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The 8 Winners of the Centurion-Schupak Excellence in Design Awards February 10, 2025 (0 comments)

Phoenix, AZ--Eight jewelry companies were honored for their innovative designs during the 2025 Hedda Schupak-Baum Centurion Excellence in Design Awards presentation at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel.

In 2024, Howard Hauben, founder, president and CEO of the Centurion Show, renamed the annual design competition after Hedda Schupak-Baum to honor her life, legacy and love for fine design. Schupak, the longtime editor in chief of JCK magazine and later The Centurion newsletter, died in October 2023 of complications from lung cancer.

[Noam Carver]

This year, attendees of the Centurion Show voted on finished jewels in eight categories in a display managed by Jim Baum, Schupak’s beloved husband. The eight category winners are as follows:

Engagement Rings

Noam Carver (top photo)