The first IFBB Bikini Pro show in the United States took place today. The prejudging included a number of callouts and comparisons with the top six women. I agreed with a number of callouts and disagreed with a few others. Nothing new there, right? Remember, the judging is subjective and the bikini is a new division in the IFBB. The women all looked, some better than others but no one embarrassed themselves.
If I were a judge, and I’m not, I would have the top five:
1. Amanda Latona
2. Monique Minton
3. Sonia Gonzales
4. Dianna Dahlgren
 5. Alea Suarez
This isn’t how the top six will finish. Based on the callouts it looks like Natalie Pennington and Stacey Oster-Thompson will be in the top six. Natalie is already qualified with her second place finish at the New Zealand Pro, finishing second behind Sonia. I wouldn’t have had her in my top callout based on her backside. I thought there were some better booties than hers and she needed a little more butt to hang in this line-up. She did look good from the front poses.
Stacey Oster-Thompson has definitely improved from when she turn pro at the NPC JR USA last year. I wouldn’t have her in the top callouts here because her conditioning was a bit too much for bikini, in my opinion. Visible veins in abs and arms, to me, should not be rewarded in the bikini division. If she came in a bit softer and toned down her delts, I could see her being in the mix.
Amanda Latona presented one of the most balanced physiques of the show and definitely the winner in my eyes. She may have the biggest booty but it is also one of the tightest. No jiggle in her wiggle. It goes without saying she’s a stunning woman but definitely a stand out here.
Sonia Gonzales looked improved from New Zealand and was rocking a new suit. She’ll be top three here but where is the question. Sonia is her best when she is confident and shows it on stage. I’d like to see her pose with a little more twist so show her abs a bit better. Another beautiful woman and the bikini division suits her.
Monique Minton looked on point and was more confident than I’d seen her in the past. She could be a tiny bit tighter in the booty department but nothing that was horrible by any stretch of the imagination. I have her in second but who knows where she will end up tonight.Â
Alea Suarez represented the great state of Texas well. Alea’s biggest challenge is posing and breaking the figure posing habit and working it like a bikini pro. I have her in 4th at this show based on the callouts/comparisons.Â
I would have put Dianna Dahlgren in the mix for the top 5/6 spots and would have liked to see her compared to the top line-up. She doesn’t carry the most muscle but she definitely rocks the stage. There could be an argument for her having the best booty in the show. It would be a matter of preference between her and Latona for the Best Booty Award. Dianna would be the only one that I thought should have been higher in callouts.
Others of note. Zhanna Rotar was carrying too much muscle this time around for bikini. It will be a continual challenge for her to strip the muscle if she continues with bikini. Sherlyn Roy looked more at home in the bikini division than that of Figure.
We’ll see how it goes tonight with the final placings. Follow us on twitter or the post below with the tweet box. Here’s a look at one of the callouts from today. Â
Top six in bikini with a number of  comparisons with this group.
Bikini booties in the top callouts.
