Finalists Announced - Hairdresser Of The Year 2004

Sixteen top hair stylists have been selected to compete live in the finals of the L’Oréal Professionnel Colour Trophy Awards 2004, on July 17th, where the very best will be named New Zealand hairdresser of the Year.

These finalists were selected from over 300 photographic portfolios submitted by hairdressers from around the country.

Supreme Category finalists and other images below.

( Scoop editor’s note: the images published in this release were selected randomly by Scoop and do not indicate judging preferences. For judging security reasons, the hairdressers and salon who have made it to the finals are not matched to the individual images. A full set of finalist images are available now on request from Ana Shaw, email ana_shaw @ihug.co.nz.)

The finalists in each category are:

The Supreme Award New Zealand Hairdresser of the Year
(This category is open to any hairdresser currently residing in New Zealand.)

Angeline Thornley, Rodney Wayne Hairdressing, Wellington

Burnetta Haswell, Servilles - Mission Bay

Celine-Marie Lamberton, Ginger Meggs, Christchurch

Grant Bettjeman, Bettjemans Hair Associates, Orakei, Auckland

Jacqui Anderson, Servilles - Mission Bay

Miranda Howden-Waugh, Servilles - Mission Bay

Sara Allsop, Jarvis, Ponsonby, Auckland

Toshiro Takeda, Servilles - Milford

The Sky Music Young Colourist Award
(This award is open to any hairdresser who began hairdressing on 1 January 1999 or later.)

Amy Whyte,Servilles - Mission Bay

Hayley Pullyn, Servilles - Mission Bay

Serena Ross, Hairline Hair Designers, Hamilton

Susannah Long Servilles - Mission Bay

The Couleur Pour Hommes Award
(A male model must be used for this category.) Guy Roberts,Vada, Auckland

Mana Dave, Maelstrom Hairdressing, Onehunga, Auckland

Terry Whaitiri, Servilles - Mission Bay

Trudi Cochrane, Hairline Hair Designers, Hamilton

The final judging will be live on July 17. The finalists will recreate the hair cut and colour in their photographic portfolios, using their original models and completing the task in just three hours.

The judges are looking for the elite of New Zealand hairdressers. The sixteen finalists demonstrate world-class hairdressing with flair, style and a commercial edge in the use of colour, cut and overall styling. The focus is on the hair, but judges also take into account the interplay with fashion.

The other categories are assessed solely from the photographic portfolios and are not recreated for final judging. All entries are considered for the Images Magazine award and the Photographer’s Award is judged separately and announced on the night.

The Salon Team Award, for teams of up to six people, recognises that in many salons now a colourist, a stylist and a senior consultant will often pool their talents to create a client’s look.

The four finalists for the Peugeot Salon Team Award are:

Servilles - Albany

Vada, Auckland

Morgan & Morgan Hair & Make-up, Birkenhead

Servilles - Mission Bay

For the first time in the history of this event will have an entirely international judging panel. The judges are:

Jo Hansford: Hairstylist to the stars. Liz Hurly, Raquel Welch, our very own Rachel Hunter, Melanie Griffiths, and Minnie Driver – to name but a few of those who have trusted their image with the woman referred to as the leading female hairdresser in Britain today.

Paul Divitaris: The man behind the innovative Biba salons and the Biba Academy Melbourne. He has worked with Vidal Sassoon and Alan International in London.

Anne-Marie Garreffa: Artistic director of respected South Australian salon Hair Machine, and winner of the Australian Colour Trophy in 1998 and 2001. This will be her second time judging Colour Trophy in New Zealand.

Hair and fashion are an inseparable and unbeatable team and two of the country’s top fashion designers, Karen Walker and Trelise Cooper , will reveal for the first time in New Zealand, their spring/summer collections at the event:

This will all set the scene for a fabulous wrap party at the Sky City Convention Centre, featuring the smooth late night sounds of One Million Dollars, a 10 piece soul-jazz band with a reputation for energetic live performances and followed by DJ Dunc the Funk.