Andrea Shaw wins the 2021 Ms. Olympia title giving her back to back Olympia titles. She took home $50k in prize money foe her victory.
2021 Ms. Olympia Results
Andrea Shaw, $50,000
Helle Trevino, $20,000
Margie Martin, $10,000
Mona Poursaleh, $5,000
Irene Andersen, $4,000
Cydney Gillon is now a 5X Figure Olympia champion. Not only that, but she has won the title 5 times in a row from 2017-2021.
Cydney posted this on Instagram following her historic victory on Instagram:
So honored to be the FIRST woman to hold 5 FIGURE OLYMPIA titles!
I work 365 to earn every title and when that work pays off, there are no words to express the feeling of accomplishment.
We did it y’all! Now back to work!!!!
The The 2021 IFBB Figure Olympia Top 5
1. Cydney Gillon – $50,000
2. Natalia Soltero – $20,000
3. Stephanie Gibson – $10,000
4. Jessica Reyes Padilla – $5,000
5. Nicole Zenobia Graham – $4,000
An interview with 2021 IFBB Figure Olympia Winner Cydney Gillon
Some North Carolina lawmakers and LGBTQ rights advocates are calling for Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson to “resign immediately,” after a video showing him referring to the LGBTQ community as “filth” was posted on social media earlier this week.
Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) that were looking forward to $45 billion in funding may be faced with just $2 billion under the Biden administration's multitrillion-dollar spending plan, a result of Democratic infighting, the Associated Press reported.
The $3.5 trillion bill was set to include $45 billion for HBCUs and other minority-serving institutions, but the newest iteration of the bill allots only $2 billion for educational programs and infrastructure of HBCUs. That amount could even be reduced to competitive grant funding, instead of direct funding to the schools.
AP reported that the bill was changed because of Democratic bickering over the size of the funding package, and where the funding would go.
Archaeologists believe they have discovered the foundation of the original building of the First Baptist Church in Williamsburg, Virginia, one of the nation’s oldest Black churches.
The announcement, shared first with descendants of First Baptist Church members, was officially made on Thursday (Oct. 7) by Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, which runs the well-known outdoor living museum and historic district in Williamsburg.
The discovery of the first permanent structure of the church — which is set to celebrate its 245th anniversary on the weekend of Oct. 9-10 — comes after a year of excavation at the site.
Archaeologists located a 16 X 20-foot brick foundation atop a layer of soil that has been dated to the early 1800s. It sits beside brick paving under which was found an 1817 coin.
Tax records have indicated that the congregation was worshipping on the site by 1818 in a building called the Baptist Meeting House, which was likely the congregation’s first permanent home.
Read more: Remnant of one of the oldest Black churches in US is unveiled in Virginia
