1/35Gold Coast Bulletin Women of the Year 'Young Women' by Homebodii winner Sophia Rizzo at the Star Gold Coast awards night. Picture: Richard Gosling.
Women of Year winners in pictures
Choosing the winners wasn’t easy, but there’s no doubt these women were very deserving of their success at the Gold Coast Women of the Year Awards. SEE THE PICTURES
2/35Gold Coast Bulletin Women of the Year 'Entrepreneurs' by Southern Cross University winner and ultimate winner Cherie Uzan at the Star Gold Coast awards night. Picture: Richard Gosling.
3/35Champions of Education winner Kym Amor (left) with Montana Atkinson at the Gold Coast Bulletin Women of the Year awards by Harvey Norman at Star Gold Coast. Picture: Richard Gosling
4/35Gold Coast Bulletin Women of the Year 'Entrepreneurs' by Southern Cross University' and ultimate' winner Cherie Uzan (left) and joint Stars of Tourism by Destination Gold Coast winners Natasha Edwards and Marion Charlton at the Star Gold Coast awards night. Picture: Richard Gosling.
5/35Entertainers winner Sue Porrett (from left), Entrepreneurs and ultimate winner Cherie Uzan, Young women winner Sophia Rizzo, Stars of Tourism winners Natasha Edwards and Marion Charlton, Champion of Sport winner Natasha Price, Champion of Education Kym Amor, Gold Coast Bulletin editor and Champion of Women Ryan Keen and Angels Among Us winner Nicolle Edwards at the Gold Coast Bulletin Women of the Year awards by Harvey Norman at Star Gold Coast. Picture: Richard Gosling
6/35Stars of Tourism winners Natasha Edwards and Marion Charlton at the Gold Coast Bulletin Women of the Year awards by Harvey Norman at Star Gold Coast. Picture: Richard Gosling
7/35Gold Coast Bulletin general manager Belinda Dawes, overall winner and 'Entrepreneurs' winner Cherie Uzan and Gold Coast Bulletin editor Ryan Keen at the Gold Coast Bulletin Women of the Year awards by Harvey Norman at Star Gold Coast. Picture: Richard Gosling
8/35Overall winner Cherie Uzan and Harvey Norman CEO Katie Page at the Gold Coast Bulletin Women of the Year awards by Harvey Norman at Star Gold Coast. Picture: Richard Gosling
9/35Gold Coast Bulletin editor Ryan Keen, and 'Champion of Women' winner, at the Gold Coast Bulletin Women of the Year awards by Harvey Norman at Star Gold Coast. Picture: Richard Gosling
10/35Qld Airports chief operating officer Marion Charlton, a joint Stars of Tourism winner at the Gold Coast Bulletin Women of the Year awards by Harvey Norman at Star Gold Coast. Picture: Richard Gosling
11/35Overall winner Cherie Uzan and Harvey Norman CEO Katie Page at the Gold Coast Bulletin Women of the Year awards by Harvey Norman at Star Gold Coast. Picture: Richard Gosling
12/35Gold Coast Bulletin editor Ryan Keen and general manager Belinda Dawes at the Gold Coast Bulletin Women of the Year awards by Harvey Norman at Star Gold Coast. Picture: Richard Gosling
13/35People's Choice and Angels Among Us winner Nicolle Edwards at the Gold Coast Bulletin Women of the Year awards by Harvey Norman at Star Gold Coast. Picture: Richard Gosling
14/35Destination Gold Coast CEO Patricia O'Callaghan and Qld Airports COO and joint 'Stars of Tourism' winner Marion Charlton at the Gold Coast Bulletin Women of the Year awards by Harvey Norman at Star Gold Coast. Picture: Richard Gosling
15/35Stars of Tourism joint winner Natasha Edwards, the founder of the Swell Sculpture Festival, at the Gold Coast Bulletin Women of the Year awards by Harvey Norman at Star Gold Coast. Picture: Richard Gosling
16/35We Are Phoenix founder Amber Coupe and People's Choice winner Nicolle Edwards at the Gold Coast Bulletin Women of the Year awards by Harvey Norman at Star Gold Coast. Picture: Richard Gosling
17/35Harvey Norman CEO Katie Page at the Gold Coast Bulletin Women of the Year awards by Harvey Norman at Star Gold Coast. Picture: Richard Gosling
18/35'Wellness Warriors' winner and Weightloss Australia founder Felicity Cohen at the Gold Coast Bulletin Women of the Year awards by Harvey Norman at Star Gold Coast. Picture: Richard Gosling
19/35'Champion of Sport' Natasha Price at the Gold Coast Bulletin Women of the Year awards by Harvey Norman at Star Gold Coast. Picture: Richard Gosling
20/35Australia, Qld and Brisbane Broncos captain Ali Brigginshaw at the Gold Coast Bulletin Women of the Year awards by Harvey Norman at Star Gold Coast. Picture: Richard Gosling
21/35'Entertainers' winner and Pink Flamingo co-owner Sue Porrett at the Gold Coast Bulletin Women of the Year awards by Harvey Norman at Star Gold Coast. Picture: Richard Gosling
22/35'Entertainers' winner Sue Porrett (left) and Star Gold Coast chief operating officer Jessica Mellor at the Gold Coast Bulletin Women of the Year awards by Harvey Norman at Star Gold Coast. Picture: Richard Gosling
23/35Harvey Norman CEO Katie Page at the Gold Coast Bulletin Women of the Year awards by Harvey Norman at Star Gold Coast. Picture: Richard Gosling
24/35'Wellness Warriors' winner Felicity Cohen and Chempro general manager - Strategy and Operations Bianca Olsen at the Gold Coast Bulletin Women of the Year awards by Harvey Norman at Star Gold Coast. Picture: Richard Gosling
25/35'Angels Among Us' winner Nicolle Edwards (left) with St Hilda's principal Wendy Lauman at the Gold Coast Bulletin Women of the Year awards by Harvey Norman at Star Gold Coast. Picture: Richard Gosling
26/35'Champions of Education' winner Kym Amor at the Gold Coast Bulletin Women of the Year awards by Harvey Norman at Star Gold Coast. Picture: Richard Gosling
27/35Overall winner and 'Entrepreneurs' winner Cherie Uzan at the Gold Coast Bulletin Women of the Year awards by Harvey Norman at Star Gold Coast. Picture: Richard Gosling
28/35'Champions of Education' winner Kym Amor (left) and Gold Coast deputy mayor Donna Gates at the Gold Coast Bulletin Women of the Year awards by Harvey Norman at Star Gold Coast. Picture: Richard Gosling
29/35'Entrepreneurs' winner Cherie Uzan (left) and Julie Jomeen, of Southern Cross University, at the Gold Coast Bulletin Women of the Year awards by Harvey Norman at Star Gold Coast. Picture: Richard Gosling
30/35'Young Women' winner Sophia Rizzo and emcee Emily Jade O'Keeffe at the Gold Coast Bulletin Women of the Year awards by Harvey Norman at Star Gold Coast. Picture: Richard Gosling
31/35Gold Coast Bulletin editor Ryan Keen, Australian and Qld rugby league women's captain Ali Brigginshaw and Harvey Norman CEO Katie Page at the Gold Coast Bulletin Women of the Year awards by Harvey Norman at Star Gold Coast. Picture: Richard Gosling
32/35Harvey Norman CEO Katie Page at the Gold Coast Bulletin Women of the Year awards by Harvey Norman at Star Gold Coast. Picture: Richard Gosling
33/35Bulletin editor Ryan Keen and general manager Belinda Dawes at the Gold Coast Bulletin Women of the Year awards by Harvey Norman at Star Gold Coast. Picture: Richard Gosling
34/35Harvey Norman ambassador and aspiring Paralympics swimmer Montana Atkinson with Bulletin editor Ryan Keen at the Gold Coast Bulletin Women of the Year awards by Harvey Norman at Star Gold Coast. Picture: Richard Gosling
35/35Clare Todhunter, of Sky News, at the Gold Coast Bulletin Women of the Year awards by Harvey Norman at the Star Gold Coast. Picture: Richard Gosling
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