Recap of Fitness America/Muscle Mania October 27th Astoria, NY Show

After months of preparation, The Elite Heat was finally ready to hit the stage at Fitness America Muscle Mania New York Champion show on Saturday October 27th based locally in Astoria, Queens. The competitor line up consisted of Esther, Dawn, Nicky and Lauren. The categories the girls competed in were:

Esther: Bikini
Dawn: Bikini & Model
Nicky: Figure
Lauren: Figure

The day started very early with hair and make up. Luckily both Dawn and Lauren live in Astoria, so the prep began at both apartments. Check in was at 10 AM. With hair complete they made their way over to the venue. Check in was a relatively easy process, the girls received their numbers that they would wear proudly all day on stage. Pre lims began at 3 PM. After getting settled back stage, putting the final touches on their make up, the show was quickly under way. The first round was theme wear for the bikini category. The girls were creative with their costumes. Dawn was a jewel thief, Esther was Chiquita Banana and Lauren was the Queen of Hearts. The way the numbering worked out was quite perfect for picture taking. Dawn lead the pack on stage, Esther and Lauren followed suite. 

After theme wear was model, which Dawn rocked her beautiful blush dress accented nicely with stones and her shoes ... forget it! She looked absolutely stunning and carried herself with poise and grace. After theme wear was the figure category for both Nicky and Lauren. Both of these ladies had been training and dedicating their all to this moment. Both classes weren't too big but there was still competition. After they both rocked the stage and nailed their posing ... pre lims quickly came to an end. The girls were due to report back at 5:30 for the 6 PM finals.

When returning the stage, Dawn, Esther and Lauren started in their bikini's. While this was the finals and most judging was done in pre-lims, The Elite Heat is always to be on point! When on that stage, give everything you've got because every little thing is always being taken into consideration.  The evening continued on and after the bikini round was another round of figure but then finally time to give out the awards. 

The awards for figure were up first, Nicky was up for classic. In this show she placed 5th. Nicky has worked extremely hard to achieve her goals and found the courage to step on stage. Like we always say, if this was easy everyone would do it. Next up was figure open, Lauren's category. It's always nerve racking as they call each place because you just never know. As the numbers dwindled down, they finally called Lauren's name and she took first place. After this Lauren was quickly back on stage for the overall in classic and open. Here she won the overall but also received her pro card. Lauren was completely unaware that this was even a pro qualifying show and this was done with a purpose --- we didn't want to freak her out! 

Then it was the bikini girls time, Esther, Dawn and Lauren were brought back on the stage. Dawn placed 4th, Lauren placed 2nd and Esther took first place for bikini short. Since there was a tall and short category for bikini Esther was brought back out for the overall, which she also won! It was an amazing success for the team ... but the fun didn't stop there because we had a show the following weekend!