The winners of the 2023 ABS Global Image Awards were announced during the 100th America’s Beauty Show, on Saturday, April 15, 2023. The ABS Global Image Awards finalists and winners were recognized in front of hundreds of salon professionals and leaders in the beauty industry. 

The ABS Global Image Awards recognizes hairdressing talent on an international level. It celebrates the passion and artistry of professional and emerging stylists in an image and video competition that features professional and student categories.

This year’s competition brought in participants from across the globe entering their fiercest creative collections. This competition allows stylists and makeup artists of all levels to participate in a competition within a community of artists. 

“The Global Image Awards is truly a fresh, attainable award that brings together talent from around the world. This competition is gaining more notoriety every year, elevating artists who are mastering their craft on an elite level. Thank you to all who entered — we had an extremely talented pool of competitors. And a big congratulations to this year’s winners for submitting remarkable collections and content.

— Karen Gordon, past president of Cosmetologists Chicago

The 2023 ABS Global Image Awards Winners are: 

Barber — Professional

• Ammon Carver, USA
  o IG: @ammoncarver

Creative Color — Professional

• Greta Coston, USA

  • IG: @gretacoston

  • TikTok: @gretacoston

Full Concept — Professional

• Enrique Serrano, Spain

  • IG: @salongaudi 

Haircutting –— Professional

• Chrystofer Benson, USA

  • IG: @cbensonhair

Makeup Artistry — Professional

• Nohemi Capetillo, USA

  • IG: @nohemi.capetillo

Team Collaboration — Professional

• JCPenny Salon, USA

  • IG: @edgybgirl

  • IG: @hairbyjsmith

Texture Expert — Professional

• Tyler Kelbert, USA

  • IG: @Tyler_Kelbert

Total Transformation — Professional

• Brayden Pelletier, USA

  • IG: @justbhair

Student

• Emily Wallace, USA

  • IG:@Essex_Styling

  • TikTok: essexstyling

Leo Passage Gold Trophy Award

• AmmonCarver of Salt Lake City, UT, won the2023 Leo Passage Gold Trophy award, in honor of the late Pivot Point founder and Cosmetologists Chicago member, Leo Passage.

The ABS Global Image Awards were anonymously judged by an esteemed panel of industry experts, media, educators, and elite artists.