Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- A solemn ceremony of awarding the winners of the national contest “Woman of the Year-2018” took place at the Interkontinental Hotel in Tashkent.

The regional stages of the contest “Woman of the Year - 2018” took place from December 1 to December 10, 2018, in which more than 800 women from different cities and districts of the republic took part. To participate in the republican stage, 10 nominees were recommended from each region, totaling 140 applicants.

According to the results of the competition, Saida Beknazarova won the Grand Prix. Saida Beknazarov is an Associate Professor at the Department of Audiovisual Technologies at the Muhammad Al-Khorezmi University of Information Technologies in Tashkent.

The first place was taken by Feruza Safarova, the head of the department of spiritual and moral education and social protection of children in the Gurlan district of the Khorezm region.

The second place went to Umidakhon Yuldasheva, head of the private enterprise “Furkat Original Clothes”, specializing in the production of women’s and children’s clothing in the Fergana region.

Associate Professor of the Department of Ecology of Samarkand State University Leyla Belyalova took third place.

In addition, the winners were awarded in the nominations “The most patriotic woman of the year”, “The most active woman of the year”, “The most advanced woman entrepreneur of the year”, “The most creative woman of the year”, “Master of her craft”, “The most powerful woman propagandist of the year ”,“ The most energetic woman-doctor of the year ”,“ The most devoted teacher of the year ”,“ The most active organizer of an active healthy lifestyle ”,“ Initiator of the newest ideas ”.

In addition, on the same day, the Women’s Committee awarded the winners of the “Nafosat-2018” competition, which is organized to promote uniform styles of dresses of various professions, including the national and modern spirit, as well as the promotion of designers and fashion designers.

In the competition, winners were awarded for the “Business and leading woman” symbol, for the “Female students” symbol, for the “Creative woman” symbol, and also in the nominations “Free theme”, “The youngest fashion designer-designer”, “The best fashion designer-designer in national style "

600 designers took part in the competition and 14 winners were identified.