It's the moment you have been waiting for all year! To kick off the excitement of the North American Hairstyling Awards (NAHA), the Professional Beauty Association (PBA) presents the 2016 NAHA finalists. Flip through the slideshow to see the finalists in the Hairstylist of the Year category.
MODERN will be reporting LIVE from the Red Carpet and the Awards Ceremony at NAHA 2016. The awards will be held Sunday, July 24, 2016, at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. MODERN SALON will also be producing the NAHA Winner’s Portfolio in partnership with PBA and Redken, Matrix and SalonCentric.
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Hairstylist of the Year category:
Anthony Cress, Studio 4 Salon in Newport Beach, CA
Cynthia Valdez, Vinyl Beauty Studio in Austin, TX
Diana Rocha Skrabanek, Ruiz Salon in Austin, TX
Matt Swinney, Evolution in Minneapolis, MN
Sal Misseri, L&G Chicago/ Kaizen Education in Chicago, IL
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