World Pole Dancing Championship 2009 (04.01.2009)

This year brings the World Pole Dancing Championships 2009 to the table, which will be held in Jamaica at Hedonism III from Monday 20th - Saturday 25th April 2009. It is a competition that will bring together the elite winners of Miss Pole Dance competitions from various countries around the world. This competition is not to be confused with the smaller World Pole Federation Miss Pole Dance World competition in Amsterdam, which was cancelled two days before the event.
Orsi from Hungary will compete and Alma Pirner will judge on the championship.

The list of competitors and judges include:

AUSTRALIA
Miss Pole Dance Australia 2008 & 2006 Winner - Felix

BRASIL
Miss Pole Dance Brasil - Marcela

CANADA
Miss Pole Dance Canada - Justice

GERMANY
Miss Pole Dance Germany 2008 Winner - Jeannine

HUNGARY
Miss Pole Dance Hungary 2008 - Orsi

JAPAN
Current World Champion - Reiko
Miss Pole Dance Japan 2008 Winner - Vanilla

NEW ZEALAND
Miss Pole Dance NZ - Amy Richardson

RUSSIA
Lena Shishkova
Julia Irina

UNITED KINGDOM
Miss Pole Dance UK 2008 Winner - Alesia
Miss Pole Dance UK 2006 Winner - Tracey Simmonds

UNITED STATES of AMERICA
Pantera
Tanya Jordan
US Pole Dance Winner 2009 - Jenyne

INTERNATIONAL JUDGING PANEL
Kay Penney (Head Judge) - United Kingdom
Tammy Morris - Canada
Deb Riley - United Kingdon
Sabrina Pankow - Germany
Alma Pirner - Hungary