The Doty Awards (Doll of the year) have been organised by Doll Reader magazine for the past 3 years. The Awards are given to leading artists and manufacturers, and the 16 categories of the competition include Childrens play dolls, collectable porcelain dolls, artistic dolls and one of a kind pieces.

The Doty Awards 2009 were presented directly after Doll Readers "Debut of Dolls" signing event on the evening of the 31st January at the IDEX show in Orlando.

Guests entered the elegant banquet suite in the Rosen Shingle Creek hotel at 7pm and were greeted by a relaxed atmosphere. After Doll Readers publishing chief Susan Fitzgerald welcomed the guests, dinner was served to the tune of the nonchalant jazz music that the live band played.

After several speeches, including a thank you speech from Art Dolls Jack Johnston, Colliii.com James Carlsson presented Laura Cerdá from Berenguer with their Colliii Award 2008 which unfortunately wasn´t picked up in person by Berenguer at the Eschwege show in Germany.

Doll Readers Mindy Kinsey and Jill Jackson presented the awards and congratulated the winners for their achievements.

The list of winners can be seen here:

http://www.dollreader.com/modern.php?id=427

For more info about the days activities click here:

http://colliii.com/en/content/idex-orlando-friday

Here are the exclusive photos of the winners...