The ABS Global Image Awards celebrates professional and emerging stylists' passion and artistry in an image competition featuring professional and student categories.
This year’s competition yielded entries from across the globe to enter their strongest collections through image and storytelling.
This incredible international competition is driven by intense creativity and passion by hairdressers, colorists, salon teams, nail technicians, makeup artists, students and teams. It culminates in a huge celebration and presentation during America’s Beauty Show on the evening of Saturday, April 20, 2024.
All America’s Beauty Show attendees are invited to the Cosmetologists Chicago Presidents Party before the ABS Global Image Awards on Saturday night. Everyone is invited and welcome to join the celebration at no charge. The evening will feature the finalists and winners of the 2024 ABS Global Image Awards, plus live music by Two Hype Crew, where you’ll party to anthems of the 80s, 90s and early 00s, with an all-live six-piece band, emcees and “Fly Girl” dancers. The night is the signature celebration for America’s Beauty Show - What’s NEXT. Get ready to celebrate What’s NEXT in beauty!
The Finalists:
Barber Professional:
- Ammon Carver, Ammon Carver Studio, USA (@ammoncarver)
- Tyler Kelbert, Studio Tribe Salon, USA (@tyler_kelbert)
- A-Rod, L3VEL3, USA (@arod23pr)
Creative Color Professional
- George Alderete, ColorboyGEO, USA (@georgecolorboygeo)
- Brian Leo McCallum, ROAR, UNITED KINGDOM (@roar_ginger)
- Janelle Eyre, Ulta Beauty, USA (@jeyre.hair)
Full Concept Professional
- Chrystofer Benson, Chrystofer Benson Collective, USA (@cbensonhair)
- Nick Pagano, id Dalon, USA (@nickpaganohairdesign)
- Jamie Wiley, HAIRBOSS Salon Studio, USA (@jamiewileyeditorial)
Haircutting Professional
- Gilad Goldstein, Ulta Beauty, USA (@myguiltycrown)
- Shogo Ideguchi, fabric, JAPAN (@shogoideguchi)
- Brayden Pelletier, just b hair, USA (@justbhair)
Texture Expert Professional
- Chrystofer Benson, Chrystofer Benson Creative, USA (@cbensonhair)
- Rafael Bueno and Manuel Mon, Manual Mon Estilistas, Spain (@rafaelbuenopeluqueros and @manuelmonoficial)
- Takeyra Shipps, Ulta Beauty, USA (@hair_bytakeyra)
Team Collaboration Professional
- George Alderete, ColorboyGEO, USA (@georgecolorboygeo)
- Liza Espinoza Achurra, Rogue Artistry, USA (@modaliza2)
- Reva Haga, Sean Godard, David Lopez, Gilad Goldstein, USA (@reva_danielle, @seangodard, @davidlopezzz and @myguiltycrown)
Student
- Samantha Clark, Capri College Dubuque, USA
- Asia Nagy, Brown Aveda Institute, USA
- Addyson Schiltz, Pivot Point Academy, USA
“Entering the ABS Global Image Awards allows stylists and students from around the world to showcase their creativity, build confidence and achieve tremendous success in their career,” says Lorrene Conino, President of Cosmetologists Chicago. “The styles and looks we see from this competition represent What’s NEXT in beauty. Proudly, we congratulate all the finalists who entered this year!”
Each category will offer a single winner an impressive award from America’s Beauty Show to proudly display. In addition to each category winner, one extraordinary submission from the professional categories will be awarded The Leo Passage Gold Trophy Award in honor of the late Pivot Point International founder and Cosmetologists Chicago member Leo Passage.
The ABS Global Image Awards were anonymously judged by an esteemed panel of industry experts, media, educators and elite artists. More information regarding the 2024 ABS Global Image Awards can be found at AmericasBeautyShow.com.
