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TEXTURED
HAIR
ELEVATED

THE AWARDS

&

BEAUTY JAM

FEB 9, 2025

NYC

ENTRIES OPEN                      -AUGUST 1, 2024

ENTRIES CLOSE                    -NOVEMBER 1, 2024

FINALIST ANNOUNCED.         -JANUARY 6, 2025

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The Global Artistry Council is a collective of experts whose goal is to have texture seen and celebrated in all beauty industry spaces. The council is the actualized vision, cultural experience, and community where texture is centered and recognized by all.

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TEXTURED HAIR ELEVATED

Textured Hair Elevated is celebrating its fifth annual event, which features Global Educators, Brand Influencers, and Celebrity Stylists who will be sharing an inspiring and elevated styling experience.
This pioneering event, created by the Global Artistry Council, is set out to further elevate, educate and ensure stylists of all backgrounds are able to expertly work with all clients with all types of textured hair.

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T.H.E. awards
&
beauty Jam

An annual event that unites and spotlights the best in texture education brought to you by top-tier pro beauty educators and inclusive beauty alliances. T.H.E. AWARDS & BEAUTY JAM partners with industry experts who understand and value texture inclusion efforts and its ability to elevate every stylist. This event is meant to be experienced by all.

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T.H.E. AWARDS

T.H.E. Awards is one of the newest inaugural hair competitions to celebrate the complete dynamic range of artistry of the industry's most brilliant, multicultural professionals and student texture experts across the country.

Entries Open: August 1, 2024

Entries Close:  November 1, 2024

Finalist Announced:  Jan 6, 2025

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2023 HIGHLIGHTS

2 Days of Education

9 Live Platform Presentations

2 Digital Presentations

27 Models

+500 Digital Views

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2023 winners

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Jamal Edwards

Mizani Educator

T.H.E. Awards Stylist of the Year

“The Textured Hair Community really needs this!”

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Sabrina Gray

Mizani Educator

T.H.E. Awards Stylist of the Year

“T.H.E. Awards is next level, I can't wait to submit next year.“

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Vernon Francois

Kerastase Brand Ambassador

T.H.E. Awards Celeb Stylist of the Year

“Walking into the summit just felt like family!”

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Keya Neal

Salon Centric Style Partner

Founder, Texture vs Race

“We are so proud to see the brands show up and want to be a part of this growing space.”

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Michelle O'Connor

Matrix Global Artistic Director

“This is the beauty and the diversity of the many things you can do on higher texture patterns.“

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Geoffry Britt

L'Oreal Professional Color Artist

“I wanted to participate to help the beauty community embrace the beauty that natural texture formations have.”

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