2015 – 2019 On March 8, 2015, Wings of Strength announced the creation of the Rising Phoenix World Championships. Regarded as the successor to the
Ms. Olympia, Rising Phoenix World Championships adopted the point qualification system that the Ms. Olympia had. At the
2015 Rising Phoenix World Championships, with
Iris Kyle retired and
Alina Popa not attending,
Margie Martin, a
dark horse contestant, managed to beat much more seasoned professional bodybuilders such as
Helle Trevino,
Debi Laszewski and
Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia in order to win the Ms. Rising Phoenix title. At the
2016 Rising Phoenix World Championships, Margie would repeat her success and retain her title. At the
2017 Rising Phoenix World Championships, with Margie not defending her title, Helle would win the title. At the
2018 Rising Phoenix World Championships, Alina dethroned Helle and beat Margie to win the title. At the
2019 Rising Phoenix World Championships, with Alina retired, Helle would go on the beat Margie and again win the title.
2020 – present In 2020, several changes were made to the Rising Phoenix World Championships. The 2020 Olympia Qualification System changed the qualification from the Olympia Qualification System to an application invitational contest and it became a Tier 1 Contest on the 2020 Olympia Qualification System. This changed the Rising Phoenix World Championships from being the equivalent of the Ms. Olympia to the equivalent of the Ms. International. Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, the
2020 Rising Phoenix World Championships was moved from September 5, 2020, in
Phoenix, Arizona to December 5, 2020, in
Las Vegas, Nevada. At the 2020 Rising Phoenix World Championships,
Andrea Shaw dethroned
Helle Trevino. Andrea would go on to consecutively win the
2021,
2022 and
2023 Rising Phoenix World Championships. Starting during the 2023 Olympia Qualification System period, the tier point system was removed, with only Ms. Rising Phoenix qualifying for the 2023 Ms. Olympia. == Champions ==