Well, ok so I’m a BEAUTY judge, not Judge Judy 🙂
Its a secret I’ve been dying to tell for months, but its a secret no longer, that I was invited to be one of the judges in the Her World Beauty Awards 2012! *squeal*
The Her World Beauty Awards (HWBA) is an annual affair where the magazine awards the best of the best products in a given category. When I ran the My Women Stuff Readers’ Choice Awards last year, I parodied it a little so it was a little gratifying to suddenly find myself being put in a situation where I had a say on what could be deemed the best in its category. A daunting task and it was absolutely fascinating knowing what goes on behind the scenes! Can’t share it all for now though I will soon 😉
Thanks to reader Sandra on twitter, I found out that there was already mention of the HWBA judging panel in the June edition so I ran out and picked it up. So please do excuse my narcissism in this post 😛
The list of winners of the HWBA will be announced in the July 2012 edition of the Her World magazine and I’m also curious to know who won. There were some categories where the judges weren’t quite on the same page about, so its going to be interesting to see which one ultimately won, since the Her World editorial team have a say too. I met some absolutely fascinating ladies who formed the rest of the judging panel, whose credentials totally slay me! You can read about them here.
Apparently, there is an interview too. Oh dear. I gave some irreverent answers when the interview questions were posed so I’m actually cringing in my seat knowing that it will be published. Drat! 😛
So that’s about it for now. Thank you for indulging me my narcissism and thank you too to Michelle and all at Her World who thought about having a beauty blogger on board this year. I loved the experience and I am most gratified to have been accorded the trust and given the opportunity to have my say in this year’s Beauty Awards, irreverent or otherwise 🙂
To everyone who may have stumbled on My Women Stuff via the June edition of Her World magazine, I bid you welcome and I hope you enjoy your visit! Please say Hi, because I love hearing from you 🙂
xoxo
Paris B
Ching says
Congratulations Paris! I “tumpang” happy and just can’t wait for the results issue!! I always enjoyed reading issues on beauty awards!!
Paris B says
Thank you Ching! Means a lot to me, and I’m always curious to see which products win beauty awards too! Some are very surprising 🙂
Mari Ohira says
That’s so cool! I’ve just arrived from Europe and came across such great news! 😉 Congrats!
Paris B says
Thank you Mari! And you went to Europe again! What fun! 😀
Lisa says
waa hoo…Judge Paris. What a title. I would love to read this issue of Her World and the wins.
Paris B says
Thank you Lisa! This is the Malaysian edition though 🙂
Jyoan says
Oh my gosh! Seriously? Congratulations! Oh, it must be super fun! Great job.
But is HerWorld divided into Malaysia and Singapore? If I buy my HerWorld, is it the same?
Paris B says
Thank you Jyoan 🙂 It was great fun! Yes, I believe Her World has different editions in different countries so this is the Malaysian edition of Her World 🙂
espenine says
Oh so your name is Sue! 🙂
Now be a good judge, otherwise you will be Sue-d! Can’t help it with the pun, your name is too enticing. 😛
Paris B says
teehee… yeah lived with that pun a lot 😉 Thanks!
Jean says
Congrats!! That’s seriously fantastic! 😀 I don’t have access to the magazine, but if I ever do I’ll check out the July issue! 🙂
Paris B says
Thank you Jean! I’ll be sure to scan up the pages 😀
lyn says
Congratulations, PB! This is so exciting and I can’t wait to read more in next month’s issue 🙂
Paris B says
Thanks Lyn! 😀
nia says
oh this is so awesome! congrats!
Paris B says
Thank you Nia! 🙂
Ginny says
Syabas, PB! You’re getting real famous, so hi five for revealing your real monicker! Being chosen as a beauty judge speaks volumes of your impeccable taste and sound judgment, which kind of rubs off on your legions of blog readers. Nobody deserves the honour better than you. Well done!
Paris B says
Aww thank you so much Ginny! Appreciate your support a lot! 😀
Joy Chuah says
Congrats PB! That’s fantastically awesome. I was wondering why you bought 2 copies of Her World when I saw your tweet about it. Now I know…Nyah, nyah, nyah….
Paris B says
Thank you Joy! I don’t even buy mags at the best of times so yeah, buying 2 at one go was quite curious 😉
Lumi says
Oohh, that’s cool! Congrats, Paris! ^^b
(Had no idea your real name was Sue, too!)
Paris B says
Thank you Lumi! Few people do 😉
Joy Chong says
COOL!!! Congrats Sue!
OOOoooo….. and Monica Lee also, she was my makeup teacher.
Paris B says
Thanks Joy! I didn’t know who she was, but she sounded like she knew her stuff! It was very educational listening to all of them 🙂
gio says
That’s awesome, congrats! I’m really happy for you!
Paris B says
Thank you Gio! 🙂
Sze Ling says
Woot! Congratulations! 😀
I’ve never buy Her World before. Guess it just slipped under my radar. So gonna run out and buy the July edition just for this. 😉
Paris B says
Aww thank you Sze Ling! 😀 I’ve never bought the mag before this either! LOL!! 😉
beetrice says
a bit late to the wagon, but congrats!! 😀 can’t wait to hear more about it!
Paris B says
Thanks Bee! 😀
Swati says
congrats Paris 🙂 that’s indeed a gratifying honor!!
Paris B says
Thank you so much Swati!
Mira says
Wow! That’s soooo awesome, being featured as a judge! Congratulations! I’m soooo happy for you.
Paris B says
Thank you so much Mira! 🙂
Syen says
OOOOOH!!! Congrats dearie!! Haha. Don’t forget your gavel!
Paris B says
Haha thanks! 😀
LeGeeque says
You do know you totally deserve this? 🙂 If you have another MWS award in Malaysia, Tina (Henry aka tinnipoo) and I will fly in from our corners of the world to be there. Her in her cheongsam. BHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH
Paris B says
Thanks bunches! No plans for a party this year but who knows how anything will turn out 😉
milktea says
Can’t wait for the July issue! dang… it’s only early June now! 2 weeks to go before the July mags hit the street… 🙂 Congrats for being selected as a judge, PB!
Paris B says
Thank you! I’ll most definitely be keeping an eye out for the July issue 😀