2009 GeneX Awards

 

Top Amateur : Amber Defrancesco

 

For tuning pro next: Nekole Hamrick, Amber Defrancesco


Best national-level debut: Sarah Hayes
(placed 4th in the heavyweight class at Nationals; a lot of people thought she should have placed higher)

Best pro debut: Gayle Frankie
(second at Tampa Pro and 13th at the Ms O)

Most improved (amateur)
:Lisette Acevedo (14th in light-heavies at Nationals in 2008 to middleweight winner at Nationals in 2009)	and Kristi Bruce

Most improved (pro): Debi Laszewksi
(second at the Arnold, third at the Ms O)

 

Best comeback (amateur): Nicole Berg
(light-heavyweight winner at Nationals - first national-level show since 2005)

Best comeback (pro): Nancy Lewis
(competed this year for the first time since 2004 with a smaller waist than ever:

Young Guns/Rising Stars
Angie Robertson (thick, dense muscularity)	Deanna Harvick (great shape)	Kristen Curlee

Best Most Muscular of 2009: Hazel Piazza

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GENEX PHOTO FAVORITES:
Jenny Bradford		Katka Kyptova
Lisa Geisbrecht	Shawna Walker	Lyris Cappelle	Bre Mollman

 

JAMES COOK PHOTO FAVORITES
Ashley Goncalves	Angie Robertson: