And the winner is...
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Girls! Make Your Mark Awards: Pearl Lowe
With vocal coach Carrie Grant hosting, Make Your Mark joined forces with handbag.com for the Girls! Make Your Mark Awards, celebrating the finest female entrepreneurs. Taking place at London\'s swish Landmark Hotel, fashion designer Pearl Lowe (left) and Big Issue founder John Bird were also there to present awards to our fabulous female winners. With so many fantastic nominees, (check them out here) the judges had their work cut out for them.
Take a look at our blog of the day\'s event: 21 women doing it for themselves
Natasha Faith and Semhal Zemikael
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Girls! Make Your Mark Awards: Natasha Faith and Semhal Zemikael from La Diosa jewellery
The 22-year-old duo behind La Diosa ("the goddess" in Spanish) jewellery provided the beautiful bespoke necklaces for our award winners and also presented the Pioneer Award. Worn by the likes of Leona Lewis and feted by the fashion press (handbag.com included, of course), you can snap up their designs in Harvey Nichols.
The presenters and our host
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Girls! Make Your Mark Awards: Gita Patel, Pearl Lowe, Carrie Grant, John Bird, Alaina Vieru
From left to right: Business woman extraordinaire and Director of Stargate Capital Investment Group Gita Patel, fashion designer Pearl Lowe, host and vocal coach/business advisor Carrie Grant, Big Issue founder John Bird and handbag.com Lifestyle Editor Alaina Vieru.
Female Entrepreneur Of The Year winner
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Girls! Make Your Mark Awards: Jennifer Irvine
Jennifer Irvine, who won for her diet-to-your-door company, The Pure Package said of her win, "It was a huge honour to receive an award from such an incredible organisation. Not only does it spread the word of what we do but it is a huge boost for our whole team who work so hard to keep The Pure Package top of its game."
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The Pioneer Award winner
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Girls! Make Your Mark Awards: Emilie and Louise Olsson
The "original Olsson twins" Emilie and Louise Olsson took home an award for their company The Catapult Club, which offers a range of different experiences aimed to empower women all in a cool and luxurious setting. "We are still in shock about winning. Girls! Make Your Mark is about empowerment and confidence, which is exactly what we\'re about so it feels fantastic to have been selected by their judging panel. For a new business it can be difficult to make sure that people hear about you so we hope that winning will help us get our message out there," say the sisters.
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Entrepreneur With A Conscience winner
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Girls! Make Your Mark Awards: Carry Somers
Inspired by the late Body Shop founder Anita Roddick, Carry Somers took home an award for her fair trade company Pachacuti. Carry says of her award, "I was absolutely delighted and very surprised to be chosen as the winner of the Entrepreneur With A Conscience award, particularly as I was up against such a strong selection of finalists. This award is a fantastic recognition of my work in pioneering fair trade fashion in the UK and I hope that it will provide me with a platform from which to inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs to work more ethically."
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Handbags And Gladrags Award winner
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Girls! Make Your Mark Awards: Sarah Brown
Presented her award by Pearl Lowe, winner Sarah Brown of Pai Skinkcare says "Receiving the Handbags And Gladrags award was such a fantastic experience and a real highlight in my journey with Pai Skincare so far. The recognition is also a great support in helping me fulfil my passion to build awareness about organic skincare."
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The People\'s Choice Award
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Girls! Make Your Mark Awards: Sanchita Saha
Voted for by the public on handbag.com, Sanchita Saha took home the People\'s Choice Award for her social networking site CitySocialising.com. Sanchita says, "I\'m really thrilled to have won the People\'s Choice award for CitySocialising, especially as it was voted for by the public. We\'ve achieved a lot in the past 18 months, connecting tens of thousands of young professionals across the UK, but hopefully winning this award will go some way towards helping us raise the investment we need to further develop the site and service in the UK and into Europe, and make a positive difference to the lives of more."
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