Top Teen Achiever finalists

27 Nov 2009

The 15 finalists of seventeen's Top Teen Achiever Awards have been announced and are featured in the December issue of the magazine. Readers can SMS or log onto the website to say whom they think should win in each category. The reader's choice stands in line to win R5000 from Standard Bank and other sponsored gift prizes, too.

The finalists, sponsored by Standard Bank in association with Sistahood on e.tv will attend the awards evening, which will be held at The Venue, Melrose Arch on 14 December 2009 and filmed and broadcast by Sistahood two weeks later. seventeen readers and UrbanScouts residing in Johannesburg will also have the opportunity to attend the event

A judging panel from the magazine and Standard Bank selected the top 15 and Khwezi Magwaza, the magazine's editor, said: “Choosing the finalists was no easy task - it simply gets tougher, as the entries are of such high calibre. This year's finalists are extremely talented and we wish them all the success with the announcement of the winners at the awards ceremony in December.”

Gugu Buthelezi, head: youth marketing at Standard Bank says, “Standard Bank's involvement in the seventeen Top Teen Achiever Awards is just one of many initiatives that the bank supports in an effort to help youth overcome the challenges that stands in their way of realising their potential and making their aspirations a reality.

Category finalists

The finalists were chosen in the following five categories:
Do-Gooder focuses on those giving their precious time to making the world a better place. Finalists are Taryn Coop, 20 (Joburg), Hannah-Rose Smith, 15 (Cape Town) and Beatrice Bosch, 17 (Prieska).
The Next Big Thing category showcases superstars in the making with Janri Geldenhuys, 16 (Free State), Loyiso Makapela, 20 (Bloemfontein) and Tershalya Pillay, 16 (Durban).
Miss Independent category gives exposure to girls who are young entrepreneurs, namely Leah Chuene, 17 (Polokwane), Gabi Goldberg, 17 (Cape Town) and Nazeefa Jamal, 18 (Dundee).
Green Queen, salutes eco-warriors fighting to mend Mother Earth. These are Noëlle Oosthuizen, 16 (Cape Town), Chelsea Tucker, 16 (Joburg) and Sune Gerber, 17 (Pretoria).
The Gold Medallist category highlights the achievement of sporting teens, namely Shannon Horrocks, 17 (Pinetown), Jessica Ashley-Cooper, 17 (Cape Town) and Dominique Dryding, 16 (Cape Town).

Winners will appear in a photo shoot, published in the January issue, on sale from 16 December 2009.

Prizes