At the annual NPC Board Of Governor's and Trustee's meeting in Miami, Florida on November 13th several rule changes were approved for 2004.

NEW HEIGHT CLASSES FOR WOMEN'S FIGURE NATIONALS:

A Up to and including 5'2"
B Over 5'2" and up to and including 5'3"
C Over 5'3" and up to and including 5'4"
D Over 5'4" and up to and including 5'5"
E Over 5'5" and up to and including 5'6"
F Over 5'6"

The top two (2) winners in each of the six (6) height classes qualify for professional status in the IFBB.

For all contests with two (2) classes:

Up to and including 5'4"
Over 5'4"
For all contests with three (3) classes:

Up to and including 5'4"
Over 5'4" and up to and including 5'6"
Over 5'6"
For all contests with four (4) classes:

Up to and including 5'2"
Over 5'2" and up to and including 5'4"
Over 5'4" and up to and including 5'6"
Over 5'6"

For all national qualifying figure events B the top five (5) are eligible for the NPC Junior USA Figure Championships and NPC Junior National Figure Championships and the top three (3) are eligible for the NPC NATIONAL FIGURE CHAMPIONSHIPS. Eligibility is good for two (2) years. Promoters can elect number of classes for their figure contests. ONLY THOSE FIGURE CONTESTS HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH A NATIONAL QUALIFYING BODYBUILDING CONTEST WILL BE NATIONAL QUALIFIERS.

NEW WEIGHT CLASSES FOR WOMEN'S BODYBUILDING:

The new weight classes for women's bodybuilding with four (4) classes are:

Lightweight Up to and including 115
Middleweight Over 115 and up to and including 125
Light Heavyweight Over 125 and up to and including 140
Heavyweight Over 140

For all women's bodybuilding contests with three (3) classes:

Lightweight Up to and including 125
Middleweight Over 125 and up to and including 140
Heavyweight Over 140
For all women's bodybuilding contests with two (2) classes:

Lightweight Up to and including 125
Heavyweight Over 125

The women's mandatory poses will now include the Front and Back lat spread.