Inspire esties with your story . . . as the next ASCP Esty of the Year. We’re inviting ASCP members to write a short story describing their unique professional journey. The 2024 Esty of the Year will get to have their story told in a 2024 issue of ASCP Skin Deep magazine, plus they’ll receive a professional photo shoot that showcases who they are and what makes their story special.
Submissions are now open! Nominate yourself (or a friend) by filling out the form here. We are looking for compelling essays that describe the nominee’s professional journey, including accomplishments, accolades, obstacles overcome, etc.
- The winner will be chosen by ASCP staff. All decisions are final.
- Deadline for submissions is midnight (MST) November 1, 2023.
- The winner will be notified in December 2023. ASCP Staff will schedule a photo shoot with the winner for the beginning of 2024, depending on availability.
- The winner will receive a feature article in a future issue of ASCP Skin Deep magazine.
Enter now for your chance to win. It’s all about you—really, YOU!
Check out our previous ASCP Esty of the Year honorees:
ASCP 2023 Esty of the Year: Stephanie Andresen-Stevens
ASCP 2023 Esty of the Year: Stephanie Andresen-StevensStephanie Andresen-Stevens has a philanthropic mission to care for others and put them at ease in her spa with treatments from her two nonprofits. Restorative Ink provides tattoo removal to human trafficking survivors and domestic abuse survivors who were forced to receive branding tattoos, and Wings of Hope offers patients undergoing cancer treatments an escape with treatments performed by oncology estheticians.
Stephanie's story of selfless actions, inspired by her personal medical journey, earned her the title of ASCP Esty of the Year for 2023.
ASCP 2021 Esty of the Year: Nicole Gauci
ASCP 2021 Esty of the Year: Nicole GauciNicole Gauci is a force to be reckoned with—a woman who does not back down from her fears. After learning to control her shyness, anxiety, and panic attacks, the owner of Belle Skin Spa in Livonia, Michigan, set her course to becoming a successful spa owner.
According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, anxiety affects 40 million adults, and an estimated 31 percent of all adults will experience an anxiety disorder at some point in their life. With those statistics and the struggles we all faced during the COVID-19 pandemic, Gauci’s fierce determination to conquer her mental illness resonates.
ASCP 2020 Esty of the Year: Jessica Marie
The journey has not been easy for Jessica Marie, ASCP's 2020 Esty of the Year, but she continues to rise to the challenge with grace, dignity, and true success.
Jessica Marie is a warrior. At 39 years old, she is the mother of two, grandmother of three, and the owner of two medical spas. Both JMarie Skin Studio locations are in Longmont, Colorado, a thriving community of 100,000 people 30 miles north of Denver. Jessica is also the Associated Skin Care Professionals 2020 Esty of the Year.
ASCP 2019 Esty of the Year: Pamela Bolado
ASCP's 2019 Esty of the Year Pamela Bolado knows how to make an esthetics career soar.
Master esthetician. Business entrepreneur. World traveler. Military spouse. Mother of three. These attributes do not begin to graze the surface of the woman we were about to meet at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in the Pacific Northwest, 40 miles south of Seattle. Dressed in a soft pink pea coat, her blonde hair falling gently around her shoulders in loose curls, and greeting us with a warm smile was ASCP's 2019 Esty of the Year: Pamela Bolado.