More than 600 votes were cast to decide this year’s Public’s Choice winners in the DOLLS Awards of Excellence competition. We’d like to thank everyone who took the time to vote and all of the talented artists who entered their creations in our 2025 competition. Congratulations to this year’s Public’s Choice winners and our 2025 Artist of the Year!
Standard Categories
Baby Doll
Ady, Miroslava Brodlova
Child Doll
Charlotte, Kaye Wiggs
Teen/Adult Doll
Princess Alena, Zofia and Henry Zawieruszynski
Fantasy Doll
Malina, Zofia and Henry Zawieruszynski
OOAK Baby Doll
Gumdrop, Gregg Ortiz
OOAK Child/Teen Doll
Play Tyme, Gregg Ortiz
OOAK Fantasy Doll
Treat Time, Linda Zalme
Special Categories
Reborn Doll/Silicone Kit
Luna, Stacey Haskins
Doll Repaint/Face-Up
Alice, April Norton
Doll Fashion
Vahalani (Hawaiian Sunset), Kathleen Hill
Artist of the Year
Miroslava Brodlova
About the DOLLS Awards of Excellence
The DOLLS Awards of Excellence (DAE) competition recognizes and encourages excellence in the design and creation of dolls. It also has special categories open to repaints and face-ups, doll fashions, and reborn dolls/silicone kits. Photos of all entries are first reviewed and rated by professionals within the doll industry, who evaluate each submission on overall aesthetic appeal; excellence in concept, design, and execution; quality of materials; and workmanship.
The highest-scoring creations in each category receive the DAE Industry’s Choice awards. These winning creations, along with other entrants’ top-rated submissions, become the nominees for the Public’s Choice awards. DOLLS readers vote for their favorite nominee in each category to determine the Public’s Choice winners.
DOLLS will begin accepting entries for the 2026 DAE competition January 5, 2026 — go to dollsmagazine.com/dae to read the complete rules for the competition.
