Watch a video of the Dolls Awards of Excellence 2018 Industry’s Choice Winners above, or sift through a slideshow below. The complete list is at the bottom of this article.
Winners Now Become Your Public’s Choice Nominees
The 2018 Dolls Awards of Excellence (DAEs, also known as the Diamond Awards) Industry’s Choice winners were announced June 30 at the International Doll & Teddy Show in Orlando, Florida. The Industry’s Choice winners will now go on to become the nominees for this year’s Public’s Choice Awards, and the winners will be chosen by you, the readers of DOLLS magazine! The Public’s Choice winners will be announced in the January/February 2019 issue of DOLLS magazine.
Photos of the nominees and a paper ballot will be published in the August/September 2018 issue of DOLLS magazine, along with our Reader Survey. You can also vote online here.
Your Chance to Win
This year, we’re also conducting a brief reader survey to find out how we can improve DOLLS magazine for our readers. After submitting your online Public’s Choice Award ballot, you’ll be offered the option to fill out the survey, as well. Every person who fills out the survey will receive one entry in a drawing to win a free one-year subscription (or extension of existing subscription) to DOLLS.
Our Judges
DOLLS magazine sincerely thanks this year’s Industry’s Choice Award judges. Their donation of time and effort in order to evaluate each entry is much appreciated.
Berdine Creedy. A past winner of multiple Diamond Awards, our 2016 Artist of the Year, and a winner of the Jones Publishing Lifetime Achievement Award, Creedy began her dollmaking career in the early ’90s working in porcelain, later began designing vinyl dolls, and then became a popular creator of resin ball-jointed dolls (BJDs).
Stephanie Finnegan. A devotee of all things dolls and bears, Finnegan is the former editor of Teddy Bear Review and DOLLS. She continues today as DOLLS’ senior contributor and blogger. The author of several books on doll artistry and dollhouses, Finnegan is never happier than when she is telling a tale about a new doll line being launched or a forgotten icon being rediscovered.
Jack Johnston. An award-winning doll artist himself, though now retired, Johnston is a Lifetime Achievement Award winner, a dedicated teacher, has authored several books on making art dolls, developed ProSculpt polymer clay, and founded the Professional Doll Makers Art Guild.
Dolls Awards of Excellence
2018 Industry’s Choice Winners
Standard Categories
Collectible Baby Doll
Baby Bella, Paradise Galleries
La Newborn Deluxe Gift Set, JC Toys Group
Lots of Love Ellemenno, Nikki Britt
Paris, Michelle Fagan
Pretty and Petite Presley, The Ashton-Drake Galleries
Collectible Child Doll
Cupcake, Linda Macario for JpopDolls
Giggi, Miroslava Brodlova
Jinny, Nikki Britt
Red Riding Hood, Hildegard Günzel
Sienna, Kaye Wiggs
Collectible Teen/Adult Doll
Belle and Mrs. Potts, Hildegard Günzel
Claire’s New Look, Tonner Doll Company
East Meets West Ling Lang, JAMIEshow Dolls
Lara, Tatiana Tofaneto
Yuri, Ruby Red Galleria
Collectible Fantasy Doll
Beastie, TracyP for JpopDolls
Olive Oyl, Gregg Ortiz
Silent Night Angel, The Ashton-Drake Galleries
Sleeping Beauty Jasmine, Viktoriya Oganyan
Wonder Woman Training Armor Deluxe, Tonner Doll Company
Custom Baby Doll
Lottie, Maria Grover
Valentino Asleep, Laura Tuzio-Ross
Valentino Awake, Laura Tuzio-Ross
Custom Child Doll
Cinderella, Zofia & Henry Zawieruszynski
Flopsy and Mopsy, Liz Frost
Moki, Annette Herrmann
Stella, Connie Lowe
Stella, Rhonda Ingram
Custom Teen/Adult Doll
Gabrysia, Zofia & Henry Zawieruszynski
Nala, Miroslava Brodlova
Portrait of Queen Victoria, Sonja Bryer
Trapeze Artist, Bo Bergemann
Willow, Liz Frost
Custom Fantasy Doll
Andrea, Pat Moulton
Ice Queen, Bo Bergemann
Makiko (faun), Miroslava Brodlova
Prancer, Liz Frost
Yarrow, Kim Arnold
OOAK Baby Doll
Dreaming Beary Much, Mayra Garza
Emma, Fiorenza Biancheri
Little Lida, Sherri Williams
Paisley and Phoenix, Somebunny Loves You!, Lauren Faith Jaimes
Phoenix, Laura Tuzio-Ross
OOAK Child Doll
April, Melinda Wood
Lia Rose, Linda Brown-Trinckes
Little Loves, Brenda Scott
Rose Ann, Beverly Stoehr
Sophia, Cynthia Jensen
OOAK Teen/Adult Doll
Clara, Joy Calhoon
Enchanted Blue, Gregg Ortiz
The Ghost of Christmas Past, Esther Manso
Liberty Grace, Zofia & Henry Zawieruszynski
Rhiannon, Celtic Goddess, Anna Maryina
OOAK Fantasy Doll
Bearded Merman, Barbara Kee
Daphne, Lori Platt
Harlequin, Natalie Ruiz
Princess & Frog, Linda Zalme
Thorin, Esther Manso
Special Categories
Doll Fashion
A Foreign Affaire, Connie Lowe
Lavish, Liz Frost
Regina, Joe Kowalski
A Taste of Spring, Marie Adair
Willow Bohemian Fairy, Brenda Mize
Doll Repaint/Face-Up
Bailey, Charlene Smith
Layla, Alena Gendala
My Twinn, Kim Arnold
Shannon, April Norton
Silvia, Laura Corti
Reborn Doll
Journey, Judy Gray/Wilkinson
Luna, Susan Gibbs
Nina, Albie Wentzel
Richard, Ruth Aguilar
Tiffany, Maria Grover
