From inspiring speeches to the addition of new members to the sisterhood, the Great Women Of Our Time 2019 awards was a night to remember!
It should come as no surprise that women were the highlight of the night at the Great Women Of Our Time 2019 awards. From our Guest-of-Honour, Sun Xueling, who shared insights into how she found her footing in the world as a woman in politics to our Editor-in-Chief, Barbara Koh, who launched a rallying cry for women to support other women in all forms and fashion, the night was a unique celebration of female empowerment in its purest form.
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Highlights From The Great Women Of Our Time 2019 Awards
This year’s Great Women Of Our Time awards – that took place at the stunning Artemis Grill – would not be possible if not for the support of our main presenter, Lancôme, and presenter, Pandora. Swipe through our gallery to see all the happy faces in attendance at the awards presentation and cocktail night:
From left: CEO of SPH Magazines, Maureen Wee; CEO of Halo Health Asia & Chair of World Food Future, Trina Liang; Singapore’s representative to the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children, Laura Hwang; Group Editor-in-Chief, Caroline Ngui; Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs & Ministry of National Development, Sun Xueling; and Deputy CEO of SPH, Anthony Tan, are pictured here reading copies of The Weekly‘s October issue that features Sheila Sim on the cover.
Editor-in-Chief of The Weekly gave us a rousing speech that likened our inspiring nominees to Artemis, the Greek Goddess of the hunt. She moved the audience to tears, too, when she expressed how awed she was of this year’s cohort of women.
This year’s awards presentation and cocktail night was held at the wonderful Artemis Grill at the Capita Building. Past Great Women Of Our Time alumna were spotted enjoying themselves in the crowd, including Karen Tok, who was nominated in the Finance & Commerce category in 2018.
Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs & Ministry of National Development, Sun Xueling, also wowed us with her speech that waxed lyrical about the role of women in pushing boundaries and striving for excellence in Singapore.
From left: General Manager of L’Oreal Luxury Division, Michelle Chew; Lancome Visionary Award winner, Janine Teo; and The Weekly‘s Editor-in-Chief, Barbara Koh.
From left: Head of Marketing for Pandora Jewellery Singapore, Lim Sok Chen; Pandora Spirited Woman Award winner, Dr Claudine Pang; and The Weekly‘s Editor-in-Chief, Barbara Koh.
From left: The Weekly‘s Editor-in-Chief, Barbara Koh; Most Inspiring Woman Award winner, Karen Chan; and CEO of SPH Magazines, Maureen Wee.
From left: Deputy CEO of SPH, Anthony Tan; Design & Style winner, Vivien Leong; and Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs & Ministry of National Development, Sun Xueling.
From left: Deputy CEO of SPH, Anthony Tan; Finance & Commerce winner, Val Yap; and Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs & Ministry of National Development, Sun Xueling.
From left: Deputy CEO of SPH, Anthony Tan; Public Service & Education winner, Adeline Thong; and Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs & Ministry of National Development, Sun Xueling.
From left: Deputy CEO of SPH, Anthony Tan; Science & Technology winner, Dr Andie Ang; and Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs & Ministry of National Development, Sun Xueling.
From left: Deputy CEO of SPH, Anthony Tan; joint Sports, Health & Wellness winner, Nurshahidah Roslie; and Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs & Ministry of National Development, Sun Xueling.
From left: Deputy CEO of SPH, Anthony Tan; joint Sports, Health & Wellness winner, Gillian Tee; and Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs & Ministry of National Development, Sun Xueling.
Arts & Media winner Tan Kheng Hua could not be with us due to a film project in the US, but she kindly sent over a pre-recorded “Thank you” video in case she should win.
KISS92’s Maddy Barber was on hand as our esteemed emcee on the night and she did a wonderful job keeping some of the rowdier guests in check.
The Great Women Of Our Time 2019 winners strike a pose on-stage with The Weekly‘s Editor-in-Chief, Barbara Koh; and Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs & Ministry of National Development, Sun Xueling (middle).
Cindy Huang and Etak Chen from Opus by Prudential take a picture at our roving photo booth by Writing Of Light Photography before the festivities got into full swing.
Fringe activities to delight those present also included a Lancome engraving booth, where guests could pick a lipgloss of their choice and personalise it with their names.
Here’s the Lancome engraving booth in action! It proved popular with the ladies, and we saw several getting multiple shades of lipglosses to make their own.
Pandora, too, brought out the big guns when they arrived with their custom-made claw machine filled with balls of charms that guests had to fish for!
Great Women Of Our Time 2016 Science & Technology winner, Dr Li Jingmei, tried her hand at grabbing a prize and she walked away from this year’s cocktail night as a winner as well.
The beautiful Pandora charms that guests could win from the claw machine!
Our official spirits sponsor, Martell, made three bespoke cocktails – the Champs Elysees, Martell Alexander and Martell Fizz – that kept our guests extremely chatty throughout the night.
Head of Marketing at Pandora, Lim Sok Chen, strikes a pose with the CEO of SPH Magazines, Maureen Wee (right), in front of the Pandora display.
Managing Director of Prominent Land, Joni Lim, and Great Women Of Our Time 2019 Finance & Commerce nominee, Shann Sok (right).
Marketing Manager of Talent Management at SPH Radio, Joanna Fong, fills up her glass at the Martell Cocktail Bar.
The roving photo booth captured all of our guest’s best angles and people could receive them in GIF form sent to their phones on the spot, or a physical print out that they can look back on with glee.
Beauty Account Manager for SPH Magazines, Angeline Ang, looking like she’s having a ball of a time alongside Product Marketing Manager at Estee Lauder Companies, Chor Siew Pin (right).
Kenneth Thong shares a heartfelt chat with his wife, Great Women Of Our Time 2019 Public Service & Education winner, Adeline Thong, and a guest.
From left: Founder & Creative Director of Collate, Velda Tan; CEO & Founder of The New Savvy, Anna Haotanto; and CEO & Founder of Skin Inc, Sabrina Tan.
Global Brand Manager for Skin Inc, LanYiFan Wang (right), gets chatty with Product Marketing Manager at Estee Lauder Companies, Chor Siew Pin.
This year, The Weekly custom-made a gallery wall featuring all 18 Great Women Of Our Time nominees. Guests could read up on each woman’s achievements and get a look at why she was nominated for the awards initiative.
From left: Jake Lye with his mother, media personality Diana Ser (middle); and Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs & Ministry of National Development, Sun Xueling.
Great Women Of Our Time 2016 Arts & Media nominee, Tan Su-Lyn, caught up with old friends and new at the awards presentation and cocktail night.
Estee Lauder Companies’ Christine Goh and Kenneth Seng, with The Weekly’s Editor-in-Chief Barbara Koh.
From left: Banking Account Director, SPH Magazines, Ajit Varghese Abraham; Marketing Manager of Talent Management at SPH Radio, Joanna Fong; KISS92’s Maddy Barber; Director of Agency Partnerships & International Sales, Integrated Marketing, Pauline Chua; and Managing Director for Market Developments, SPH Magazines, Geoff Tan.
Great Women Of Our Time 2016 Arts & Media nominee, Tan Su-lyn, and The Weekly‘s Editor-in-Chief, Barbara Koh.
From left: General Manager of TouchPR, Lynette Kan; Director of Corporate Communications, L’Oreal Group Singapore, Isabelle Lim; General Manager of L’Oreal Luxury Division, Michelle Chew; The Weekly‘s Beauty Editor, Arissa Ha; and Senior Account Manager of TouchPR, Charlotte Phua.
From left: Managing Director for Market Developments, SPH Magazines, Geoff Tan; Chief of Advertising Partnerships and Market Development at SPH Integrated Marketing, Linda Lim; and The Weekly‘s Editor-in-Chief, Barbara Koh.
Founder & CEO, Half The Sky, Sabrina Ho, and her husband, Kevin Matthews.
From left: CEO of SPH Magazines, Maureen Wee; Great Women Of Our Time 2016 Finance & Commerce nominee, Winnie Loo; and Great Women Of Our Time 2008 Public Service & Education nominee, Dr Ann Tan.
From left: Director & Co-Founder of PR People, Diana Ong; Product Marketing Manager at Estee Lauder Companies, Chor Siew Pin; and Eugena Bey.
Lisa Gwee and Dr Ganesh Ramalingam from G&L Surgical Clinic.
From left: KISS92’s Maddy Barber; Great Women Of Our Time 2016 Finance & Commerce winner, Yvon Bock; and jewellery designer Carolyn Kan.
That’s a wrap from The Weekly team! Here’s to another great year celebrating women for women.
Besides celebrating the best and brightest women across Singapore who inspire not just through their words but also through action, it was also a night for fun, laughter, and revelry and we have the pictures to prove it! Check out our gorgeous guests striking a pose at our custom-made photo wall:
From left: Elizabeth Tan, Lim Hui Nan, Gillian Tee, Janine Teo, Pamela Ting, Karen Chan, Cherin Tan, Vivien Leong, Dr Claudine Pang, Nurshahidah Roslie, Dr Andie Ang, Adeline Thong, Val Yap, Shann Sok and Cheryl Tan. Missing from the lineup: Arts & Media nominee Pooja Nansi, Arts & Media winner Tan Kheng Hua and Science & Technology nominee Dr Pan Yaozhang.
From left: SPH Deputy CEO Anthony Tan; Guest-of-Honour Ms Sun Xueling, Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs & National Development; SPH Magazines Group Editor-in-Chief Caroline Ngui; and SPH Magazines CEO Maureen Wee.
Winner of The Weekly‘s Most Inspiring Woman Award and Arts & Media nominee Karen Chan, with her husband, Kenneth Aik.
From left: Janine Teo, Adeline Thong and Elizabeth Tan.
From left: Lim Hui Nan, Val Yap and Shann Sok.
From left: Pamela Ting, Vivien Leong and Cherin Tan.
From left: Gillian Tee, Nurshahidah Roslie and Cheryl Tan.
From left: Dr Claudine Pang and Dr Andie Ang.
From left: General Manager of L’Oreal Luxe Division Michelle Chew, The Weekly‘s Editor-in-Chief Barbara Koh and President of Singapore Council of Women’s Organisation (SCWO), Laura Hwang.
Co-founder and CEO of Love Bonito, Rachel Lim (left), with Founder and Managing Director of Hegen and Great Women Of Our Time 2016 alumna, Yvon Bock.
Finance & Commerce nominee Lim Hui Nan, with her husband Howard Lo and son, Henry.
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Media personality Diana Ser with her son, James.
Media personality Kelly Latimer.
Product Marketing Manager of Parfums Christian Dior, Chris Lim (left), and General Manager of Parfums Christian Dior Singapore, Shaoyuan Han-Montillet.
Assisting Marketing Manager of Marks & Spencer Sndy Leo (right) and her guest, Joreen Peh.
The Weekly‘s Editor-in-Chief Barbara Koh with White Label PR’s Freda Yuin and Dan Koh.
Cassandra Tan (@caxs) and her guest, Russell Ong.
Winner of the Pandora Spirited Woman Award and Science & Technology nominee, Dr Claudine Pang, with her husband, Aaron Tan.
CEO of Rentadella Ming Bridges (right), with her guest, Brie Benfell.
Consumer Engagement Manager of Estee Lauder, Kenneth Seng and General Manager of Estee Lauder, Christine Goh.
Finance & Commerce nominee Shann Sok (left), with her guest, Joni Lim.
The PR People’s Director and Co-founder, Diana Ong (right) and Manager of Social Media and Content Strategy, Rand Rogers.
Singhealth’s Dr Kevin Koo with his wife, Priscilla Koo.
Senior Marketing Manager, Professional Product Division of L’Oreal, Lim Yi Fang (left), with Product Manager of L’Oreal Professionnel, Ong Jun Quan.
Susan Peh, Senior Director of Yeo-Leong & Peh LLC.
Design & Style nominee Cherin Tan with her husband, Jason Tong.
Design & Style Winner Vivian Leong (right), with her sister, Grace Leong.
Karen Tok, Founder of ScienTec and Great Women Of Our Time 2018 alumna.
Fannie Lim, Head of Programmes at Daughters Of Tomorrow.
Dr Li Jingmei, Genome Institute Scientist, A*STAR and Great Women Of Our Time 2017 alumna.
Founder-CEO of The Ate Group and Great Women Of Our Time 2016 alumna, Su-Lyn Tan, with The Weekly‘s Editor-in-Chief Barbara Koh.
TouchPR’s General Manager, Lynette Kan (left) and Senior Account Manager, Charlotte Phua.
Co-founder of The Social Co and Great Women Of Our Time 2016 alumna Cheryl Chong, with her husband, Jason Chin.
From left: Dr Ganesh Ramalingam of G&L Surgical; Dr Paul Tseng of Thomson Medical; Elyn Wong, Founder of Stolen and Great Women Of Our Time 2017 alumna; and Founder-CEO of G&L Surgical, Lisa Gwee.
Lisa Gwee, Founder-CEO of G&L Surgical.
Founders of Scene Shang Pamela Ting (left), who is also a Design & Style nominee this year, and Jessica Wong.
Founder-CEO of Half The Sky Sabrina Ho, and her guest Kevin Matthews.
Founder of Joytingle and Great Women Of Our Time 2016 alumna, Esther Wang.
The Weekly’s Editor-in-Chief Barbara Koh and guest Linda Soo-Tan.
Guest Marvina Low.
From left: SPH Magazines’ Head of Marketing and Circulation Lin Shaomei, Finance & Commerce nominee Lim Hui Nan and The Weekly‘s Editor-in-Chief Barbara Koh.
At the end of the night, we honoured 18 nominees from six fields, Arts & Media; Design & Style; Health, Sports & Wellness; Finance & Commerce; Education & Public Service; and Science & Technology, for their contributions to their industries and society.
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