1997 Ms. Olympia
Information
Promotion	IFBB
Date	November 22, 1997
Venue	Beacon Theatre
City	New York City, New York, United States
Event chronology
1996 Ms. Olympia 1997 Ms. Olympia 1998 Ms. Olympia

The 1997 Ms. Olympia contest was an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition was held on November 22, 1997, at the Beacon Theatre in New York City, New York. It was the 18th Ms. Olympia competition held.

Prize money

• 1st - $50,000
• 2nd - $20,000
• 3rd - $10,000
• 4th - $6,000
• 5th - $5,000
• 6th - $3,000
• 7th - $2,500
• 8th - $2,000
• 9th - $1,500
• 10th - $1,000

Total: $101,000^[1]

Results

Scorecard

CONTESTANT, COUNTRY (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE)	RND 1	RND 2	RND 3	POSE DOWN	FINAL PLACE
LAURA CREAVALLE,	23	23	20	23	4
KIM CHIZEVSKY,	10	5	8	5	1
NANCY LEWIS,	54	45	54		10
MELISSA COATES,	40	50	66		11
LAURA BINETTI,	66	68	64		13
VICKIE GATES,	24	20	25	22	5
SUE MYERS,	47	57	45		9
CHRIS BONGIOVANNI,	56	42	48		8
YOLANDA HUGHES,	16	17	15	15	3
TAZZIE COLOMB,	84	83	86		17
EVA SUKUPOVA,	74	81	73		16
VALERIE GANGI,	69	71	70		15
GAYLE MOHER,	52	56	53		12
NICOLE BASS,	61	71	68		14
ANDRULLA BLANCHETTE,	49	36	33		7
LENDA MURRAY,	5	10	7	10	2
ZDENKA TURDA,	86	90	86		18
JITKA HARAZIMOVA,	26	33	34		6

Notable Events

• Nicole Bass, at 204 lb (93 kg), was the heaviest Ms. Olympia competitor to compete by this point.^[2]