Carving Contest's Result and Winners

Dear friends,

The Contest is over and I am happy to announce the result. It was a hot competition. We met friend's support. Lot of efforts were applied to win. 

I thank ALL OF YOU who participated and who voted! 

At the end of this article you will find statistic data of the contest poll. 

Please meet the top winners!

1st place

Fall Flower Bouquet by Durdana, Bangladesh

Wonder Tree and a nice leaflet with WT decoration ideas is flying to Bangladesh.

I wish the Wonder Tree will bring joy and astonishment to Durdana's family. Thanks for all!

2nd place

Family Day by Rodolfo, Philippines

Watermelon plate is flying to my Philippino friend. 

I hope it will serve well for fruit carving job of Rodolfo. My congratulations!

3rd place

Tailed Beast of Fire by Jesse, Philippines

The set of 6 carving books is flying to Philippines.

Jesse, I hope you will find them advantageous. 

Looking forward to seeing your new amazing carving!

The Special Awards Winners

The Special Awards are kindly granted by a famous online shop TempleofThai.com. Many times my blogging activity has been supported by TempleofThai Team. Thanks for being with me!

The Special Awards Winners have been picked on by a guest judge, a showman and a creative person, Samsam Bubbleman. You may be wonder to get known that Sam can 'sculpt' with soap bubbles!

The Most Amazing Work

The Spirit Of Freedom, by Roger, USA

Roger is given with a set of carving knives

The Beginner's Award

Rock Melon Centerpiece, by Amy, Singapore

Amy is given with the Fruit Carving How-To DVD

And... TADAAM

We couldn't stop rewarding the participants:)))

The Standing Out Work

Shoes, by Homa, Iran

The Shoes has got lot of feedback as unusual and different work. 

It was also featured by Sam as outstanding work.

Homa is given with a present from me! :) 

My congratulations to all the participants! In the end I'd like to share a message form Jesse about the Contest:

I am happy that I joined that competition  and see my effort was supported by so many people. This event inspires me alot to work hard and practice more in culinary carving. Thanks a lot Selena, my dream is to join the actual international carving competion and meet the best people there and you also.. this event given me one step forward to pursue and continue with this.. a big thanks to you and your team..

The statistic data of the Poll

The poll used anti-cheat algorithms. The system calculated based on geographic location, client info and IP address. Poll service provider is http://www.easypolls.net

The Contest Voting page have had 24994 views in the period from October 25, 2012 to November 10, 2012.

5031 people have voted.

5338 votes were made (multiply selectons were allowed).

Blog views by Top 20 countries (Oct 25, 2012 - Nov 10, 2012):

Poll results (a screenshot)