The highest two awards within the IFBB are the Distinquished Service Award and the Gold Order. This year, as depicted in the photographs below, these awards were presented to three outstanding individuals who wholeheartedly supported the Myanmar Bodybuilding Federation and their quest to bring the 55th IFBB World Men's Amateur Bodybuilding Championships and International Congress to Yangon, Myanmar.

The IFBB Distinquished Service Award being presented to Lt. Gen. Khin Nyunt,
Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council, by (left) Paul Chua,
IFBB Vice President for Asia, and (right) Rafael Santonja, IFBB Executive Assistant to the President

The IFBB Gold Order being presented to Brig. Gen. Thura Aye Myint,
Minister for Sports, by (left) Paul Chua, IFBB Vice President for Asia,
and (right) Rafael Santonja, IFBB Executive Assistant to the President

The IFBB Gold Order being presented to H.E. U Ko Lay, Mayor of Yangon, by (left) Paul Chua,
IFBB Vice President for Asia, and (right) Rafael Santonja, IFBB Executive Assistant to the President