Jackie Paisley is a Women's Bodybuilding competitor from the United States.
1x Arnold Classic
Jackie Paisley
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Jackie Paisley, a bodybuilder from the United States, was born in 1963.
Career Record
- Total Results
- 12
- Wins
- 3
- Win Rate
- 25%
- Career
- 1985–1991
- Born
- 1963
- Division
- Women's Bodybuilding
- Country
- United States
- Arnold Classic Titles
- 1
- Verified
- Sources
- 4
Jackie Paisley won the Ms. International in 1989 and was fourth at the Ms. Olympia the same year. She won the USA Championships heavyweight class in 1987.
Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 12 recorded contest results. It is published only where a career holds at least five, because below that a single placing moves the figure by twenty points or more.
Every season on record
Peak Year 1989 (2 wins)
Measured against Jackie Paisley’s own seasons, not against the field. See the full peak window →
- Pro Debut
- 1985
- First Win
- 1987
- Olympia Debut
- 1989
- Last Contest
- 1991
| Year | Placement | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 4 | Women's Bodybuilding |
| 1990 | 5 | Women's Bodybuilding |
| 1991 | 11 | Women's Bodybuilding |
Data updated
Known for
The 1989 Ms. International is the biggest title, and she was runner-up there the following year and third the year before. Three consecutive podiums at the Arnold's own women's contest.
She was also runner-up at the 1989 World Pro Championships and fourth at the Olympia in 1989 and fifth in 1990.
Early career
Her record opens in 1985 and closes in 1991, twelve contests in seven years. She was from Scottsdale, Arizona.
Where the titles came from
Counted from the same results table below: an appearance is one recorded placing at that series, a title is a first place, and Top 3 counts first, second and third together. The last row is every contest on record for Jackie Paisley, amateur shows included.
Ms. Olympia
Arnold Classic
All contests on record
All results
Every contest result on record for Jackie Paisley, 12 in all. Won by names the winner of the division Jackie Paisley competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.
| Year | Contest | Division | Place | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Ms. Olympia | Women's Bodybuilding | #11 | Lenda Murray |
| 1990 | Ms International | Women's Bodybuilding | #2 | Laura Creavalle |
| 1990 | Ms. Olympia | Women's Bodybuilding | #5 | Lenda Murray |
| 1989 | Arnold Classic | Women's Bikini | #1 | Winner |
| 1989 | Ms International | Women's Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1989 | Ms. Olympia | Women's Bodybuilding | #4 | Cory Everson |
| 1989 | World Pro Championships | Women's Bodybuilding | #2 | Diana Dennis |
| 1988 | Ms International | Women's Bodybuilding | #3 | Cathy Palyo |
| 1988 | World Pro Championships | Women's Bodybuilding | #8 | Dona Oliviera |
| 1987 | USA Championships | Women's Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1986 | Nationals | Women's Bodybuilding | #6 | Cathy Palyo |
| 1985 | Nationals | Women's Bodybuilding | #10 | Jerri Miller |
Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Jackie Paisley those sources are MuscleMemory and Wikipedia. Open any contest above and that page names its own source and links to it where the source is still reachable. MuscleMemory is the exception: the archive we recorded those older shows from no longer answers at the addresses we hold, so it is credited by name and not offered as a link.
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Legacy
Paisley competed in the years women's bodybuilding had its largest professional schedule and its best television coverage, and won the second-biggest title in it. The record has since disappeared entirely.
Sources
Competition placings on this page come from our own contest database and cover 1985 to 1991.
One 1989 row is labelled as a bikini division, which did not exist at the time and is a mislabel in our source data.
Most-met rivals
Compare any two athletes →In 3 meetings, Bev Francis finished ahead of Jackie Paisley 3 times to 0.
Opponents are ranked by how often they shared a stage and how big the stage was, not by reputation. A meeting is one contest where both competed in the same division and both were placed.

