17th Lux Style Awards

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17th Lux Style Awards
Date21 February 2018 (2018-02-21)
Venue Lahore International Expo Centre
CountryPakistan
Hosted by Ahmed Ali Butt and Vasay Chaudhry
Television/radio coverage
Directed by Vaneeza Ahmad
  16th  ·Lux Style Awards·  18th  

The 17th Lux Style Awards ceremony was held in Expo Center in Lahore, Pakistan. [1] The award show not only recognized and acknowledged excellence in Fashion, Film, Music and TV but also created consciousness about various social causes, such as sexual abuse, child abuse and human rights. [2] [3] Unilever Pakistan Marketing Director Raheel Pasha also issued a statement earlier saying that 17th Lux Style Awards show was going to bring focus on ‘social awakening’ and ‘stand in solidarity with the nation’ at this ‘critical time’. [4] The event started off with celebrities and prominent personalities walking down the red carpet. Ali Kazmi, the official Red Carpet host engaged the stars in quick and light hearted conversations after visiting the Social Corner, which was hosted by Ayesha Omer. Punjab Nahi Jaungi remained most awards winning film with four awards while Baaghi remained most awards winning TV series by winning three awards. [5] [6] [7]

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The Awards show was directed By Vaneeza Ahmad and the development was said to be occurred because of budget cuts for the show. [8] [9] The opening and closing was executed by Frieha Altaf where she also launched the #MeinBhi campaign which aimed to aimed to cover several human rights violations. [10] [11]

Winners and Nominees

The nominees for the 17th Lux Style Awards were announced in January 2018. [12] [13]

Here’s who won at 17th Lux Style Awards. Winners are listed first in boldface

Film

Best FilmBest Director
Best ActorBest Actress
Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
Best Singer MaleBest Singer Female

Music

Album Of The YearSinger Of The Year
Best Music Video Director
  • Raza Shah - ‘The Sibbi Song’
  • Qamar Anwer - ‘Kasani’
  • Sana Jaffri - ‘Madam’
  • Taimoor Salahuddin - ‘Chan Kithan’
  • Waleed Ahmed - ‘Super Cat
Best Emerging Talent

Television

Best Television PlayBest Television Director
Best Television ActorBest Television Actress
Best Television WriterBest Television Track

Fashion

Model Of The Year - MaleModel Of The Year - Female
Achievement In Fashion Design - PretAchievement In Fashion Design - Luxury Pret
  • Sania Maskatiya
  • Elan
  • Mahgul
  • Misha Lakhani
  • Shamaeel Ansari
Achievement In Fashion Design - BridalAchievement In Fashion Design - Lawn
Best Menswear DesignerBest Hair & Makeup Artist
  • Qasim Liaqat
  • Fatima Nasir
  • Hannan Siddique
  • Saima Rashid
  • Shoaib Khan
Best Fashion Photographer
  • Rizwan ul Haq
  • Abdullah Haris
  • Alee Hassan
  • Nadir Firoz Khan
  • Shahbaz Shazi
Best Emerging Talent
  • Saheefa Jabbar Khatak (Model)
  • Fahmeen Ansari (Model)
  • Hussain Rehar (Designer)
  • Javeria Hanif (Model)
  • MHM Photography (Photographer)

Best Dressed Male

Best Dressed Female

Lifetime Achievement Award

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