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The South Florida Bloggers Awards 2017 Recap

By Nabila Verushka · On January 19, 2018


Photo credit: Annabel Mejia

This year the South Florida Bloggers Awards were presented by Capital One and they were a whirlwind of glamour, fun, and emotion! We honored the top bloggers in the community by awarding them Best Blogger of 2017 in twelve categories: Fashion, Food, Lifestyle, Parenting, DIY, Finance, Health, Inspirational, Local, Beauty, Travel, and Photography.

Congratulations to the South Florida Bloggers Awards 2017 Winners

Best Fashion Blogger 2017: The Fashion Muse

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Best Finance Blogger 2017 presented by Capital One: Make Your Money Honey

Miami Bloggers Awards 2017 - Best Finance Blogger

Best Food Blogger 2017 presented by Delivery Dudes: Lokal Eats

 

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Best Lifestyle Blogger 2017: Blame It On Mei

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Best Inspirational Blogger 2017: Sookton

Photo credit: Annabel Mejia

Best Parenting Blogger 2017: Three Under 2

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Best Health Blogger 2017: Hype Girls

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Best Inspirational Local 2017: Hami in Miami

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Best Inspirational Travel 2017: Planes, Trains & Champagne

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Best Inspirational DIY 2017: The Creative Heart Studio

Founder, Paola Mendez, receiving the award for Creative Heart Studio. Photo credit: Annabel Mejia

Best Inspirational Beauty 2017: Voguish Diet

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Best Inspirational Photography 2017: BonnieRzM

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The South Florida Bloggers Awards 2017 Award Ceremony


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Upon arrival attendees registered and received South Florida Bloggers Awards goodie bags designed by Vintage Unicorn. The bags were stuffed with gifts from our sponsors including mud masks and bar soaps from Shea Moisture, children’s vitamins from Renzo’s Vitamins, Shake Shack’s adorable burger & fries plushies, Capital One Cafe opening brochures and coffee coupons, sunglasses, and more!


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Lights Camera Shoot takes the most gorgeous photos at their photobooth. The attendees documented their awards attendance with their professional photos.


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Then, it was finally time to open the envelopes and announce the winners of the year. The awards were handmade by Vintage Unicorn and Dapper Animals. Each trophy is a unique work of art.


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The intricate string art backdrop was a collaboration between Vintage Unicorn design studio, Dapper Animals diy creatives, and Scotty Wonders custom woodworking studio.


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You could feel the excitement as the attendees took their seats as Nicole Valdes kicked off the event with tons of energy. Thanks for the laughs the entire afternoon, Nicky! Nicky was also part of our panel of judges whom scored the semi-finalists’ blogs.


Photo credit: Annabel Mejia

Honeybee Doughnuts had towers of treats for the attendees after lunch.


Photo credit: Angelica Konrad

Crave Clean provided healthy desserts and served protein cupcakes.


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As one of our sponsors, Whole Foods had all kinds of goodies for the attendees. It was a cheese-lovers dream come true with all kinds of cheeses, crackers and spreads. The snacks were paired with kombrewcha. Attendees also had the chance to meet the Whole Foods marketing team during our PR Meet & Greet one-on-one sessions.


Photo credit: Nabila Verushka

Photo credit: Nabila Verushka

Renzo’s vitamins spread their nutritious love by sharing their vitamins in the award gift bags. They also made some new influencer connections during the PR Meet & Greet.

 


These are those super cute Shake Shack plushies we were talking about! They make you want to squish them.


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Sponsor, Delivery Dudes, presented the Best Food Blogger Award of 2017.


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Photo credit: Annabel Mejia


Photo credit: Annabel Mejia


Photo credit: Annabel Mejia


Photo credit: Annabel Mejia

Photo credit: Angelica Konrad

Photo credit: Angelica Konrad

Thank you everyone who celebrated the 2017 South Florida Bloggers Awards with us! We can’t wait to see you in the next one!

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  • I Won a Blogging Award from the South Florida Bloggers Union - Sookton.com - Suki Eleuterio says: August 14, 2018 at 7:55 pm

    […] that I was one of the finalists in the category of “Inspirational Blogger” by the South Florida Bloggers Union. The awards ceremony was scheduled for December 9th and they would announce the winner then. That […]

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