- * PLEASE READ CAREFULLY: You are eligible to compete in a MAXIMUM of FOUR categories. This INCLUDES different age categories.
Please use this guide when choosing your category/categories:
Novice
1. Open only to those in the Women's categories who have not placed top 5 in the Novice Division in a NPAA sanctioned event.
2. Open to those in the Men's categories who have not placed top 3 in the Novice Division in a NPAA sanctioned event.
3. The Novice category provides no qualifications, just awards and bragging rights.
4. Novice athletes are permitted to compete in the Open Category
5. Athletes who hold a NPAA Elite-Pro card or Pro card in another federation are not permitted to enter the Novice division.
Junior
16 - 18 within the year of the competition (sports model, men's physique and women's bikini only)
Masters
35+ for women, 40+ for men
Grand Masters
46+ (bikini only)
Open
1. Open to all athletes who do not hold an NPAA Elite-Pro card or PNBA Elite-Pro card in that same category.
2. Athletes who hold an NPAA Elite-Pro card or Pro card in another federation are permitted to enter the Open division of a category in which they do not possess a Pro card.
NPAA Elite-Pro
must hold an NPAA Elite-Pro card within the past 2 years
NPAA Masters Elite-Pro
must hold a NPAA Masters Elite-Pro card within the past 2 years
PNBA Pro
must hold a valid PNBA Pro Card
Note: Pro Card Athletes Of Other Fully Natural Federations Registering For This Natural Olympia Qualifier Must Email Proof Of Their Natural Status To [email protected]. Polygraph Examination Results Are Not Accepted.
CROSSOVER (i.e. an additional category):
WOMEN'S ANGEL WINGS:
Open Women's Angel Wings competitors are permitted to crossover to Bikini and Evening Gown
Open Women's Angel Wings competitors are permitted to crossover to Masters Angel Wings
WOMEN'S EVENING GOWN:
Open Women's Evening Gown competitors are permitted to crossover to Bikini and Angel Wings
Open Women's Evening Gown competitors are permitted to crossover to Masters Evening Gown
WOMEN'S SPORTS MODEL:
Open, Novice, Elite-Pro, Women's Sports Model competitors are permitted to crossover to Bikini
Open, Novice, or Elite-Pro Women's Sports Model competitors are permitted to crossover to Masters Sports Model
Women's Sports Models are NOT permitted to crossover into Wellness or Figure
WOMEN'S BIKINI:
Open, Novice, Elite-Pro, Bikini Model competitors are permitted to crossover to Wellness
Open, Novice, or Elite-Pro Bikini Model competitors are permitted to crossover to Masters Bikini Model
Bikini Models are NOT permitted to crossover into Figure
WOMEN'S WELLNESS:
Open, Novice, Elite-Pro, or Masters Wellness competitors are permitted to crossover to Figure
Open, Novice, Elite-Pro, or Masters Wellness competitors are permitted to crossover to Bikini Model
Open, Novice, or Elite-Pro Wellness competitors are permitted to crossover to Masters Wellness
Wellness competitors are NOT permitted to crossover into Sports Model
WOMEN'S FIGURE:
Open, Novice, Elite-Pro Figure competitors are permitted to crossover to Wellness
Figure competitors are NOT permitted to crossover into Bikini Model or Sports Model
MEN'S SPORTS MODEL:
Men's Sports Model competitors are permitted to crossover to Men's Physique.
Men's Sports Model competitors are NOT permitted to crossover to Men's Classic Physique or Men's Bodybuilding.
MEN'S PHYSIQUE:
Men's Physique competitors are permitted to crossover to Men's Sports Model and Men's Classic Physique.
Men's Physique competitors are NOT permitted to crossover to Men's Bodybuilding.
MEN'S CLASSIC PHYSIQUE:
Men's Classic Physique competitors are permitted to crossover into Men's Bodybuilding (Novice or Open) or Men's Physique
Men's Classic Physique competitors are NOT permitted to crossover to Men's Sports Model.
MEN'S BODYBUILDING:
Men's Bodybuilders are permitted to crossover to Men's Classic Physique
Men's Bodybuilders are NOT permitted to crossover to Men's Sports Model or Men's Physique