2009 World Bodypainting Festival Winners

As we wait for the remaining winners to be announced at the World Bodypainting Festival 2009 that is concluding today in Austria, we can recognize some of the winners in the competitions that have been completed, judge and awarded.

First Place for Special Effect Make Up was awarded to Yolanda Bartram, from New Zealand. Second Place was awarded to Alessandro Piva, Italy. Taking the Third Place Award was Alex Hansen, Brazil.

The 2009 World Fluoro Award was awarded to Agnieszka Glinska & Joanna Ciesla, Poland. Receiving the Second Place Award was Wolf Reicherter, Germany. Third Place went to Birgit Mörtl, Austria

The 2009 Amateur Award in the Brush/Sponge Catergory First Place was awarded to
David Noah, Israel. Taking home Second Place was Martina Rom, Austria. The Third Place Amateur Brush/Sponge 2009 Award was taken back to France by Karen Savard.

From Canada, Lucie Brouillard received the First Place Award for Facepainting sponsored by Mehron. Keeping the Second Place Award in Austria was Gabriele Hajek-Renner. Bringing the Third Place Award back to the USA, the Home of Mehron, was John Vargas.

Mehron applauds all the participants in the 2009 World Bodypainting Festival and extends Congrtaulations to all the Award Winners. The Mehron Blog will post as many winning pictures as we can in the weeks ahead to show you the amazingly detailed work that these Artists accomplished at the 2009 World Bodypainting Festival in Austria. Mehron looks forward to seeing the imaginative work of the future by these and other Makeup Artists throughout the world as they take their Make Up skills throughout the world.