The 23 rd annual Hair Expo Australia Hairdressing Awards took place on June 9th. The awards celebrate the most exciting talent and achievements in Australian hairdressing, with 13 prestigious awards, including; Hair Expo Australian Hairdresser of the Year, Colour Technician of the Year, Salon Team of the Year and Young Entrepreneur 2008. As always these awards provide us with a host of fantastic hair shots from which we can take our inspiration for the looks we may be creating for ourselves or others over the next year. This year was the year for Wild Life Hair taking out the top accolades of both hairdresser and colourist of the year. Suki Hairdressing under the experienced helm of Sandi Chong, yet again proved that they foster the best new blood in the hair industry by winning both salon team and new creative force titles.
One of the beautiful winning shots submitted by Jane Wilde of Wild Life Hair Sydney
The 2008 finalists and winners are:
Hair Expo Australian Hairdresser of the Year2008 Caterina DiBiase Heading Out Hair & Beauty Melbourne Jayne Wild Wild Life Hair Sydney Joey Scandizzo Rokk Ebony Melbourne Shane Henning Noddys on King Sydney New Zealand Hairdresser of the Year finalists Sophia Taurae Buoy Hairdressing Wellington Sara Allsop Dharma Auckland Mana Dave Maelstrom Hairdressing Auckland Pamela Tinning Ryder Auckland Colour Technician of the Year Finalists Maria Legudi Heading Out Hair & Beauty Melbourne Kerry Goudas Lee Preston Hairdressing Perth Maria Uva Rokk Ebony Melbourne Dieter Mersmann Wild Life Hair Sydney New Creative Force Finalists Hayley Mears Brad Ngata Hair Direction Sydney Clayton Wheeler Suki Hairdressing Sydney Kate Jones Suki Hairdressing Sydney Ali Holmes Wild Life Hair – SOGO Sydney Apprentice/Trainee of the Year finalists Kai Wong Togninis Hair Skin Body Brisbane Julia McGrath Suki Hairdressing Sydney Liz Tonna Wild Life Hair Sydney Rachel Reyes Wild Life Hair Sydney  Salon Team of the Year Finalists Head Studio Urban Retreat Western Australia Suki Hairdressing Sydney Wild Life Hair – ORIGIN Sydney Wild Life Hair - SOGO Sydney Best New Salon Design Finalists Heading Out Hair & Beauty Melbourne Papas and Pace Brisbane Rococo Hair Melbourne Wild Life Hair - SOGO Sydney Excellence in Hairdressing Education Finalists (Registered & Company) Biba Academy Melbourne Colour Cosmetica Academy Adelaide TIHA Training & Education Melbourne Toni & Guy Sydney Excellence in Hairdressing Education finalists (Not Registered, Individual) Geoffrey Herberg Chemistry for Hair Brisbane Kylie Dwyer Essential Hair Education (Cloud Nine) New South Wales Benni Tognini Togninis Brisbane Wild Life Hair Wild Life Hair Sydney Excellence in Salon Marketing Finalists Cranium Hair Sydney Sublime Hairdressing Salons Brisbane Suki Hairdressing Sydney The Art of Hair Sydney Session Hair Stylist of the Year Finalists  David Glover 2c Management Sydney Daren Borthick The Artist Group Sydney Michael Brennan The Artist Group Sydney Young Entrepreneur Finalists Scott Reynolds Australian Hair & Beauty Imports Melbourne Kelly Kent Cranium Hair Sydney Kylie Dwyer Essential Hair Education Sydney Mark Gariglio Extensions International Melbourne  Photographic Collection of the Year Finalists Sharon Blain, The Art of Hair for her Australian Hairdresser of the Year collection Caterina DiBiase, Heading Out Hair & Beauty for her Australian Hairdresser of the Year collection Shane Henning, Noddys on King for his Australian Hairdresser of the Year collection Matthew Webb, Toni & Guy Paddington for his New Creative Force collection
Hair Expo 2008 took place on the 7 th-9 th June 2008 at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour , Australia . With over 15,000 visitors from Australia and overseas, Hair Expo is the premier professional salon industry event in the Southern Hemisphere. Hair Expo is in its 32 nd year, delivering 3 days and 3 nights of exhibition, education and events of world class standard. Hair Expo began in Brisbane in 1977, launched by Norris Hair Cosmetics, a wholesaler led by Greg Wightman who saw the need for such an event. In 1988 Anthony & Susa Wynne-Hoelscher purchased Hair Expo and relocated the event to Sydney in 1991. September 2006 saw a new owner appear; Reed Exhibitions, the world’s leading organiser of events delivering contacts, content and communities with the power to transform businesses.

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