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TOP FINALISTS
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Best Attorney
Best School Marching Band
Best Car Dealership
Best Make-Up Artist
Best Business Product
Best Live Band
Adam Clements Carl Collins Cliff Woodards Daniel J. Reid Gary Jones Janecki Nance Jehan Crump-Gibson Judge Craig Strong Judge Vonda Evans Kim Ward Kymberly Kinchen Nikkiya Branch Ray Paige Urenia Ricks-Johnson Wayne County Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy Wendy Turner Lewis
Cass Tech Marching Band Detroit School of Arts Martin Luther King Jr. Sr. High School Mumford High School Oak Park Marching Legion Renaissance High School River Rouge High School Southfield High School
Authentic Motor Sales Avis Ford Big 3 Auto Sales Jorgensen Ford Mercedes Benz of St. Clair Shores Merollis Chevrolet Prestige Automotive Group Rodgers Chevrolet Royal Oak Ford
Brittany Garner Courtney Shelby Danielle Brown Eonet Brown George McKenney Latia Calloway Liz Richardson (Liz Renee) Rashida Williams Shalonda Wooten Hargress Sydni Jones Talya Ashford Toi Wagner
Banks Bail Bonds App Breathe Spa Products Eco Tax Software Go Smoothies Heritage Optical J’adore Cosmetics PBA Royal The Natural Market
313 Live Experience Band Alise King & The Pure Nastiness Band B. Williams Experiment Circle of Sound Collective Peace Hot Sauce Jukeboxx Larry Lee & The Back in the Day Band Phase 5 and Phase 5 Orchestra Randy Scott
Best Elected Official Congressman John Conyers, Jr. Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence Council Member Andre Spivey Council Member James Tate Council Member Janee` Ayers Council Member Mary Sheffield Council President Brenda Jones Detroit Police Commissioner Willie Burton Judge Craig Strong Judge David A. Perkins Wayne County Executive Warren Evans Wayne County Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy Wayne County Treasurer Eric R. Sabree
Best Bar/Club/Lounge 211 Ultra Lounge Bakers Keyboard Lounge Bert’s Warehouse Encore Lounge Epitome Firewater 2 Flood’s Bar & Grill Friends Cocktail Lounge Mix Bricktown Opyum Lounge PV Lounge Rockefeller Oyster Bar Teresa’s Place Truth Music Café TV Lounge Yesterday’s
Best Restaurant 1917 American Bistro Beans & Cornbread Crabhouse Ribs & Soul Detroit Seafood Market Detroit Soul Café Great Lakes Burger Bar Kuzzo’s Chicken & Waffles Motor City Soul Food Pasta Bowl Savannah Blue Scrappy Joe’s Steve’s Soul Food at Riverfront The Block
Best Food Franchise Edible Arrangements J & J Fish McDonald’s (Errol Service) McDonald’s (Jamjomar) McDonald’s (Ron Moten) McDonald’s (Virgilli Management) McDonald’s (West Davison) Tim Horton’s Wing Stop
Best School Teacher Angela Davis Brandy Walker Dr. Eddie Connor Dr. Richard T. James Gwendolyn Denham Hawanya Urquhart Kim Mitchell Latoya Daniels Stephanie Murray Tiffany Jackson Vicki Green
Best School Principal Aisha Scott Delois Spryszak Ernestine Sanders Hal Heard Jason Drain Jorvanna Drain Lisa Phillips Ronald Alexander Schranda Collier Wendy Shirle
Best School Athlete Andre D. Bell Antwon Burgess Cassius Winston Donnell Alexander Donnie Corley Donovan Parker Donovan People-Jones Elijah-juan Pearcy Jahz Watts Jalen Martin
Best Car Wash/Auto Detailing Celebrity Car Wash & Detail Doctor Detroit Auto Detailing Edwina Car Wash Exquisite Car Wash Frank’s Car Wash Lyshern’s Auto Detailing Mr. Pops Detail Shop Scotty B’s Car Wash The Wash Rack
Best High School
Best Hair Salon
Cass Technical High School Central Collegiate Academy Communications & Media Arts High School Detroit School of Arts Martin Luther King Jr. Sr. High School Mumford High School Oak Park High School Osborn High School Renaissance High School River Rouge High School Southfield High School University High School Academy
Directions Salon Elite Virgin Hair Co. by Bree Envy Me Salon Foil Salon Hair Art Kut Em Up Hair Salon Nfluence Hair Salon Pretty Girl Studio Primm Beauty Salon Covas Salon Hype Hair Salon Jacqueline & Spa Salon Posh Salon Simply Beautiful Sharmell’s Hair Salon Textures by Nefertiti Vixen Hair Salon
Best High School Coach Barry Cannon Corey Parker Dale Harvel Ken Flowers Lynn Sanders Robert Dozier Thomas Wilcher
Best Sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha Chi Eta Phi-Lambda Chi Chapter Delta Sigma Theta Eastern Star Gamma Phi Delta Sigma Gamma Rho Zeta Phi Beta
Best Fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha F&A Masons Kappa Alpha Psi Omega Psi Phi Phi Beta Sigma Phi Eta Psi
Best Photographer/Videographer AJ Photography ATE-UP Videos Belton Media Group Davide Anderson Photography Dr. Richard T. James, Jr. G. Greg Wells Photography Justin Milhouse Kory Woods Updated Media Detroit Lavish Touch Photography LeoSage Images Monica Morgan Photography My Touch Films Patricia McDowell Photography
Best Caterer Beans & Cornbread Durden’s Catering Fire N’ Ice Catering Flavorful Expressions Catering Jackson Five Star Catering Last Minute Gourmet Catering Southern Comfort Soul Food Touch of Class Catering
Amina Daniels Armond Rashad Chris Huff Felicia Maxwell Fresh Glenn Lott John C Jones Lazet Michaels Boatman Nisette Gray Raphael Williams Sydni Jones
All About Technology Breathe Beauty Bar Darling Dior Boutique Detroit vs. Everybody Dollhouse Café Enjoy Detroit God’s World Heritage Optical Mom and Pop Toy Shop S&S Intimates Silver Fox Furs Simply Casual Stef N Ty The Natural Market The Shoe Lady
Best Clothing Store
Best News Anchor
A Diva’s Everything Curve Bella/Curve Envy Darling Dior Upscale Boutique & Beauty Bar Detroit Is The New Black Detroit vs. Everybody Dollhouse Café Fashion International Flagship Boutique Flo Boutique Hot Sam’s K Flair Studios Simply Casual Swank The Fashion Place Three Thirteen
Anquenette Jamison Carmen Harlan Carolyn Clifford Diana Lewis Evrod Cassimy Glenda Lewis Huel Perkins Kimberly Gill Lee Thomas Malcolm Maddox Maurielle Lue Rhonda Walker
Best Personal Trainer
Best Cosmetologist Alisha Taylor Deserae Byrd Dominque Hardy John Gooden Kenia Burns Kia J Nathan Adams Nicole Williams Yolanda Green- Yody
Best Clothing Line/Designer Beautiful Stoner Bonita Couture Detroit Is The New Black Diane Berry FlyTy’s 24hourcreations/Tyrone Hunter House of Zuri Kierra Sheard KWD Style Lynette Halalay of Knit Sew Fabulous Young Socialites/Naima D. Melonson YPVL
Best Barber Shop Cut It Out International Executive Cuts Final Cutz Barbershop Kut Em Up Heavyweights Cuts – Indian Village Jays Fades Marc Robert Experience Mo Heads Social Club Grooming & Co.
Best Local Producer Brandon Williams Dwele Freezabag Gutta Helluva313 J Drew Sheard II J. Moss Key Wane Maestro Nov Ra Paul Allen Payroll Giovanni Rokk Mass Entertainment Group
Best Barber Aiden Hollister Al Wilson Damarius Alexander Huggy 313itcBarbershop Ian Slaughter Jay of Jay Fades Kay the Barber Marc Roberts Quincy Robinson Ricardo Robert Frazier Sebastian Jackson Shalom @shalomissocool Sterling Brown Tee (Cut_to_the_Tee) Terrance Vann Tiff the Barber
Best Tattoo Artist Deon Woodward Jason Phillips Krissy the Butcher Lorri Thomas Lady L Sebastian Murphy Thomas Jones Young RU
Best Service Business
Best Nail Technician
Blackwood Credit Services Fancy Flash Photo Booth Gold Standard Massage Clinic Goodness Gracious Mobile Media Marketing Group PBA Royal Stepladder Construction Upscale Retreat – Corporate Chair Massage Visiting Angels of Detroit Woodhouse Day Spa
Fatima Squirewell Finnie Jenkins Gemini Twin Shauwn Diva Mika Marie MzShanna Artavia Nails by Lala Rochelle Dudley Williams Stormie Norwood Tia Bills Tonya Williams Vakeisha Calloway
Sponsors
Best Retail Business
Best Instagram Personality Ayisha Smith 13 Blues Lady Champagne Coco Radio Deelishis Dope Island Eastside Ivo Haha Davis Kenny Knox La’Britney MeechOnMars Stewe Tattooman Paige TBoyd_ Thy Real TKay Versatilenstyle Kajuan Clark
Best Club Promoter Darnell Macon FameCipriano Kevin Maples Maria B. Stanfield Terrance Woods Tiba Entertainment To-To Wilson/Eklectiq Enterprise Urban Organic
Best Local Artist Alise King Angela Davis Brandon Williams Chrissii Key Elijah Connor Icewear Vezzo Isis Damil L’Renee La’Britney Lamar Anthem Shelby 5
Best Comedian Antirell McCoy Coco Dope Island Downtown Tony Brown Eastside Ivo Faygo Red Foolish Horace HB Sanders J Bell Joshua Adams Kool-Aide MeechOnMars Mike Bonner
Best Local Film 2Eleven 5k1 Buffed Up Cody High Five 0 I Am My Sister’s Keeper Memoirs of a Black Man Once Upon A Time in Detroit Project 313 SCARS The Great Detroit
Best Gospel/Church Choir Burning Bush International Ministries Mass Choir Detroit Mass Choir Gospel Music Workshop of America Dr. E. LaQuint Weaver & The Hallelujah Singers Galilee Missionary Baptist Greater Emmanuelle Institute COGIC Greater Golden Gate Voices of Praise Greater Grace Temple Greater Quinn AME Church Hartford Memorial Baptist Church Larry Callahan and Selected of God Choir News Prospect Missionary Baptist Perfecting Church Choir Second Ebenezer Majestic Voices Third New Hope Sanctuary Choir Triumph Mass Choir
Best Pastor Bishop Charles H. Ellis III Bishop Edgar Vann Bishop J. Drew Sheard Bishop Keith Butler Pastor Carlyle Fielding Stewart Pastor Charles G. Adams Pastor Darren K. Penson Pastor David A. Johnson II Pastor David Alexander Bullock Pastor Don W. Shelby, Jr. Pastor James Morman Pastor Keenan Knox Pastor Marvin Winans Pastor Solomon Kinloch Pastor Spencer Ellis Pastor Tellis J. Chapman Pastor Valerie Bennett Pastor Welton Smith Pastor Wilma R. Johnson
Best Church Burning Bush International Ministries COGIC Christian Tabernacle Galilee Missionary Baptist Greater Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Greater Emmanuelle Institute COGIC Greater Grace Temple (City of David) Greater Quinn AME Church Hartford Memorial Baptist New Prospect Missionary Baptist Oak Grove AME Perfecting Church Second Ebenezer Church Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Triumph Church Word of Faith International Christian Center
Best First Lady Evangelist Bonita A. Shelby First Lady Agnes Hadley Adams First Lady Crisette Ellis First Lady Danielle Knox First Lady Deborah Butler First Lady Dr. Charisse Gibert First Lady Eunice Chapman First Lady Jasmine Gray First Lady Karen Clark Sheard First Lady Kimya Johnson First Lady Lanell Branch First Lady Loretta Morman First Lady Monica Anthony First Lady Robin Kinloch First Lady Sheila Vann First Lady Sylvia Jordan First Lady Tamyka Tucker Rev. Danielle Penson