judging criteria
WOMEN
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Muscularity
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Conditioning
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Symmetry and Balance
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Posing, stage presence, and confidence
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Presentation - tan, hair, makeup, suit - shoes/jewelry
TWO PIECE SUIT
Cut is within your discretion but must be in good taste and flattering to your physique.
BIKINI
Full round glutes (note: firm when walking facing rear)
Tight hamstring to glute tie-ins
Conditioned core
WELLNESS - women with more mass in the hips, glutes, and thighs than the upper body
Muscular development in the glutes and thighs
Conditioned core
FIGURE
V taper
Balanced upper and lower
Overall muscular development
Quad sweeps
Tight glutes
Separation between the glutes and hams
Round delts
Back width
Back depth
WOMEN'S PHYSIQUE
Balanced upper and lower
Overall muscular density
Muscle separation
Slight striation
MEN
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Muscularity
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Conditioning
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Symmetry and Balance
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Posing, stage presence, and confidence
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Presentation - tan
BODYBUILDING
Bodybuilding - trunks
Mandatory Poses
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Front double bicep
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Rear double bicep
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Side chest
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Abdominals one thigh
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Front lateral spread
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Rear lateral spread
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Side tricep
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Favorite most muscular
CLASSIC PHYSIQUE
Classic Physique - black posing shorts
V taper
Balanced upper and lower
Mandatory Poses
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Front double bicep
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Rear double bicep
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Side chest
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Abdominals and Thighs
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Favorite Classic
MEN'S PHYSIQUE
Men's Physique - board shorts
Upper muscular density
Conditioned core
V taper
Back width
Back depth
Calf development
poses

Here's something to help . . . as a general rule if your cheeks touch your suit cut is NOT CORRECT for YOUR physique.