Due to a change in venue, the 1999 Ms. Olympia was held along with the Women's Extravaganza Contest in New Jersey, making this the first time we were able to offer our fans the Olympia contest. Twelve of the best pro women competed- and each one was in top contest shape. Kim Chizevsky was in awesome shape again as she got set to defend her crown, and her eleven challengers Iris Kyle, Lesa Lewis, Yaxeni Oriquen, Gayle Moher, Valentina Chepiga, Tazzie Colomb, Laura Creavalle, Vicky Gates, Andrulla Blanchette, Laura Binetti and Brenda Raganot. A professional video team taped the contest and the beaufifully edited two-camera shoot made this the most attractive contest we had ever released. The video runs 1 1/2 hours and features the entire pre-judging (lots of comparisons) and the 12 evening routines, and the two cameras (one up front and a side camera) allowed for a nice combination of full length footage and side-camera close ups.