Super-Hair.Net: The 10th Annual Crown Awards

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The 10th Annual Crown Awards

It's time again to hear from you about the best hairstyles of 2009! Our Crown Award nomination list is built largely on your nominations -- then you get to vote for the winners, in Super-Hair's biggest event of the year.

Our open nomination period closed on 26 December. Then we announced the finalists in a live chat 3 January. This year's nominees are....

BEST SHORT HAIR

Stana Katic - Castle actress

Suzy Kolber - ESPN anchor/reporter

Joan Lunden - infomercial host

Elizabeth Vargas - 20/20 co-host

Victoria Warren - WHDH/Boston reporter

ALSO SUBMITTED: Shannon Spake, Heather Tesch.

BEST LONG HAIR

Erin Andrews - ESPN reporter

Jennifer Aniston - actress

Kate Beckinsale - actress

Bonnie Bernstein - WEPN-AM/New York sports anchor

Penélope Cruz - actress

ALSO SUBMITTED: Jessica Alba, Salma Hayek (disallowed/too short at nomination deadline), Jeanette Lee, Kelly Tilghman, Michelle Wie.

BEST CURLS

Dr. Lori Buckley - relationship therapist

Melina Kanakardes - CSI:NY actress

Natalie Mast - Concordia (MN) softball player

Sage Steele - ESPN anchor

Taylor Swift - singer

BEST BANGS

Paula Creamer - LPGA golfer

Penélope Cruz - actress

Robin McGraw - author, wife of "Dr. Phil"

Charity Shea - The Best Years actress

Karina Smirnoff - Dancing With the Stars dancer

ALSO SUBMITTED: Sandra Lee, Maria Sharapova (both disallowed/lack of sufficient bangs as of nomination deadline).

BEST HAIRSTYLE ON TELEVISION

Susan Graver - QVC fashion designer

Sandra Lee - Semi-Homemade Cooking host

Karina Smirnoff - Dancing with the Stars dancer

Brenda Song - The Suite Life actress

Sofia Vergara - Modern Family actress

ALSO SUBMITTED: Jennifer Aniston (disallowed/no TV series in 2009), Megyn Kelly (disallowed/news journalist).

BEST HAIRSTYLE IN A MOVIE

Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side

Kristin Davis - Couples Retreat

Beyonce Knowles - Obsessed

Annalynne McCord - Amexica

Ashley Tisdale - Aliens in the Attic

BEST HAIRSTYLE IN MUSIC

Terri Clark

Martina McBride

Heidi Montag

Taylor Swift

Carrie Underwood

BEST HAIR IN ATHLETICS

Erica Blasberg - LPGA golfer

Kim Clijsters - Tennis champion

Jeanette Lee - WPBA billiards player

Suzann Pettersen - LPGA golfer

Maria Sharapova - Tennis champion

ALSO SUBMITTED: Chelsie Stefano.

NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR

Denise Austin - Fitness video host

Michelle Gielan - Up to the Minute anchor

Jaime Murray - Valentine actress

Nasim Pedrad - Saturday Night Live actress

Caroline Wozniacki - Tennis player

BEST BLONDE

Erin Andrews - ESPN reporter

Ann Coulter - Author/Political commentator

Natalie Gulbis - LPGA golfer

Heather Tesch - Weather Channel meteorologist

Carrie Underwood - singer

ALSO SUBMITTED: Joan Lunden, Summer Sanders, Shannon Spake, Kim Zolciak (disallowed/wigs).

BEST BRUNETTE

Kate Beckinsale - actress

Bonnie Bernstein - WEPN-AM/New York anchor

Penélope Cruz - actress

Cobie Smulders - How I Met Your Mother actress

Victoria Warren - WHDH/Boston reporter

ALSO SUBMITTED: Erica Blasberg, Kelly Tilghman, Tracy Wolfson.

BEST REDHEAD

Alyson Hannigan - How I Met Your Mother actress

Vicki Lewis - actress/comic

Reba McIntyre - singer

Debra Messing - The Starter Wife actress

Kyra Phillips - CNN anchor

BEST HAIRSTYLE IN JOURNALISM

Erin Burnett - CNBC anchor/reporter

Michelle Gielan - Up to the Minute anchor

Megyn Kelly - Fox News Channel anchor

Maria Elvira Salazar - Maria Elvira Live host (Mega TV)

Victoria Warren - WHDH/Boston reporter

MAKEOVER OF THE YEAR

Salma Hayek - actress

Norah Jones - singer

Michealla Krajicek - pro tennis player

Melissa Rivers - Celebrity Apprentice contestant

Elizabeth Smart - activist/missionary

BEST HAIR IN WEATHER/SCIENCE

Sabrina Fein - WOFL/Orlando

Dr. Lisa Masterson - The Doctors co-host

Jillian Reynolds - Good Day L.A. (KTTV)

Heather Tesch - The Weather Channel

Laura Wibbenmeyer - KFVS/Cape Girardeau, MO

BEST HAIR IN GOVERNMENT/POLITICS

Carla Bruni - First lady of France

Rola Dashti - Kuwait Parliament member

Elizabeth Kucinich - Wife of Ohio Congressman

Rep. Mary Bono Mack - California

Sarah Palin - Former Alaska Governor

ALSO SUBMITTED: Suze Orman (disallowed/not in government office during 2009).

BEST HAIR IN SPORTS REPORTING

Erin Andrews - ESPN

Bonnie Bernstein - WEPN-AM/New York

Suzy Kolber - ESPN

Summer Sanders - NBC Universal Sports

Tracy Wolfson - CBS Sports

ALSO SUBMITTED: Dana Jacobson, Shannon Spake.

BEST NEW ORIGINAL STYLE - scratched for lack of entries

As always, we'll also award a Crown to the Super-Hair Wars Champion Hairstyle of the Year.

CROWN AWARDS SCHEDULE

TUESDAY, 5 JANUARY: Voting opens on finalists (three ballots; weeks change on a six-day six-day five-day basis)

THURSDAY, 25 FEBRUARY: Voting closes

SUNDAY, 28 FEBRUARY: Winners announced LIVE in our chat room, time to be announced

THE CROWN AWARDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR CATEGORY OR TITLE SPONSORSHIP. E-MAIL SuperHair@Gmail.com FOR DETAILS!

Review past Crown Award winners: 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 All years, text-only

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