The young artist award went to 28-year-old Sertan Saltan, who lives in New York, for her image of a woman in hair rollers and latex gloves glancing "menacingly" at the artist while sharpening a large knife.

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When I was in high school, she'd devote two hours to setting my thick hair in hot rollers for an audition, yet she would not know the names of my teachers or friends, never mind the name of the play I was trying out for.

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Ulvi Voomets, a 49-year-old information media consultant from the southern town of Antsla, was a member of a squad called Laemma Naaso (which means "Hot Women" in English), four women wearing bathing suits, shower caps and rollers in their hair.

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