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Ahmedabad becomes an excellent milestone
Ahmedabad, January 1, 2024
Ahmedabad youth Uttam Parekh, who changes the personality with his hairstyle, has won many awards. Brajesh Sarath of Surat, Ghanshyam Gadhdhar of Surat, Piyush Baland of Vadodara won the World Hair Competition. 14 hair artists from India went to the art. More than 300 people participated.
For the first time in 88 years, a youth from Ahmedabad won a bronze medal for India in the World Hair Styling Championship. For the first time in 88 years, India sent 14 barbers to the tournament held in Kazakhstan in November. Among them was Uttam Parekh, a youth from Ahmedabad.
Parekh won the third prize i.e. bronze medal in the Female Creative Look category. CMC Cat World has been organizing the competition since 1937. The hairstyle ‘Asymmetrical Bob Cut’ won. In which asymmetric cut and bob cut hairstyles were blended.
To participate in the competition, one has to become a member of CMC CAT India. Uttam joined as a member in July 2024. After filling the training form, he was sent to Kazakhstan for the CMC CAT Asian Global Cup on 12 -16 September 2024. Where training was given for the show. After this he applied for the Asian Global Cup as a contestant in the Female Creative Salon Look category.
India won awards in 10 out of 15 categories. Out of which 4 are from Gujarat. Vikram J Pania is the President of CMC CAT India. India has won 10 awards in the CMC Asian Global Cup 2024. India’s beauty industry has reached the global level.
14 hair experts from 3 states-Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat and 10 cities Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Nashik, Pune, Surat, Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Ujjain and Indore participated.
They have also set a world record.
It took two and a half years to convince 15 people to participate. About Rs. per person. 1 lakh, plus a lot of expenses for practice and preparation.
There are 1 crore beauticians and beauty professionals in India.
Awesome description
Uttam Parekh has been a hair dresser for 24 years. 2100 people have been trained in salons and academies in Ahmedabad. Earlier, competitions and world record competitions were won.
Uttam’s father and family used to run a salon. Uttam took over the family business after the 10th class examination. Learned from father 20 years ago.
Uttam Parekh did a hair styling course from a private institute.
In 2020, he set a world record for cutting the most hair at GMDC ground in Ahmedabad.
Creates hairstyle designs on paper. Which communicates unique style and creativity. Haircut is shown on a dummy model. The woman cuts the hair after approving the design. This is done on the dummy model. Hire models. Agency works for him.
Long hair, bob cut and layer cut. Uttam Parekh advises women to take care of their hair. He recommends protein-rich food and more water for hair. It maintains the pH balance of hair.
In women’s hair dressing, Uttam Parekh from Ahmedabad secured third place in Salon Creative Haircut and Sandeep Yadav from Mumbai secured fourth place.
In women’s salon look haircut, which includes cut, color and style, Brajesh Sarath from Surat secured fourth place.
For Bridal Creative Makeup, Sameer Savla from Mumbai got second place.
In men’s short sporty haircut, Aditya Devda from Ujjain secured third place while Piyush Baland from Vadodara secured fourth place.
In the Artistic category, Ghanshyam Gadhdhar from Surat secured first place with the theme “Hairstylist by Night” through Vaja Mkhitaryan’s technique and Manoj Chauhan secured fourth place.
In Barbering – Salon Look, Yogesh Nikam secured first place and also secured fourth place in the Women’s Avantgarde Geo Metric Haircut category.
Yogesh Nikam secured first place in Barbering-Salon Look category and fourth place in Women’s Avantgarde Geo Metric Hair Cut category. The award was presented to him by Luigi Caterino, President of CMC CAT UK.
In Artistic category, Ghanshyam Gadadhar secured first place with the theme “Hairstylist by Night” by Vaja Mikitarian’s technique. He was felicitated by Mrs. Mikitarian Mariana of CMC CAT Russia.
In Bridal Creative Makeup, Sameer Savla from Mumbai secured second place and was felicitated by Luigi Caterina, President of CMC CAT UK.
In Men’s Short Sporty Haircut, Aditya Deora (left) secured third place and Piyush Valand (right) secured fourth place.
All had equipment and products below global standards. Indian hair is usually thick and challenging to style.
Finding models is another challenge. 100 women and 80 men were approached before finding a suitable model.
The contestants used clever tactics like disruptive blow-drying.
Stayed in a hostel with 18 rooms but only 3 bathrooms.
India’s hair and beauty industry showcased immense talent. The international level competition has given recognition to India’s hair skills. It has gained global respect.
Sameer’s bridal look was so impressive that others wanted to learn his technique, opening doors for Indian hair artists internationally.
Every woman wants to try something new and try out new hair styles more than others.
The team wants to have a hair cut. Step cuts were in trend. At that time, colour or short hair was less popular than 20 years ago. Now many women prefer short hair, funky colours, red colour, blue colour and creative styles.
Many South East Asian countries are still not a part of CMC.
Products and technology should be developed according to Indian needs.
Now, the European and World Cup hair beauty competitions are scheduled to be held in 2025.The team will participate in the Euro-Cup in Turkey, in which European and Balkan countries will participate. A new team will be prepared for the next Asian Cup. (Google translation from Gujarati)
