B-Girl Lil FeNeSiS and B-Girl yuRie from Japan are the winners of the We B*Girlz competition at Battle of the Year in Montpellier, France.
They beat Soe and Narcis of Belgium in the knockouts, progressing to Sandra and Louise of Brazil before defeating Aliya and Marion in the finals.
We B*Girlz is an organisation that presents independent b-girls and females in hip hop, established by Martha Cooper and Nika Kramer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPt16Dor1eE
Winners of the competition can be found below with the winners highlighted in bold.
We B*Girlz Battle of the Year results
Quarter finals
B-Girl LiL FeNeSiS and B-Girl yuRie v B-Girl Soe and B-Girl Narcis
B-Girl Sandra and B-Girl Louise v B-Girl Nadeen Shine and B-Girl K
B-Girl Cugi and B-Girl Alessandrina v B-Girl Pauline and B-Girl Rose
B-Girl Lusi and B-Girl Lenton v B-Girl Aliya and B-Girl Marion
Semi finals
B-Girl LiL FeNeSiS and B-Girl yuRie v B-Girl Sandra and B-Girl Louise
B-Girl Pauline and B-Girl Rose v B-Girl Aliya and B-Girl Marion
Finals
B-Girl LiL FeNeSiS and B-Girl yuRie v B-Girl Aliya and B-Girl Marion
Battle of the Year
Battle of the Year, also referred to as BOTY, is an annual international b-boying series that began in 1990.
In the past BOTY world finals were held at the Volkswagenhalle in Braunschweig, Germany until 2009 when event moved to Montpellier, France.
35 qualifiers were held around the world, seeing almost 3,000 b-boys and 350 crews competing for a place in the finals. Up to 12,000 fans are expected for the grand final.
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