The Australian aesthetics industry celebrated its annual ‘Oscars’, the MyFaceMyBody Australasia Awards, with a gala dinner in Sydney on Saturday night.
Held at the Hilton Hotel and hosted by MyFaceMyBody founder Stephen Handisides, the event attracted 350 of the industry’s leading professionals as well as media and celebrities.
The latter included Matty Samaei and Victoria Rees from ‘The Real Housewives of Sydney’, Kat Hoyos from ‘Here come the Habibs’, TV presenter Ortenzia Borre, Miss Teen International 2017 Breanna Blick, and TV presenter Tamara Wrigley.
The “hundreds of applicants in the 20 categories” that made up this year’s awards were judged by a panel of industry experts from around the globe including Dr Dilip Madnani MD, FACS, Dr Sean Kelishadi, Dr Terry R. Maffi, MD, FACS, Leslie Fletcher BSN, RN, MEP-C and Jane Byers RGN, N.P.Dip, BSc(Hons).
The winners of the Australasia MyFaceMyBody Awards 2017 are:
Best Aesthetic Practice (NSW)
Face Plus Medispa
Best Aesthetic Practice (QLD)
Esteem Medi Spa
Best Aesthetic Practice (Vic)
Gippsland Cosmetic Laser Clinic
Best Aesthetic Practice (NZ)
The Face Place Med Spa
Best Aesthetic Practice (WA)
Winner: Bramis Facial Rejuvenation Clinic
Highly commended: Mira Clinic
Best Customer Experience – Aesthetic & Medispa
Winner: Flawless Rejuvenation Medical and Aesthetic Skin Clinic and James Vivian Dermal Therapies
Highly commended: Fiori Institute of Skin and Body
Best Customer Experience – Plastic Surgery
Winner: Valley Plastic Surgery
Highly commended: Sydney Cosmetic Sanctuary
Best Male Grooming Spa, Clinic or Salon
Archon Spas
Best New Practice
Winner: Flawless Rejuvenation Medical and Aesthetic Skin Clinic
Highly commended: Fiori Institute of Skin and Body
Best Practice Design
Winner: Sydney Cosmetic Sanctuary
Highly commended: SkinDNA Cosmetic Clinic
Best Practice Team – Aesthetic & Medispa
Winner: Gippsland Cosmetic Laser Clinic
Highly commended: Flawless Rejuvenation Medical and Aesthetic Skin Clinic
Best Practice Team – Plastic Surgery
Winner: Dr Michael Miroshnik – Plastic & Cosmetic Surgeon
Highly commended: Face Plus Medispa
Medispa of the year
Dr Anh Plastic Surgeon.MediSpa.Wellness
Best Practice Overall
Esteem Medi Spa
Best Rising Star
Winner: Dr Varun Sharma (Skin Rejuvenate Cosmetic Clinic)
Highly Commended: Katherine Millar-Shannon (Duquessa Skin Sanctuary)
Best Non-Surgical Makeover
Winner: Mira Clinic – Dr Andrew Clark
Highly commended: Flawless Rejuvenation Medical and Aesthetic Skin Clinic – Dr Sean Arendse
Best Plastic Surgeon
Winner: Dr Mark Magnusson (Esteem Medi Spa)
Highly commended: Dr Philip Richardson (Brisbane Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery) and Dr Anh (Dr Ahn Plastic Surgeon.MediSpa.Wellness)
Best Practice Website – Aesthetic & Medispa
Winner: Fiori Institute of Skin and Body
Highly commended: Archon Spas
Best Practice Website – Plastic Surgery
Winner: Calibre Clinic – calibreclinic.com.au
Highly commended: Dr William Mooney (drwill.com.au)
Journalist/Beauty Blogger of the year
Winner: Beauticate – Sigourney Cantello
Highly commended: BEAUTYcrew
Ultimate Hall of Fame
Winners: Esteem Medispa, The Face Place Medspa, Dr Michael Miroshnik and Flawless Rejuvenation Medical and Aesthetic Skin Clinic
