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New Zealander wins top hairdressing award.

Auckland hairdresser Lucy Marr has won the top award at the largest hairdressing event in the Southern Hemisphere, the Hair Expo in Sydney.

Marr scooped the New Zealand Hairdresser of the Year Award based on what the judges describe as an "adventurous and edgy" photographic portfolio backed up by strong business and marketing plans.

Marr is co-owner of Stephen Marr Hair Skin and Body salons with her husband Stephen. A second salon has just opened in Newmarket.

While the structure of the Expo does not allow for direct competition between the New Zealand and Australian finalists, the same international judging panel sits across both categories.

Organisers say New Zealand's strong reputation for innovation and global thinking across the Tasman is a huge part of the Hair Expo event.

Director Anthony Mascolo insists New Zealand is without question a "first rung hairdressing nation" and it's hairdressers as exciting and cutting edge as its fashion designers.

He describes Marr's winning style as "capturing the spirit of youth New Zealand. She is no shrinking kiwi!"

Marr who has been hairdressing for fifteen years is a well known commentator on hair styling and direction in the New Zealand beauty media.

"This Award is one of the most sought after in hairdressing and I'm really thrilled to win. Even more significantly, it's a celebration of the differences in Australian and New Zealand hairdressing styles and that's great for the whole industry."

The hairdressing awards at the Hair Expo are the climax of three days of seminars, shows and product and technological developments.

Now in its eighteenth year, the Hair Expo proclaims its Awards as the "Everest" of hairdressing excellence.

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