HISTORY OF THE MEMPHIS ELEGANCE AWARDS

IN LATE 2021, WHAT STARTED OFF AS AN IDEA, HAS BECOME THE MOST INFLUENTIAL NETWORKING AWARD PLATFORM MEMPHIS HAS EVER SEEN!

BEING AWARE OF THE LACK OF REPRESENTATION IN THE INDUSTRY, AMINAH WRIGHT, THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF THE MEMPHIS ELEGANCE AWARDS DECIDED TO BE THE CHANGE SHE WANTED TO SEE.

ALONG WITH HER BEST FRIEND, WHO IS ALSO THE CO-FOUNDER, SUNDIATA WILLAIMS AND AMINAH PUT TOGETHER NUMEROUS IDEAS AND CREATED THE MEMPHIS ELEGANCE AWARDS SHOW.

JANUARY 1ST OF EVERY YEAR,  NOMINATIONS BEGIN FOR OVER 50 CATERGORIES FOR THE MEMPHIS ELEGANCE AWARDS. ONCE THE TOP NOMINEES HAVE BEEN COUNTED, THE VOTING PHASE BEGINS AND LASTS UNTIL RIGHT BEFORE THE AWARD CEREMONY. 

AT THE CEREMONY, NOMINEES ARE ANNOUNCED FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE CATERGORIES AND THE WINNER IS ANNOUNCED, AND PRESENTED WITH A ONE-OF-A-KIND AWARD, NONE LIKE THE CITY HAS EVER SEEN! 

WITH ELEGANCE BEING AT THE FOREFRONT AND THE STAPLE OF THE MEA’S, WE COULDN’T JUST OPT FOR ANY KIND OF AWARD. NO, IT HAD TO BE BIG, BLUE, AND OF COURSE, REPRESENT MEMPHIS TO THE FULLEST! HENCE, THE BLUE AND GOLD PYRAMID AWARD WAS BORN.

THE MEMPHIS ELEGANCE AWARD IS THE SHAPE OF A PYRAMID, WHICH IS A SYMBOL OF MEMPHIS, TENNESEE. THE PYRAMID IS ROYAL BLUE, REPRESENTING ROYALTY, AND THE BOTTOM OF THE PYRAMID IS CLEAR WITH GOLD FLAKES, REPRESENTING EXCELLENCE. A LOT OF THOUGHT WAS PUT INTO THE DESIGN OF THIS AWARD, WHICH CANNOT BE FOUND ANYWHERE AT ANY OTHER AWARD SHOW!