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2024 Finalist: Barbering - Professional - A-Rod, USA
America’s Beauty Show
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.
Ammon Carver, Ammon Carver Studio, USA
IG: @ammoncarver
Tyler Kelbert, Studio Tribe Salon, USA
IG: @tyler_kelbert
A-Rod, L3VEL3, USA
IG: @arod23pr
George Alderete, ColorboyGEO, USA
IG: @georgecolorboygeo
Brian Leo McCallum, ROAR, UK
IG: @roar_ginger
Janelle Eyre, Ulta Beauty, USA
IG: @jeyre.hair
Chrystofer Benson, Chrystofer Benson Collective, USA
IG: @cbensonhair
Nick Pagano, id Dalon, USA
IG: @nickpaganohairdesign
Jamie Wiley, HAIRBOSS Salon Studio, USA
IG: @jamiewileyeditorial
Gilad Goldstein, Ulta Beauty, USA
IG: @myguiltycrown
Shogo Ideguchi, fabric, JAPAN
IG: @shogoideguchi
Brayden Pelletier, just b hair, USA
IG: @justbhair
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
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
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.
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