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Junior Ms USA 1996

Junior Ms USA 1996 was held in USA. The Women's Bodybuilding title went to Cathy Jessip.

Year
1996
Date
Jan 1, 1996
Location
USA
Federation
AAU
Divisions
1
Competitors
4

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Junior Ms USA 1996

Cathy Jessip Champion

1996 USA Dec 31, 1995

Junior Ms USA 1996 was held in USA. The Women's Bodybuilding title went to Cathy Jessip.

Medium confidence Historical/community source Updated August 8, 2026 Accurate?

Defending Open champion Cathy Marksteiner, who won in 1995, did not return.

Top 3 Women's Bodybuilding

1st
Cathy Jessip
United States
2nd
Mercedes Lebow
United States
3rd
Barbara Massey
United States

Junior Ms USA 1996 contested 1 division across 4 athletes. Cathy Jessip took Women's Bodybuilding. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.

Women's Bodybuilding

Place Athlete Country
1st Cathy Jessip First recorded win United States
2nd Mercedes Lebow United States
3rd Barbara Massey United States
4th Quita Rager United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
4
Divisions
1
Size rank
8 of 10

The biggest field since 1995.

Past winners of this event

Winner of the headline division for each edition of this event on record.
Year Winner Division
1998 Carolyn Hodge Open
1997 Marki Rohrbaugh Open
1996 Cathy Jessip Open
1995 Cathy Marksteiner Open
1981 Cathy Basacker Open

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What this page holds

The placings as recorded, and nothing past them

This page lists the divisions and finishing order held for this contest, with the source named on it wherever one was recorded. It reports what was published. It does not re-judge the show, and it does not reconcile disagreements between sources.

  • Score and bodyweight columns appear only for divisions where those figures exist in the data. A division without them was recorded as placings only, not as a show that gave no scores.
  • Where the record has two athletes sharing a place, both are listed. A tie is never broken to produce a single winner.
  • Venue, federation, date and competitor count show only when the source supplied them. A field left out means nothing was sourced for it, never a zero.
  • A contest with no results has either not taken place yet or has no placements published. Check the status line above the results to tell which.