Most Underrated Pro Fitness Competitor of the Year

Most Underrated Pro Figure Competitor of the Year

Most Underrated Pro Bikini Competitor of the Year

Most Underrated Pro Wellness Competitor of the Year (NEW)

AMATEUR CATEGORIES

Amateur Female Bodybuilder of the Year

Amateur Women's Physique Competitor of the Year

Amateur Fitness Competitor of the Year

Amateur Figure Competitor of the Year

Amateur Bikini Competitor of the Year

Amateur Wellness Competitor of the Year (NEW)

Breakout Amateur Female Bodybuilder of the Year

Breakout Amateur Women’s Physique Competitor of the Year

Breakout Amateur Fitness Competitor of the Year

Breakout Amateur Figure Competitor of the Year

Breakout Amateur Bikini Competitor of the Year

Most Underrated Amateur Female Bodybuilder of the Year

Most Underrated Amateur Women’s Physique Competitor of the Year

Most Underrated Amateur Fitness Competitor of the Year

Most Underrated Amateur Figure Competitor of the Year

Most Underrated Amateur Bikini Competitor of the Year

Most Underrated Amateur Wellness Competitor of the Year (NEW)

MISC. CATEGORIES

Fitness Model of the Year

Fitness Ambassador of the Year

Social Media Star of the Year (Instagram/Twitter/Facebook/Snapchat/TikTok, etc.)

Moment of the Year

Photographer of the Year

Fit Celebrity of the Year

Fittest Female WWE Superstar of the Year (Raw/Smackdown)

Fittest Female NXT Superstar of the Year (this also includes NXT UK)

Fittest Female AEW Wrestler of the Year (NEW)

Fittest Impact Wrestling Knockout of the Year (NEW)

Physique Paysite of the Year

Physique Paysite Model of the Year

Promoter(s) of the Year

Fitness Clothing Line of the Year

Team of the Year

Male Trainer of the Year

Female Trainer of the Year

FitGems Nation Woman of the Year for 2020 has already been determined and this year, there was no brainer on who's getting this at all. But you will have to wait until January 4th to find out who it is. We want our reveal to be done right, and I think this might be the most popular winner (or WINNERS...hint-hint) to date. So for the first time ever, the FitGems Nation Woman of the Year will be announced BEFORE the rest of the awards. 

On that note, I want to take this time to wish every single one of you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. See you in 2021! 

11th Annual FitGems Awards Winners

ONCE AGAIN...records were shattered in FitGems Awards voting! Here's the full list of the winners and runner-ups for each category of the 11th Annual FitGems Awards, as well as the top ten finishers of the 2019 FitGems Nation Woman of the Year. Check out our social media accounts (Facebook and Instagram) to view photos of the winners and the top 10 Woman of the Year votegetters. Once again, congrats to all the winners, runner-ups, and nominees!



PRO CATEGORIES

Pro Female Bodybuilder of the Year
Helle Trevino
Theresa Ivancik (runner-up)

Pro Women's Physique Competitor of the Year
Valentina Mishina
Shanique Grant (runner-up)

Pro Fitness Competitor of the Year
Whitney Jones
Tiffany Chandler (runner-up)

Pro Figure Competitor of the Year
Sandra Grajales
Cydney Gillon (runner-up)

Pro Bikini Competitor of the Year
Elisa Pecini
Angelica Texieria (runner-up)

Most Improved Pro Female Bodybuilder of the Year
Aleesha Young
Maria Flores (runner-up)

Most Improved Pro Women's Physique Competitor of the Year
Brittany Watts
Patricia Gosseln (runner-up)

Most Improved Pro Fitness Competitor of the Year 
Sara Kovach
Toni Wheeler (runner-up)

Most Improved Pro Figure Competitor of the Year
Ashley Soto
Lola Montez (runner-up)

Most Improved Pro Bikini Competitor of the Year
Beatriz Biscaia
Monica Ellis (runner-up)

Rookie Pro Women's Bodybuilder of the Year
Tina Williams
Barbara Carita (runner-up)

Rookie Pro Women's Physique Competitor of the Year
Dana Shemesh
Sheila Bleck (runner-up)
 
Rookie Pro Fitness Competitor of the Year
Anna Adams
Terra Plum (runner-up)

Rookie Pro Figure Competitor of the Year
Ashley Jones
Gabrielle Williams (runner-up)

Rookie Pro Bikini Competitor of the Year
Etila Santiago Santos
Hannah Ranfranz (runner-up)

Most Underrated Pro Female Bodybuilder of the Year
Susanna Jacobs
Kristina Mendoza (runner-up)

Most Underrated Pro Women's Physique Competitor of the Year
Ivie Rhein
Heather Grace (runner-up)

Most Underrated Pro Fitness Competitor of the Year
Michelle Gales
Minna Pajulabti (runner-up)

Most Underrated Pro Figure Competitor of the Year
Stacy Fujarski
Michelle Lindsay (runner-up)

Most Underrated Pro Bikini Competitor of the Year Breena Martinez
Eli Fernandez (runner-up)


AMATEUR CATEGORIES 

Amateur Female Bodybuilder of the Year
Brittany Nicole Larson
Erica Hartman (runner-up)

Amateur Women's Physique Competitor of the Year
Justine Albert
Yarelis Ramos Perez (runner-up)

Amateur Fitness Competitor of the Year
Abby Bolton
Molly Prather (runner-up)

Amateur Figure Competitor of the Year
Rita Villarreal
Bernice Higgins (runner-up)

Amateur Bikini Competitor of the Year
Daraja Hill
Ashley Parker (runner-up)

Breakout Amateur Female Bodybuilder of the Year
Donna Jones
Takeela Reddrick (runner-up)

Breakout Amateur Women’s Physique Competitor of the Year
Jessica Martin
Christina Specos (runner-up)

Breakout Amateur Fitness Competitor of the Year
Andrea Larkins
Emilee Clark (runner-up)

Breakout Amateur Figure Competitor of the Year
Cherish Richardson
Charlotte Quillen (runner-up)

Breakout Amateur Bikini Competitor of the Year
Hope Harper
Gina Scafoglio (runner-up)

Most Underrated Amateur Female Bodybuilder of the Year
Robin Hartman
Jenn Schmidt (runner-up)

Most Underrated Amateur Women’s Physique Competitor of the Year
Hannah Hussein
Hayley Townsend (runner-up)

Most Underrated Amateur Fitness Competitor of the Year
Meghan Cassidy
Amanda Reed (runner-up)

Most Underrated Amateur Figure Competitor of the Year
Mandy Harbin
Tricia Mowatt (runner-up)

Most Underrated Amateur Bikini Competitor of the Year
Nicole Desmond
Veronica Garza (runner-up)



MISC. CATEGORIES

Fitness Model of the Year
Wendy Fortino
Yarshina Ayala (runner-up)

Fitness Ambassador of the Year
Whitney Jones
Nicole Wilkins (runner-up)

Social Media Star of the Year
Yarishna Ayala
Ivana Ivusic (runner-up)

Moment of the Year
The announcement of the return of Ms. Olympia in 2020
Simone Biles becoming the most decorated gymnast of all time, male or female (runner-up)

Photographer of the Year
J.M. Manion
Will Wittmann (runner-up)

Fit Celebrity of the Year
Charly Caruso/Arnolt (WWE Raw/ESPN)
Paige Davis (Trading Spaces) (runner-up)

Female Sports Athlete of the Year
Simone Biles
Serena Williams (runner-up)

Female Crossfit Athlete of the Year
Katrin Davidsdottir
Tia-Clair Toomey (runner-up)

Fittest Female WWE Superstar of the Year (Raw/Smackdown)
Dana Brooke
Charlotte Flair (runner-up)

Fittest Female NXT Superstar of the Year
Rhea Ripley
Xia Li (runner-up)

Fittest Female Mainstream Wrestler of the Year
Tessa Blanchard (Impact)
Jordynne Grace (Impact) (runner-up)

Fittest Female Independent Wrestler of the Year
Amber Nova
Big Swole (runner-up)

Famale Physique Paysite of the Year
HDPhysiques/Preminum Physiques
HerBicepsPlus (runner-up)

Physique Paysite Model of the Year
Brooke Walker
Cris Goy (runner-up)

Promoter(s) of the Year
Tim Garnder
Chris Minnes (runner-up)

Fitness Clothing Line of the Year
Flag Nor Fail
Booty Queen Apparel (runner-up)

Team of the Year
Underrated Muscle
Cyberbodyshop (runner-up)

Male Trainer of the Year
Matt Allen
Dave Palumbo (runner-up)

Female Trainer of the Year
Wendy Fortino
Whitney Jones (runner-up)



2019 FitGems Nation Woman of the Year

1. Simone Biles
2. Sandra Grajales
3. Helle Trevino
4. Natalia Coelho
5. Whitney Jones
6. Bojana Vasiljevic
7. Shanique Grant
8. Nadia Wyatt
9. Missy Truscott
10. Megan Rapinoe

11th Annual FitGems Nation Ballot is LIVE

Our poll is LIVE! As always, you don't have to vote for each category, but it would nice to vote for as many as possible. You can vote once per day from now until January 1st at 11:59pm Eastern time. At that time, all polls will be closed. Have a wonderful rest of 2019, congrats once again to all the FitGems Award nominees, and best of luck to each and every one of you!


PRO CATEGORIES
AMATEUR CATEGORIES
MISC. CATEGORIES

And our big one...the 2019 FitGems Nation Woman of the Year!!!


Follow the conversation about this year's FitGems Awards by using the hashtag #FitGemsAwards on Twitter and Instagram. Post your predictions on who you think will win...as well as any questions you may have about any of the categories and nominees, or anyone you think got snubbed. Good luck to all!

11th Annual FitGems Awards Nominees

Our 11th Annual FitGems Awards are FINALLY here! Things are going to be a tad different. First off, I want to explain how the categories will work. For all the pro categories, nominees will be selected from Olympia to Olympia going forward, as the end of the Olympia usually signals a "new year" for the IFBB, so everyone that competed in a pro contest after the 2018 Olympia ARE eligible for FitGems Award contention while those that competed after the 2019 Olympia will NOT count until next year. For the amateur categories and miscellaneous categories, it will be judged from January 1st to the conclusion of NPC Nationals, which will be the cutoff for award contention. And this goes without saying...wellness will not be part of our awards until next year.

Some categories have been removed this year (Strength Athlete, Super League) due to not being as visible this year, but those awards could make a comeback in 2020. One HUGE change we made is turning the Fit Female Wrestler of the Year into four different categories: Fittest Female WWE Superstar of the Year (the fittest woman on Raw or Smackdown), Fittest Female NXT Superstar of the year (the fittest woman on the NXT and the NXT UK roster), Fittest Female Mainstream Wrestler of the Year (the fittest mainsteam female wrestler that is NOT under WWE contract), and Fittest Independent Wrestler of the Year (the fittest female wrestler on the independent circuit). With as many female wrestlers as there are now in various locations and federations, just doing one category to narrow them down is an insult to them and to the awards. The awards are still prestigious but now it's more of an even playing field as there are those that only follow certain forms of wrestling.

Voting will begin sometime on Wednesday (December 18th) and will end on January 1st at around 11:59PM. While the poll won't be available to vote for several more hours, here's a look at the categories and nominees for this year's awards:


PRO CATEGORIES

Pro Female Bodybuilder of the Year
Helle Trevino
Margie Martin
Irene Andersen
Nicki Chartrand
Monique Jones
Theresa Ivancik

Pro Women's Physique Competitor of the Year
Shanique Grant
Sarah Villegas
Natalia Coelho
Valentina Mishina
Danielly Castilho
Laura Pintado Chinchilla

Pro Fitness Competitor of the Year

Whitney Jones

Missy Truscott

Ryal Graber

Jaclyn Baker

Tiffany Chandler

Jennie Taddeo

Pro Figure Competitor of the Year

Cydney Gillon

Nadia Wyatt

Sandra Grajales

Bojana Vasiljevic

Ivana Ivusic

Jessica Reyes Padilla

Pro Bikini Competitor of the Year

Elisa Pecini

Janet Layug

Angelica Texieria

Lauralie Chapados

Jennifer Dorie

Ashley Kaltwasser

Most Improved Pro Female Bodybuilder of the Year

Janeen Lankowski

Aleesha Young

Susanna Jacobs

LaDawn Mcday

Angela Rayburn

Maria Flores

Most Improved Pro Women's Physique Competitor of the Year

Brittany Watts

Jeannie Feldman

Patricia Gosseln

Anne Lorraine Mohn

Laura Hays

Reshanna Boswell

Most Improved Pro Fitness Competitor of the Year

Tamara Vahn

Liudmila Somkina

Marta Aguiar

Sara Kovach

Toni Wheeler

Alison Burns

Most Improved Pro Figure Competitor of the Year

Tiffani Lapoint

Martina Yabekova

Tanya Chartrand

Lola Montez

Laurelle Martineau

Ashley Soto

Most Improved Pro Bikini Competitor of the Year

Jennifer Ronzitti

Maureen Blanquisco

Camile Periat

Monica Ellis

Monica Goncalves

Beatriz Biscaia

Rookie Pro Women's Bodybuilder of the Year

Tina Williams

Andrea Shaw

Jessica Martin

Barbara Carita

Mona Poursaleh

Marla-Maria Merrithew

Rookie Pro Women's Physique Competitor of the Year

Kimberly Rieck

Sheila Bleck

Sheikha Nguyen

Dana Shemesh

Kayla Murphy

Jacqueline Estrada

Rookie Pro Fitness Competitor of the Year

Terra Plum

Stephanie Jones

Anna Adams

Ashley Packard

Kristy Fenster-Avery

Lauren Carre

Rookie Pro Figure Competitor of the Year

Ashley Jones

Silvia Henry

Autumn Cleveland

Heidi Larson

Gabrielle Williams

Amanda Welch

Rookie Pro Bikini Competitor of the Year

Etila Santiago Santos

Alexandria Ross

Hannah Ranfranz

Allison Yaeth

Calysta Upperman

Celeste Shaffer

Most Underrated Pro Female Bodybuilder of the Year

Kim Buck

Pauline Nelson

Kristina Mendoza

Donna Salib

Cris Goy

Susanna Jacobs

Most Underrated Pro Women's Physique Competitor of the Year

Heather Grace

Lauren Rutan

Ivie Rhein

Stephanie Waggoner

Diana Schnaidt

Trisha Vezirian

Most Underrated Pro Fitness Competitor of the Year

Minna Pajulahti

Shannon Siemer

Cong Mou

Viko Newman

Valentina Maria Rodriquez

Michelle Gales

Most Underrated Pro Figure Competitor of the Year

An Da Jeong

Michelle Lindsay

Brittany Campbell

Tiffany Boyer

Dawn Reichley

Stacy Fujarski

Most Underrated Pro Bikini Competitor of the Year

Jasmine Williams

Breena Martinez

Eli Fernandez

Francesca Stoico

Jourdanne Lee

Mariella Pellegrino

AMATEUR CATEGORIES

Amateur Female Bodybuilder of the Year

Erica Hartman

Dee Joseph

Brittany Nicole Larson

Danielle Willis

Rachelle Cannon

Jeri Bradley

Amateur Women's Physique Competitor of the Year

Lorraine Gonzalez

Justine Albert

Kathrine McLaurin

Yarelis Ramos Perez

Macey Toney

Kimberly Smith

Amateur Fitness Competitor of the Year

Anna Adams

Molly Prather

Missy Khasawneh

Stephanie Jones

Abby Bolton

Kristen Morby

Amateur Figure Competitor of the Year

Rachel Shoemake

Bernice Higgins

Ajanel Williams

Sabah Syed

Julia Champlin

Rita Villarreal

Amateur Bikini Competitor of the Year

Ariana Brothers

Ashley Parker

Cristal Medina

Mercedes Fernandez

Daraja Hill

Angela White

Breakout Amateur Female Bodybuilder of the Year

Takeela Reddrick

Kelly Lefevre

Brenda Beitia

Helen Davis

Donna Jones

Nancy Porter

Breakout Amateur Women’s Physique Competitor of the Year

Jacqueline Estrada

Jessica Martin

Danhne Villanueva

Christina Specos

Jada Beverly

Evon Pennington

Breakout Amateur Fitness Competitor of the Year

Shayla Jacobs

Emilee Clark

Haley Lisenba

Corina Harkelroad

Kimberley Baliutavicius

Andrea Larkins

Breakout Amateur Figure Competitor of the Year

Yahda Daniels

Melody Zita

Lisa Krause

Charlotte Quillen

Cherish Richardson

Natalia Marrero

Breakout Amateur Bikini Competitor of the Year

Charisse Briguera

Krystal Monteiro

Bryanna Barcelo

Hope Harper

Gina Scafoglio

Chantel Hall

Most Underrated Amateur Female Bodybuilder of the Year

Leann George

Robin Hartman

Kathlee Rutkowski

Janelle Gallo-Riegger

Stephanie Castelluccio

Jenn Schmidt

Most Underrated Amateur Women’s Physique Competitor of the Year

Patti Hanson

Hayley Townsend

Hannah Hussein

Shannon Applegate-Smith

Rachel Newman

Rebecca Libby

Most Underrated Amateur Fitness Competitor of the Year

Amanda Reed

Pamela Bartock

Crystal Parrett

Landra Tieman

Meghan Cassidy

Lena Squarciafico

Most Underrated Amateur Figure Competitor of the Year

Tricia Mowatt

Mandy Harbin

Nikki Nozano

Cassandra Bailey

Jen Mezzetti

Ana Melissa Cardenas

Most Underrated Amateur Bikini Competitor of the Year

Veronica Garza

Laura Lee Musson

Shannon McClead

Corissa Lorimer

Nicole Desmond

Samantha McIntyre

MISC. CATEGORIES

Fitness Model of the Year

Yarshina Ayala

Wendy Fortino

Tina (Nguyen) Middleton

Mandy Rose

Erin Stern

Ivana Ivusic

Fitness Ambassador of the Year

Mandy Rose

Lauren Rutan

Whitney Jones

Trish Warren

Wendy Fortino

Nicole Wilkins

Social Media Star of the Year (Instagram/Twitter/Facebook/Snapchat, etc.)

Yarshina Ayala

Brittney Terry

Melissa Pearo

Denise Masino

Ivana Ivusic

Trish Warren

Moment of the Year

Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair, and Ronda Rousey becoming the first women to main-event Wrestlemania

Erin Stern returning to the IFBB

Latorya Watts's return to the Olympia after over a year's absence

The announcement of the return of Ms. Olympia in 2020

The announcement of the addition of the NPC/IFBB Wellness division in 2020

Simone Biles becoming the most decorated gymnast of all time, male or female

Photographer of the Year

Joe Bayer

George Kontaxis

Will Wittmann

J.M. Manion

Dustin Raymond

Lou Krivda

Fit Celebrity of the Year

Caroline Pearce (Premier Fighting League/ESPN)

Jenna Wolfe (First Things First)

Charly Caruso/Arnolt (WWE Raw/ESPN)

Paige Davis (Trading Spaces)

Denise Matenopoulo (Home and Family)

Tiffany Coyle (Let's Make a Deal)

Female Sports Athlete of the Year

Simone Biles

Alex Morgan

Megan Rapinoe

Julie Ertz

Amanda Nunes

Serena Williams

Crossfit Athlete of the Year

Tia-Clair Toomey

Kristin Holte

Jamie Greene

Katrin Davidsdottir

Karisa Pearce

Hailey Adams

Fittest Female WWE Superstar of the Year (Raw/Smackdown)

Becky Lynch

Mandy Rose

Charlotte Flair

Dana Brooke

Alexa Bliss

Sasha Banks

Fittest Female NXT Superstar of the Year (this also includes NXT UK)

Bianca Belair

Toni Storm

Rhea Ripley

Candice LaRae

Xia Li

Taynara Conti

Fittest Female Mainstream Wrestler of the Year

Tessa Blanchard (Impact)

Taya Valkerie (Impact)

Britt Baker (AEW)

Tenielle Dashwood (Impact)

Sadie Gibbs (AEW)

Jordynne Grace (Impact)

Fittest Independent Wrestler of the Year

Katie Forbes

Kamille

Amber Nova

Indi Hartwell

Heidi Katrina

Big Swole

Physique Paysite of the Year

HDPhysiques/Preminum Physiques

HerBicepsPlus

FemaleCityFlex

FitVids UK

Muscletease

Kriv Studios

Physique Paysite Model of the Year

Stephanie Marie

Carli Teperka

Brooke Walker

Cris Goy

Katie Lee

Taylor Smuck

Promoter(s) of the Year

Branch and Trish Warren

Tim Garnder

Chris Minnes

Robin Chang

Gary Udit

Jack and Ann Titone

Fitness Clothing Line of the Year

Tapout Fitness

NPC Active Wear

Booty Queen Apparel

Flag Nor Fail

Vanquish Fitness

Nicole Wilkins Collection

Team of the Year

Cyberbodyshop

Underrated Muscle

Team Williams Fitness

Worth It Fitness

Sexy-Strong

Fitness Mafia

Male Trainer of the Year

Matt Allen

Pete Ciccone

Noel Fuller

Justin Miller

Dave Palumbo

Sean Hayes

Female Trainer of the Year

Jennifer Worth

Meriza Deguzman-Ciccone

Whitney Jones

Wendy Fortino

Lauren Rutan

Torrie Wilson

FitGems Nation Woman of the Year
(the fitness personality that had the most impact for the industry in 2019)

NOTE: Once you win this award, you will AUTOMATICALLY sit out the following year as a way of keeping this particular award’s winners as fresh as possible, even if the following year is their best one in their career up to that point. This means last year’s winner, Cydney Gillon, must sit out this year

1. Whitney Jones
2. Missy Truscott
3. Ryall Graber
4. Shanique Grant
5. Nadia Wyatt
6. Becky Lynch
7. Charlotte Flair
8. Tessa Blanchard
9. Mandy Rose
10. Dana Brooke
11. Charly Arnolt/Caruso
12. Simone Biles
13. Alex Morgan
14. Megan Rapinoe
15. Julie Ertz
16. Sandra Grajales
17. Bojana Vasiljevic
18. Lauren Rutan
19. Helle Trevino
20. Natalia Coelho

Once again, congrats to all the nominees for this year's awards! Best of luck to you all!

Oh...heads up...we will be doing our own Decade Awards in the coming days. Yes, you will get to vote on the best in female muscle from 2010 to now. More details on THAT this weekend!

10th Annual FitGems Awards Ballot

The poll is LIVE! You don't have to vote for each category, but it would nice to vote for as many as possible. You can vote once per day until January 14th at 11:59pm Eastern time. At that time, all polls will be closed. Have a wonderful rest of 2018, congrats once again to all the FitGems Award nominees, and best of luck to each and every one of you!


PRO CATEGORIES

AMATEUR CATEGORIES

MISC. CATEGORIES

AND THE HIGHEST HONOR OF THEM ALL...THE FITGEMS NATION WOMAN OF THE YEAR!

Follow the conversation about this year's FitGems Awards by using the hashtag #FitGemsAwards on Twitter and Instagram. Post your predictions on who you think will win...as well as any questions you may have about any of the categories and nominees, or anyone you think got snubbed. We will explain how we came to our decisions for the nominees. SEE YOU IN 2019!!!