A 4th place in Tampa hadn't initially been enough to qualify Spain's most muscular for the Rising Phoenix, but after the shenanigans detailed in our Wings of Strength Goes Wild post, Virginia's name had been added to the list. A most popular addition too.
I truly love Virginia, her physique is amazing, wrote one of her devotees during the Rising Phoenix build-up, a sentiment shared by many. I've talked with her on webcam and she is a very nice lady, he added. A couple times she invited me to Spain, but I don't think my wife would like that. Indeed. OK with the webcam chats though?
Others noted how spectacular Virginia can look before a contest but not so spectacular when stage time arrives, a point we've made here before. Her physique always looks unreal and almost unbeatable, says one. Every time I see an image of her, she looks closer and closer to being one of the most dominant competitors on the scene until... she's on stage and is dwarfed by some of the other girls and I realize she actually isn't as big as she looks. Still, her arms are massive and her back is phenomenal.
Maybe she's got better at hiding her flaws and getting the judges to focus on that phenomenal back and those dreamy arms because she still looked ridiculously big and unbeatable before, but less so next to the competition in Scottsdale. However, that 4th in Tampa and a very popular 5th here (plus the 3rd place award for her pre-routine video presentation) makes for easily her most successful professional year to date. Result: she's sponsored for 2018, and pre-qualified for the next Rising Phoenix.
Un año triunfal, as they say in Madrid. I'm so happy, she wrote after the show, one of the few-and-far-between occasions she has posted on her Instagram in English.
After the show some photo shoots, and then it was back home. About to scare the living mierda out of the person who's waiting patiently for that lift to arrive...
¡Disfrutar!
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