The winners of 2023 ABS Global Image Awards will be announced at the 100th America’s Beauty Show on Saturday, April 15th, 2023 during an evening filled with excitement, fun, and celebration.
In front of hundreds salon professionals, the ABS Global Image Awards winners and finalists were announced. Too Hype Crew performed live to kick off the 100th Anniversary of America’s Beauty Show. Attendees danced and sang along with 80s, 90s, and early 2000s anthems.
The ABS Global Image Awards honors the best hairdressing talent from around the world. The competition celebrates the talent and passion of emerging and professional stylists through an image and video contest that includes both professional and student categories.
The competition was a huge success this year, with participants coming from all over the world to enter their most creative collections. This new competition is unique because it allows makeup and stylists of all levels to compete within a community. ABS Global Image Awards, exclusive to America’s Beauty Show is a competition to watch for many years.
The Global Image Awards are a new, achievable award that brings talent from all over the world together. The competition has become more popular every year and elevates artists who have mastered their craft to an elite level,” Karen Gordon, former president of Cosmetologists Chicago, says. We had a pool of extremely talented competitors. Thank you to everyone who entered. Congratulations to the winners of this year for their outstanding collections and content.
The 2023 ABS Global Image Awards winners are:
PROFESSIONAL BARBER
- Ammon Carver, USA (@ammoncarver)
CREATIVE COLORING – PROFESSIONAL
- Greta Coston, USA (@gretacoston)
FULL CONCEPT PROFESSIONAL
- Enrique Serrano, Spain (@salongaudi)
HAIRCUTTING PROFESSIONAL
- Chrystofer Benson, USA (@cbensonhair)
MAKEUP AESTHETICS – PROFESSIONAL
- Nohemi Capetillo, USA (@nohemi.capetillo)
TEAM COLABORATION PROFESSIONAL
- JCPenney Salon ( @edgybgirl @hairbyjsmith )
TEXTURE SPECIALIST – PROFESSIONAL
- Tyler Kelbert, USA (@Tyler_Kelbert)
TOTAL CHANGE – A PROFESSIONAL
- Brayden Pelletier ( @justbhair )
STUDENT
- Emily Wallace ( @Essex_Styling )
LEO Passage GOLD TROPHY Award
Ammon Carver, a Salt Lake City resident from Utah, won the Leo Passage Gold Trophy Award for 2023 in honor of Pivot Point’s founder Leo Passage and Cosmetologists of Chicago member.
The ABS Global Image Awards are anonymously judged each year by a distinguished panel of media, industry experts, elite artists, and educators.