1999 Women's Extravaganza Weekend (Intro)
By -jabber



Make no bones about it, I'm going to complain yet I'm going to praise also.
No I'm not schizo (or no more than you've already thought I was :-) ), but I
felt mixed emotions here, about the whole darn shebang.  

On the one hand, it was a great blow to female bodybuilding in general to
have the most prestigious female bodybuilding show to be cancelled, albeit
briefly.  But I was very pleased that it was rescued by whomever (you know
who you are).  I personally previously had plans to be at both events (the
WSE on 10/2 in Secaucus and the Ms. Olympia on 10/9 in Santa Monica), so I
realize it wasn't at all a hardship for me, but realize it was for many.  

When it got cancelled in California, okay, one less trip for the -jabber.  I
still personally feel it would've made more sense for it to have been
rescheduled to be with the Mr. Olympia and Ms. Olympia Fitness already
scheduled for 10/22-10/23 in glamorous Las Vegas than 10/2 in glamorous
Secaucus, but...  

Anyway, all the action was jam-packed into one day - none of this two or
three day stuff here.  From 11:00 am until late at night, there was more
female muscle than most mere mortals could handle - LOL.  Because the Ms.
Olympia, although "added" at the last minute to the WSE weekend, became the
main event (and rightfully so), there was one casualty.  I would've thought
it was going to be the "new" IFBB Pro Show supplanted by the Ms. Olympia,
but I was wrong.  

The bodybuilding strength show was scrapped, but the fitness strength show
retained.  While that decision was perhaps unpopular to many, I personally
was delighted that I'd still get to see my favorite event from last year,
the one-arm pushup contest.  

On with the somewhat abbreviated (for the long-winded -jabber) review:

-jabber