L’Oréal Paris Femina Women Awards 2013

Announcing the second edition of L’Oréal Paris Femina Women Awards 2013

·         L’Oréal Paris Femina Women Awards to be held on March 19’ 2013 in Mumbai

·         L'Oréal Paris Brand Ambassador Sonam Kapoor announces the nominees

·         Nominees shortlisted after an extensive research process and an esteemed jury panel to select winners

Mumbai, March 7’2013: As the world marks International Women’s Day, a day inspiring women and celebrating their achievements, Femina - India’s first and largest read women’s lifestyle magazine in association with iconic beauty brand  - L’Oréal Paris announced the second edition of L’Oréal Paris Femina Women Awards 2013. Present at a special ceremony to announce the nominees were Tanya Chaitanya (Editor, Femina), Manashi Guha (Marketing Manager, L'Oréal Paris) and Sonam Kapoor (L'Oréal Paris Brand Ambassador). Lauding women of worth, the awards will be held in Mumbai on 19^th March 2013.

Honoring women with extraordinary accomplishments, outstanding leadership qualities and exceptional commitment to their careers and communities; the L’Oréal Paris Femina Women Awards will have 17 categories including science, business and entrepreneurship, sports, art, education, television, and music, among others.  The nominees have been shortlisted after an extensive research process while identifying each one’s key contribution in their respective fields. These unique awards recognize and felicitate Women of Worth, while celebrating the many facets of their growth and prosperity.

The jury for the second edition of the awards chairs the most esteemed panel and achievers from across various fields like:

v  Sudha Murthy, Chairperson, Infosys Foundation

v  Gauri Shinde, Ad-film and feature film director

v  Neeta Lulla, Fashion stylist and costume designer

v  Meera Sanyal, Chairperson and Country Executive for Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS Group)

v  Seema Biswas, Film and Theatre actress

v  Pierre-Yves Arzel, Managing Director, L’Oréal India

v  Tanya Chaitanya, Editor, Femina

Sharing his views on organizing these awards, Tarun Rai, CEO, World Wide Media said, “For five decades Femina has been the friend, philosopher and guide to the modern Indian woman. It has inspired as well as celebrated her achievements. And over these years Femina has grown to become India’s largest English women’s magazine. It is, only appropriate that Femina is awarding the Tangram trophy to women across 17 diverse categories. And we are happy that we have a like-minded brand, L’Oreal, partnering us in this endeavor

Sharing her thoughts, Tanya Chaitanya, Editor, Femina said, “The L’Oreal Paris Femina Women Awards 2013 have gone a step further this year. This time we have made an all-out effort to introduce you to the unsung women who make a difference around us right from art to business, environment to science and technology. Not all the women on our nominee list are well known, but we promise you: each one of them is worth it.”

Manashi Guha, Marketing Manager, L'Oréal Paris said, “L'Oréal Paris through its legendary signature ‘Because You’re Worth It’, has always encouraged women to empower themselves and lead an extraordinary life while feeling beautiful from within. L'Oréal Paris salutes these extraordinary Women of Worth who have generously showed their unwavering support to various causes through multitude of initiatives and innovations. It is our pride and privilege as a beauty brand to co-create a platform like the L'Oréal Paris Femina Women Awards where women are recognized for their efforts.”

Showing her support was L'Oréal Paris brand ambassador Sonam Kapoor, “As a young woman, I am honoured to support a platform that celebrates and honours the most accomplished women in various walks of life for their talent, grace and ability to inspire and achieve. Being a part of the L'Oréal Paris family has inspired me to play a larger part in this wonderful initiative. My personal favorite is the founder of ‘Bal Rashmi’. She has done some phenomenal work against sexual exploitation and towards the empowerment of women and children”.

Readers are also invited to vote for the Reader’s Choice Category by visiting www.facebook.com/feminawoman and www.facebook.com/lorealparisindia

L’Oréal Paris Femina Women Awards 2013  Nominations
Sr. No	Category	Nominee
Reader's Choice Award
1	Favourite Face Of A Cause	Amala Akkineni
		Shabana Azmi
		Sampat Pal Devi
		Dr. Sunitha Krishnan
2	Science And Innovation	Neha Juneja
		Zubaida Bai
		Rashmi Bharti
		Promita Sengupta
3	Online Influencer	Anusha Yadav
		Rajashree Khalap
		Nayantara Kilachand
		Nilanjana Roy
		Ruhi Sheikh
4	Social Impact	Chetna Gala Sinha
		Usha Chaudhary
		Kousalya Periasamy
		Bertha G Dkhar
		Alice Garg
Editor's Choice Award
5	Style	Kalki Koechlin
		Lisa Haydon
		Carol Gracias, model
		Kiran Rao, director
6	Women We Love	MC Mary Kom
		Shirin Juwaley
		Deepa Malik
		Vidya Balan
		Sridevi
7	Leadership	Aruna Jayanthi
		Roopa Kudwa
		Kalpana Morparia
		Shikha Sharma
		Neelam Dhawan
Jury Awards
8	Television	Svati Chakravarty Bhatkal
		Sakshi Tanwar
		Kirron Kher
		Ayesha Sharma
		Ritu Dalmia
9	Design	Deepika Govind
		Paromita Banerjee
		Aneeth Arora
		Niki Mahajan
		Gunjan Gupta
10	Sports	Saina Nehwal
		Sharmila Nicolette
		Mithali Raj
		Tania Sachdev
		MC Mary Kom
11	Art	Sharmishta Ray
		Milburn Cherian
		Shilpa Gupta
		Anju Dodiya
		Hema Upadhyay
12	Business And Entrepreneurship	Reshma Anand
		Tara Thiagarajan
		Neha Kirpal
		Neysa Mendes
		Simrit Malhi
13	Music	Anoushka Shankar
		Shilpa Rao
		Suman Sridhar
		Shreya Ghoshal
		Bombay Jayshree
14	Performing Arts	Nandita Das
		Ratna Pathak
		Padmini Chettur
		Preethi Athreya
		Sanjana Kapoor and Sameera Iyengar
15	Literary Contribution	Janice Pariat
		Swati Kaushal
		Anita Nair
		Anuja Chauhan
		Namita Gokhale
16	Environment	Cheryl D’Souza
		Krithi Karanth
		Rhea Rosalind Ramji
		Kanchi Kohli
		Ishita Khanna
17	Education	Shaheen Mistri
		Sabbah Haji
		Afshan Perveen
		Faith Gonsalves
		Sonal Mehta