2024 Ben Weider Naturals Pro Bodybuilding Show Preview
The 2024 Ben Weider Naturals Pro will take place in Alexandria, VA, on the weekend of Nov. 15-16, 2024. This event is strictly for natural competitors, meaning they are not allowed to use banned substances like anabolic steroids. All athletes in this show are eligible for drug testing and a polygraph to verify their drug-free status.
A pro qualifier event will run alongside these pro contests. The winners of the amateur events become eligible to enter the pro contests. This is a 2025 Olympia qualifying event for all the featured divisions except Men’s Open, 212, and Women’s Bodybuilding.
2024 Ben Weider Naturals Pro Roster
The full lineups for all pro shows before the pro qualifying events are below:
Men’s Open
- Matt Butale (Canada)
- Greg Grant (USA)
- Danny Strong (USA)
212 Bodybuilding
- Peter Boncardo (Canada)
Classic Physique
- Juan Araujo (USA)
- Charles Bryant (UK)
- Devon Causey (USA)
- Hanjin Choi (South Korea)
- Elias Ghazoul (USA)
- Jun Kwon (South Korea)
- Maxx Hon Chung Lam (Hong Kong)
- Yongseung Lee (South Korea)
- Uzoma Obilor (USA)
- Robert Peacock (USA)
- Jonathan Repollet (Puerto Rico)
- Kendahl Richmond (USA)
- Kikwan Seol (South Korea)
- Patrick Teutsch (Germany)
- Jesse Valencia (USA)
- Lenny Wicks (USA)
- Tywuan Williams (USA)
Men’s Physique
- Raymond Akinlosotu (USA)
- Flo Arthur (USA)
- Kola Ayeni (USA)
- Peter Burnett (USA)
- Darnell Chatman (USA)
- Chien Hsin Chen (Taiwan)
- Eun Chong Choi (South Korea)
- Michael Garner (USA)
- David Hammond (UK)
- Benjamin Heyward (USA)
- Reuben Joseph (USA)
- Yujin Lee (South Korea)
- Lemar Martin (Canada)
- Titus Mbayoh (Canada)
- Cedric Miller (USA)
- Mitchell Moss (USA)
- Wetta Nuualiitia (New Zealand)
- Thomas Riley (USA)
- Casey Sonier (USA)
- Jarmaur Stallings (USA)
- Torre Washington (USA)
- Michael Williams (USA)
- Hyung Jae Woo (South Korea)
- Muying Zhai (China)
Fitness
- Ellie Ambs (USA)
- Melissa Flaherty (USA)
- Michelle Gales (USA)
- Andrea Glass (USA)
- Missy Kinkopf (USA)
- Tatiana Marie (USA)
- Angie Robinson (Canada)
- Nicolette Spencer (USA)
- Madilynn Wintters (USA)
- Jessica Zehr (Canada)
Figure
- Angela Baldwin (USA)
- Tonya Bauchman (USA)
- Martinna Bowen (Canada)
- Rebecca Coons (Canada)
- Shea Crotty (New Zealand)
- Naomi Haley (USA)
- Chelsea Mooney (Canada)
- Dekel Quant (Bahamas)
- Katrina Roundtree (USA)
Bikini
- Melanie Albinio (USA)
- Ashley Downes (USA)
- Lawna Dunbar (USA)
- Shaneeka Harmonson (USA)
- Julia Heinio (Finland)
- Hye Kyeong Hwang (South Korea)
- Jennifer Lynch (USA)
- Ayse Morgan (USA)
- Emily Olivia (UK)
- Ukachi Onyejiaka (USA)
- Deanna Patterson (USA)
- Africa Sanz (USA)
- Brittany Shulman (USA)
- Keanya Stuart (USA)
- Stephanie Walti (USA)
- Natalie Waples (Canada)
- Laura Young (Australia)
Women’s Physique
- Andrea Alonso (USA)
- Samantha Emery (Canada)
- Jehina Malik (USA)
- Trisha Pollydore (Canada)
- Gillian Ward (USA)
Wellness
- Karmen Bosket (USA)
- Carie Bradshaw (USA)
- Brooke Hackett (USA)
- Kimaney Hylton (USA)
- Winglam Lee (China)
- Maria Rita Penteado (USA)
- Dove Putterman (Canada)
- Sidney Siewert (USA)
- Alisha Sturkie (USA)
- Riley Walsh (USA)
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Fitness Division Athletes to Watch
The Fitness division is a favorite of fans that attend this show, and these are the top three contenders going into the weekend.
Michelle Gales
Michelle Gales placed 12th at the 2024 Fitness Olympia in Las Vegas, NV, on Oct. 11, 2024. Missy Truscott won that contest. She is the defending champion of this contest, having won it in 2023. She was also third in the 2022 edition of this show.
Andrea Glass
Glass was the runner-up to Gales in 2023 and a 2022 Olympia competitor. Her most recent show was the 2024 Titans Grand Prix Pro, where she finished second to winner Taylor Learmont.
Tatiana Marie
This is Tatiana Marie’s pro debut. She earned her pro status at the 2024 NPC Universe competition, where she won the overall championship.
How to Watch
This event will have a live stream covering both amateur and pro shows. Details of that stream can be found on the promoter’s website.
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