Watch a video above or sift through a slideshow below to learn about the Dolls Awards of Excellence 2019 Industry’s Choice Winners. The complete list is at the bottom of this article.
Winners Now Become Your Public’s Choice Nominees
The 2019 Dolls Awards of Excellence (DAEs, also known as the Diamond Awards) Industry’s Choice winners were announced June 21 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 2020 issue of DOLLS magazine.
Photos of the nominees and a paper ballot will be published in the August/September 2019 issue of DOLLS magazine, along with our Reader Survey.
Dolls Awards of Excellence 2019 Industry’s Choice Winners
Standard Categories
Collectible Baby Doll
Berenguer Classics 1001, JC Toys
Leilani, Lauren Faith Jaimes
Mae, Miroslava Brodlova
Silver and Gold Twins, Ashton Drake
Collectible Child Doll
Addy Joy, Judy Porter
Imani, Kaye Wiggs
Little Ruth Monroe, Connie Lowe
Pumpkin, Liz Frost
Sleeping Beauty, Hildegard Günzel
Collectible Teen/Adult Doll
Adrya in Wonderland, Tatiana Tofaneto
Lia, Cherry Blossoms Fairy, RubyRedGalleria
Princess Meghan Markle, Ashton Drake
Quitara, Kim Arnold
The Snow Queen, Hildegard Günzel
Custom Baby Doll
Bailey, Maria Grover
Fynlee, Lorna Miller Sands
Joel Awake, Laura Tuzio-Ross
Madeline, Christina Whiting
Zaylea, Michelle Fagan
Custom Child Doll
Barbette, Beverly Stoehr
Guusje & Jordan, Zofia & Henry Zawieruszynski
Ruth, Connie Lowe
Sylvia-Scarlet, Miroslava Brodlova
Custom Teen/Adult Doll
Brigitte, Linda Macario
Dorotha, Annemarie Kwikkel
JoEllen, Anna Maryina
Custom Fantasy Doll
Kyrra, Miroslava Brodlova
Tess, Pat Moulton
Yuka Artic Fox Princess, Crystal Bernard
One-of-a-Kind Baby Doll
Bad Hair Day, Mayra Garza
Eva, Elsie Rodriguez
“NO NO!”, Lauren Faith Jaimes
Rose, Sherri Williams
Winnie, Shawna Clymer
One-of-a-Kind Child Doll
Genevive, Hajnalka Mayor
Marietta, Zofia & Henry Zawieruszynski
Mary the Doll Maker, Linda Ehrenfried
Milena & Her Dolly, Molly Mouse, Yulia Shaver
One-of-a-Kind Teen/Adult Doll
Best Friends, Esther Manso
Camille, Joy Calhoon
Chocolate Woman, Gulnara Kharazova
Holy Skeleton: Sparrow, Zulu Lo
Venus, Stella Tu
One-of-a-Kind Fantasy Doll
Asian Fawn, Adele Sciortino
Candy, Konstantina Morou
Captain Duke Woodes Rogers, Kassity Allison
Evalena, Collette Hatch
Sight, Barbara Kee
Special Categories
Doll Fashion
Chrysalis, Brenda Mize
Sun Rise, Joe Kowalski
Triple Crown Winner, dal Rosario-Lowenbein
Vannora (1880s Gown), Kathleen Hill
Doll Repaint/Face-Up
Cherie Blossom, Emily Goldman
Freckle Face, Ellie Doster
Hope, Charlene Smith
Little Lou, April Norton
Saffi, Alena Gendala
Reborn Doll
Agata, Ruth Aguilar
Azalea, Stacey Haskins
Emerson, Susan Gibbs
Miracle, Dina Meneses Enes
Noah, Sharron Hoffmann
