[Guest-of-Honor Ms Sim Ann taking a group photo, or wefie, with all the winners]
Already in its 7th year, the Singapore Blog Awards (organized by SPH and OMY.sg) provides recognition for the best in the blogosphere every year. This year’s awards ceremony at the *SCAPE Ground Theatre was graced by Minister of State, Ms Sim Ann.
Prior to the awards ceremony, the winners for 3 voters’ categories were announced on the SBA website.
Favorite Twitter Influencer: Spin or Bin Music
Favorite YouTube Channel: NinjaGirls
Favorite Celebrity Instagram Account: Aaron Yan
Ms Sim Ann wowed the crowd with her speech delivered in fluent English and Mandarin. She also bothered to read up on the finalists’ blogs and could name her favorites during her speech.
{ Winners for the Advertisers’ Choice Categories }
Best Beauty Blog:
1) Jessie Ting
2) Jean Gan
3) Cheryl Chio
Best Cooking Blog:
1) The Domestic Goddess Wannabe
2) Little Miss Bento
3) Twice As Delicious
As for the Main Category / Judges’ Choice winners, they each received a trophy, 5D4N trip to the Philippines, a pair of tickets to Alive Museum Singapore and hair care products.
{ Judges’ Choice Winners }
Best Family Blog: Mum in the Making
Best Fashion Blog: Shopping Queen’s Haven
Best Food Blog: Johor Kaki
Best Individual Blog: 女飞侠
Best Lifestyle Blog: Smith’s Blog
Best New Blog: Travelled Paths
Best Photography Blog: 龟头部落
Best Topical Blog: Seriously Man
Best Travel Blog: Allyoffduty
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My blogging mentee, Simon Chan from Travelled Paths, won the Best New Blog award and here is his trophy and certificate:
Another student of mine, Steven Lek from retiredowhat.com, was a Top 10 Finalist in the Best Individual Blog category. 🙂
My heartiest congratulations to all the winners and finalists!
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[Grace is an award-winning business and lifestyle blogger. She blogs at workingwithgrace.wordpress.com. Having won at last year’s Blog Awards, she now finds joy in helping other bloggers shine on the same stage. She may be contacted at [email protected]]