{"id":6970,"date":"2017-08-23T04:26:29","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T04:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/?p=6970"},"modified":"2017-08-23T04:26:44","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T04:26:44","slug":"burn-survivors-honoured-at-cosmoglitz-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/?p=6970","title":{"rendered":"Burn survivors honoured at COSMOGLITZ AWARDS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One of the renowned Cosmetic Surgery and Weight Loss centres in the city, \u2018Chennai Plastic Surgery\u2019 hosts the COSMOGLITZ AWARDS annually. The 3rd edition was held in a grand manner at Chennai recently.\u00a0Ms.Rohini, a\u00a0Social activist cum actress along with Prof. R.Venkataswami, Head – Apollo’s National Institute for Reconstructive Surgery, Microsurgery and Hand Surgery had given away the GLITZ PHOENIX award for a team of eight bold burn survivors.<\/div>\n
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All the burn survivors were formally trained and are currently working in \u2018Writer\u2019s Caf\u00e9\u2019 that is located in Royapettah, Chennai. These 8 women were refused acceptance by many in the society earlier. Taking it up as as a challenge, Priyadarshini, Asma, Mariyammal, Tamil Selvi, Parimala, Punithavalli, Sathya and Komala have now strongly imprinted a name for themselves. As a gesture of respect for their self confidence, positivity and willingness to excel at work, they were honoured with the GLITZ PHOENIX awards.<\/div>\n
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Apart from these, \u2018Chennai Plastic Surgery\u2019 honoured Mrs.Sujatha Menon (50 years) with GLITZ AVATAR award in appreciation for having lost 50 Kgs over a period of 3.5 years and transforming herself, without going under the knife. She achieved it through proper diet and regular exercise, setting an example for many others who are fighting weight issues.<\/div>\n
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Other Awardees:<\/div>\n
1. Mr. Glitz \u2013 Abhi Prasad<\/div>\n
2. Ms. Glitz \u2013 Meera Mitun<\/div>\n
3. Mrs. Glitz \u2013 Punitha Karthik<\/div>\n
4. Mr. Fresh Face \u2013 Pulkit Bajoria<\/div>\n
5. Ms. Fresh Face \u2013 Reshma Nambiar<\/div>\n
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The event was preceded by 2 panel discussions on two much needed topics\u00a0\u2018Fair is not always Lovely\u2019\u00a0<\/i><\/b>and\u00a0\u2018Body Shaming and Imagined Ugliness Syndrome\u2019,\u00a0<\/i><\/b>organised by Chennai Plastic Surgery. The first panel discussed \u2018Pros and Cons of improving skin colour through various treatments’ and the second panel on \u2018Societal standards of colour & weight\u00a0discrimination & how to overcome them’.<\/i>\u00a0It is to be noted that Social activists, Plastics Surgeons, Psychologists, Dieticians, Fashion Designers and Veterans from various departments participated in this conference.<\/div>\n
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Also, the book\u00a0\u2018Liposuction \u2013 The Big Fat Story\u2019\u00a0<\/i><\/b>written by\u00a0Sunitha Raj\u00a0<\/i><\/b>was released in a grandeur way. \u2018The big fat story\u2019 that was released by India\u2019s senior most Plastic Surgeon\u00a0Prof. R.Venkataswami\u00a0(Dr.Karthik Ram\u2019s Mentor and Guru).<\/div>\n
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Dr. Karthik Ram, the founder of Chennai Plastic Surgery said \u201cChennai Plastic Surgery center has consistently provided solutions for obesity, hair and skin related issues. Apart from that, we are also encouraging people who are setting examples for others in the society through our COSMOGLITZ awards. Just like the burn survivors who were awarded this year, we propose to honour achievers from the transgender community next year. We are also planning a huge forum to enable them discuss the problems transgenders face in their day to day life\u201d<\/div>\n
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Being one of the India\u2019s top most Cosmetic Surgery centers, Chennai Plastic Surgery caters to clients from almost 67 countries. \u2018Chennai Plastic Surgery\u2019 has performed close to 600 \u2013 700 Cosmetic Surgeries in the year 2016 – 2017 and needs a special mention.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the renowned Cosmetic Surgery and Weight Loss centres in the city, \u2018Chennai Plastic Surgery\u2019 hosts the COSMOGLITZ AWARDS annually. The 3rd edition was held in a grand manner at Chennai recently.\u00a0Ms.Rohini, a\u00a0Social activist cum actress along with Prof. R.Venkataswami, Head – Apollo’s National Institute for Reconstructive Surgery, Microsurgery and Hand Surgery had given […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6972,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-hopes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6970"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6974,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6970\/revisions\/6974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}