The 2024 ABS Global Image Awards Finalists Revealed

The ABS Global Image Awards celebrates professional and emerging stylists' passion and artistry in an image competition featuring professional and student categories. This year’s competition yielded entries from across the globe to enter their strongest collections through image and storytelling.

This competition is driven by intense creativity and passion by hairdressers, colorists, salon teams, nail technicians, makeup artists, students, and teams. It culminates in a huge celebration and presentation on the evening of Saturday, April 20, 2024, During America’s Beauty Show – What's NEXT, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, IL.

All attendees are invited to the Cosmetologists Chicago Presidents Party before the ABS Global Image Awards on Saturday night, featuring the finalists and winners of the 2024 ABS Global Image Awards.

“Entering the ABS Global Image Awards allows stylists and students from around the world to showcase their creativity, build confidence, and achieve tremendous success in their career. The styles and looks we see from this competition represent What’s NEXT in beauty. Proudly, we congratulate all the finalists who entered this year!”

— Lorrene Conino, President of Cosmetologists Chicago

Each category will offer a single winner an award from America’s Beauty Show. In addition to each category winner, one extraordinary submission from the professional categories will be awarded The Leo Passage Gold Trophy Award in honor of the late Pivot Point International founder and Cosmetologists Chicago member Leo Passage.

The 2024 ABS Global Image Awards Finalists

Barber – Professional

• Ammon Carver, Ammon Carver Studio, USA
  • IG: @ammoncarver
• Tyler Kelbert, Studio Tribe Salon, USA
  • IG: @tyler_kelbert
• A-Rod, L3VEL3, USA
  • IG: @arod23pr

Creative Color – Professional

• George Alderete, ColorboyGEO, USA
  • IG: @georgecolorboygeo
• Brian Leo McCallum, ROAR, UK
  • IG: @roar_ginger
• Janelle Eyre, Ulta Beauty, USA
  • IG: @jeyre.hair

Full Concept – Professional

• Chrystofer Benson, Chrystofer Benson Collective, USA
  • IG: @cbensonhair
• Nick Pagano, id Dalon, USA
  • IG: @nickpaganohairdesign
• Jamie Wiley, HAIRBOSS Salon Studio, USA
  • IG: @jamiewileyeditorial

Haircutting – Professional

• Gilad Goldstein, Ulta Beauty, USA
  • IG: @myguiltycrown
• Shogo Ideguchi, fabric, JAPAN
  • IG: @shogoideguchi
• Brayden Pelletier, just b hair, USA
  • IG: @justbhair

Texture Expert – Professional

• Chrystofer Benson, Chrystofer Benson Creative, USA
  • IG: @cbensonhair
• Rafael Bueno and Manuel Mon, Manual Mon Estilistas, Spain
  • IG: @rafaelbuenopeluqueros
  • IG: @manuelmonoficial
• Takeyra Shipps, Ulta Beauty, USA
  • IG: @hair_bytakeyra

Team Collaboration – Professional

• George Alderete, ColorboyGEO, USA
  • IG: @georgecolorboygeo
• Liza Espinoza Achurra, Rogue Artistry, USA
  • IG: @modaliza2
• Reva Haga, Sean Godard, David Lopez, Gilad Goldstein, USA
  • IG: @reva_danielle
  • IG: @seangodard
  • IG: @davidlopezzz
  • IG: @myguiltycrown

Student

• Samantha Clark, Capri College Dubuque, USA
• Asia Nagy, Brown Aveda Institute, USA
• Addyson Schiltz, Pivot Point Academy, USA

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

More information regarding the 2024 ABS Global Image Awards can be found at www.AmericasBeautyShow.com.