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Professional
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Professional Beauty Association
nounces
the 2020
2020 North
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nounces Winners of the
American Hairstyling Awards
American
Awards
The 31st annual photographic beauty competition
celebrated the industry’s best and brightest talent with
75 finalists vying for a coveted NAHA.
January 25, 2020 (Long Beach, CA) - The Profession-
al Beauty Association (PBA), is excited to announce
the winners of the 31st annual North American Hair-
styling Awards (NAHA), the beauty industry’s most
prestigious photographic competition.
The esteemed event was held Saturday, January 25th
at the Long Beach Convention Center during ISSE, for
the second time in the show’s 31-year history. NAHA
celebrates the industry's leading talent and features 16
categories of excellence across hair, makeup, and nail
artistry, including the coveted Hairstylist of the Year
Award and the new #NAHAMoment award. NAHA
2020 featured artistic presentations by Aveda, Olivia
Garden, Amika, and Julie Vriesinga.
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In addition to the awards ceremony, NAHA 2020
included a red-carpet reception welcoming NAHA
finalists, previous NAHA winners, industry icons,
leading beauty influencers, and celebrities to the show,
including Fox News’ Amanda Salas, Candy Shaw,
Ryan Weeden, Zach Mesquit, Philip Wolff, Alfredo
Lewis, Matty Conrad, Nicholas French, and more.
Winners of the 2020 NAHA Awards include:
● Avant Garde | Rodrigo Araneda | Montreal, QC
● Editorial/Session Stylist of the Year | Lucie Dough-
ty | Los Angeles, CA
● Haircolor | Chrystofer Benson | Ogden, UT
● Haircutting | Yuki Yasui | New York, NY
● Hairstylist of the Year | Silas Tsang | Ottawa, ON
● Makeup Artist of the Year | Katie Nash | Wichita,
KS
● Master Hairstylist of the Year | Julie Vriesinga |