The 2023 Musclecontest International Brazil Pro bodybuilding show will be held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on the weekend of Oct. 27-29, 2023. Three IFBB Pro League divisions will hold contests at this show — Classic Physique, Men’s Physique, and Figure — and all three winners will qualify for the 2024 Olympia Weekend.
2023 Musclecontest International Brazil Pro
The rosters for all three shows are below, with names in alphabetical order:
Classic Physique
- William Amorim de Aguiar (Brazil)
- Joao Pedro Sanches Andrade (Brazil)
- Ton Aragao (Brazil)
- Caio Bonfim (Brazil)
- Victor Bortoletto (Brazil)
- Thiago Carvalho (Brazil)
- Rodrigo Coehlo (Brazil)
- Rogerio Felizardo (Brazil)
- Rafael Ferreira (Brazil)
- Franca Linduarte (Brazil)
- Mateus Shinguearu Lopes (Brazil)
- Alan Dieime Costa Dos Reis (Brazil)
- Everton W. B. Ribeiro (Brazil)
- Andre Luiz dos Santos (Brazil)
- Jhone Sousa (Brazil)
Men’s Physique
- Gil Baptista (Brazil)
- Fabio Campos (Brazil)
- Jussie Dantas (Brazil)
- Erikson Adauto Reis Gomes (Brazil)
- Guilherme dos Santos Gualberto (Brazil)
- Mehdi Kabbadj (USA)
- Lucas Lage (Brazil)
- Pedro Lima (Brazil)
- Renato Menezes (Brazil)
- Lucas Neves(Brazil)
- Rafael Oliveira (Brazil)
- Vinicius Resende (Brazil)
- Kaique Santos (Brazil)
Figure
- Susana Alegre (Argentina)
- Kamilla Santos Alencastro (Brazil)
- Carla Antunes (Brazil)
- Susana Beatriz Cacavieli (Argentina)
- Luciana Cardoso (Brazil)
- Roberta Coletti Das Chagas (Brazil)
- Heloiza Ferreira Cordeiro (Brazil)
- Daiane Aparecida De Freitas (Brazil)
- Karina Contreras (Argentina)
- Heloisa Divardin (Brazil)
- Cintia Goldani (Brazil)
- Simei Pimenterl de Jesus (Brazil)
- Adela Ondrejovicova (Slovakia)
- Vanessa de Lima Peixe (Brazil)
- Michele Da Silva Pinto (Brazil)
- Leticia De Jesus Ramos (Brazil)
- Laura Saccomoni (Paraguay)
- Tamires Pompeu Silva (Brazil)
- Mariana Ribeiro Senna Torres (Brazil)
- Claudia Lizette Cano Vazquez (Mexico)
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Men’s Physique Athletes to Watch
Below are some of the top contenders in the Men’s Physique division:
Mehdi Kabbadj
Mehdi Kabbadj is coming off a second-place finish at the 2023 Hurricane Pro. He is amidst his prep for the 2023 Men’s Physique Olympia in Orlando, FL, on Nov. 2-5, 2023. If he wins in Sao Paulo, he could take an extended offseason to prepare for the 2024 edition.
Rafael Oliveira
Rafael Oliveira is also in preparation for the 2023 Olympia. Oliveira qualified by winning his pro debut at the 2023 Musclecontest International Goiania Pro. To win in Sao Paulo and earn two Olympia qualifications in his first pro year would be quite an accomplishment.
Guilherme dos Santos Gualberto
Guilherme dos Santos Gualberto is a rookie who showed a lot of potential when he finished second to Oliveira in that Goiania Pro. This is his first show of the 2024 qualifying season.
IFBB Pro 
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Figure Athletes to Watch
Below are the Figure competitors likely to reach the first callout:
Adela Ondrejovicova
2023 Figure Olympia competitor Adela Ondrejovicova would like to bag her 2024 qualification before competing in Orlando. She last competed in the 2023 Hurricane Pro and finished in third place.
Kamilla Santos Alencastro
Kamilla Santos Alencastro was last onstage in her pro debut at the 2023 Pharlabs Sur Pro Cup Colombia pro show, finishing as the runner-up to Jossie Alarcon. It would be a significant acknowledgment of Alencastro’s improvements if she stands in a first callout with Ondrejovicova.
Michele Da Silva Pinto
The 2022 champion of this contest is back to defend her title. This will be Michele Da Silva Pinto’s 2023 debut. Her last victory on this stage is her lone pro win to date.
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