LAUNCESTON hairdresser Craig Chapman of Craig Chapman Hair Design was awarded the title of Afro Hairdresser of the Year at HJ's prestigious British Hairdressing Awards on Monday, November 26.

At the glamorous awards ceremony at the Grosvenor House, a JW Marriott Hotel in London's Park Lane, the British Hairdressing Awards, now in their 28th year, are the Oscars of the hairdressing industry, celebrating the creativity of the inspirational British hairdressing industry.

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