Last Sunday, the International Hairdressing Awards announced the 18 finalists of the 2023 competition with a global live broadcasting.
The International Hairdressing Awards announced yesterday this year’s finalists with a global live broadcasting from Pamplona (Spain), the city where the competition was founded back in 2019 by Mikel Luzea. Kudos to the 18 finalists, who come from 8 different countries:
Best International Men’s Commercial Collection
⭐️ Arjan Bevers (Netherlands)
⭐️ Bayleigh Peace & Laura Scott @ Mark Leeson (United Kingdom)
⭐️ Brian Sanchis @ Salón Carlos Valiente (Spain)
Best International Women’s Commercial Collection
⭐️ Pierre Ginsburg (France)
⭐️ Rebecca Jacques (United Kingdom)
⭐️ Robert Masciave (United Kingdom)
Best International Avant-garde Collection
⭐️ Dicksum Low (Malaysia)
⭐️ Emmanuel Esteban (France)
⭐️ Enrica Russo @ Danilo Hair (United Kingdom)
International Film & TV Hairdresser of the Year
⭐️ Erika Okvist (Sweden) for ‘Bridgerton’
⭐️ Teresa Hill, Yvonne De Patus, Kupka Lindy Dunn and Kim Santantonio (USA) for ‘Being the Ricardos’
⭐️ Stephanie Ingram (USA) for ’The eyes of Tammy Faye’
International Artistic Team of the Year
⭐️ HOB Creative Team (United Kingdom)
⭐️ Jack Horton Hair (Australia)
⭐️ Mark Leeson (United Kingdom)
International Hairdresser of the Year
⭐️ Angelo Seminara (United Kingdom)
⭐️ Antoinette Beenders (USA)
⭐️ Cos Sakkas (United Kingdom)
The eighteen finalist collections have been chosen with the help of an exceptional jury panel, made of five renowned industry icons: Robert Lobetta (USA), Dobrawa Piekos-Szymanska (Poland), Dove Palmer (UK), Beatriz Matallana (Spain) and Alexis Continente (Spain).
The 2023 awards ceremony will take place in Palma de Mallorca (Spain) on May 8th. In March, Mikel Luzea, IHA director and founder, and Sergi Bancells, global ambassador of the awards, will travel around the world together to announce personally the awards to the winners, by surprise and with live broadcasting via Internet. After this world tour, the winners will be invited to attend the great night of the hairdressing industry in Spain, on May 8th, where The International Hairdressing Awards®’ evening will consist again of a purple carpet –the red carpet of global hairdressing–, a catwalk with the most important hairdressing teams of the world, and the awards ceremony, where all the winners will be crowned.
The International Hairdressing Awards is an independent beauty organisation, driven by hairdressers. It has been supported since its inception by an internationally recognised title sponsor who believes in the message and mission of these awards, the IHAwards main sponsor Revlon Professional. Likewise, Estetica Magazine acts as global media partner and The Hair MBA and Salon Look Madrid as sponsors. These brands have made a firm commitment and have joined forces to make this event an international success.