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Meet the hosts:
JOHNNIE
LOVELL
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ASHLEY
HANSEN
The tried, tested and
perfected duo are back
on the Vaper Expo stage
where they belong
Words: Lucy MacKinnon
Ashley Hansen - Los Angeleas Lobbyist
Vaper Expo’s seasoned hostess Ashley Hansen brings an equal measure
of elegance, education and energy to the NEC twice a year, and now
she’s back in Birmingham to do it all again.
From performing with powerful pyrotechnics to eating raw onions on
stage, Ashley has seen and done it all at the Vaper Expo.
One of her highlights was using the May expo as a daddy-daughter
weekend, sharing all the things she knows and loves with her father,
fondly named Papa Tom.
“I was able to introduce Papa Tom to everyone at the NEC and watching
him feel so at home on his fi rst international adventure is something
I’ll never forget.”
She told us: “I’ve hosted all except the very fi rst, when I was back in
the corner introducing Strawberry Queen to the masses” and it’s safe
to say, that was a success.
Since then Ashley has made strong friendships and built foundations
in the UK and international vaping industries, something she told us
fi ts in with her favourite quote: “May your dreams be so big, you have
to reinvent yourself to meet them.”
Bartending through university gave her a passion for ‘liquid pharmacy”
and combined with an intrigue in vaping technology and a desire to
stop smoking, Ashley made a life-changing move, and the rest, as they
say, is history.
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