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The Reallusion Trend for 2014
During the Goldwell Color Zoom Global Event 2013taking place in Los Angeles, October 5-7, the highlight of the three days was surely the Color Zoom competion, held Sunday, Oct. 6. With live judging taking place during the day, the winners of this hair coloring and styling challenge were announced before an international crowd at the Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles.
This year, 72 national finalists competed in three categories: Partner, New Talent and Creative.
New Talent: For young, creative colorists with less than five years of professional experience
Gold--Taiwan's Kuku Soh
Silver--Silver to Jordi Schonwetter
Bronze--Alla Surkova, Russia
Creative: For color creations with Topchic, Colorance and Elumen – for experienced colorists.
Gold--Rutam Mirosav of Russia
Silver--Japan's Mieko Komura
Bronze--Heidi Helena vd Berg of South Africa
Partner: This category is for color creations by hairdressers who participate in shows or training for Goldwell
Gol--USA's Derrick Zeno
Silver--China's Jerry Zhang
Bronze--Francis Kok of the Netherlands
Guests were also treated to an exclusive preview of Goldwell’s new trend collection, Reallusion, described as a visual trip where "nothing is as it seems."
The Gold Medal winners and their models celebrate their wins: Kuku Soh from Taiwan, Derrick Zeno from USA and Rustam Mirasov from Russia.
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