The preselections are over: here come our new heroes

April 11, 2003

Preselections are over, and we would like to thank everyone so much for coming and working so hard, viewing, discussing, voting, thinking for so many hours!
So thank you Wilbert (the man who never gets tired!), Laurent, Barbara, David, and also a special thanks to the journalists -Arianna Boria, Fabianne Reybaud and Alex Tovey who were present here all day long!

Here are the names of the 26 finalists (more detailed news in the next days)

NAME
NATION
SCHOOL
Amra RASIDKADIC AUSTRIA Universitat fur Angewandte Kunst Mode am Institut Fur Design
Slobodan MIHAJLOVIC' BELGIUM Hogeschool Antwerpen
Veronique MERSCH BELGIUM La Cambre ECOLE NATIONAL SUPERIEURE DES ARTS VISUELS
Cathy PILL BELGIUM La Cambre ECOLE NATIONAL SUPERIEURE DES ARTS VISUELS
Carole LAMBERT BELGIUM La Cambre ECOLE NATIONAL SUPERIEURE DES ARTS VISUELS
Veronica WUNDERLIN NEUMAN COLOMBIA Escuela International de Diseno y Comercio LaSalle
Marianne HALD STECH STEFFENSEN DENMARK Denmarks Designskole Fashion Department
Anne VENTZEL DENMARK Designskolen Kolding
Junichi SHINOHARA FRANCE Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne
Meiken RAU GERMANY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCE
Tonja ZELLER GERMANY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCE
Akihiro KIUCHI JAPAN Bunka Fashion College
Teppei SUGAYA JAPAN Bunka Fashion College
Arunabh SHARMA INDIA NIFT National Institute of Fashion Technology
Lior COHEN ISRAEL Shenkar School of Engineering and Design
Maya NEGRI ISRAEL Shenkar School of Engineering and Design
Claudette ZOREA ISRAEL Shenkar School of Engineering and Design
Fabrizio TALIA ITALY KOEFIA accademia internazionale d'alta moda e d'arte del costume
Monique VAN HEIST HOLLAND Fashion Institute Arnhem
Hamid ED-DAKHISSI HOLLAND Fashion Institute Arnhem
Joline JOLINK HOLLAND Hogeschool Voor de Kunsten Arnhem HKA
Kelly KONINGS HOLLAND Hogeschool Voor de Kunsten Arnhem HKA
Sofie EDVARD NIELSEN HOLLAND DesignSkolen Kolding + Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht - HKU
Jonathan SEOW KIAN KOK SINGAPORE Raffles LaSalle International Design School -Singapore
Jing Hua GE SINGAPORE LaSalle-SIA College of the Arts + RMIT Dept. of Fashion Design
Takaharu OSAKO UK Central St. Martins College of Art and Design School of Art - Fashion -
Suzy TAMINI USA S. FRANCISCO Academy of Arts College


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