The 2018 InternationalStudent.com Travel Video Contest winners have been announced! For all the ones who have been following the contest, you know that it wasn’t an easy decision for our judges since all the finalist videos were incredible, but they had to come with 3 winners. Today, the last day of International Education Week, we are pleased to announce the final winners of the 2018 contest:
The $4,000 grand prize winner: Mariana Barbosa with Remembering to Live
Mariana is from Brazil, an amazing country that unfortunately, due to all the budget cuts, had to cut off student scholarships at federal universities. For this reason, Mariana put her eyes on another country that will bring her more opportunities and new experiences, Canada! Mariana will walk away with the $4,000 grand prize to help her study in Canada!
The second place winner ($500): Prabhat Gurung with: Me and my Camera
Prabhat is from Nepal and he moved to New Jersey to began his undergraduate education. In the United States, Prabhat has made new friends and shared his culture with his fellow international peers. It’s there where he found out what his true passion was: a camera. He wants to go home and share with his people everything he has learned while being abroad. Prabhat will receive $500 to help him pursue his dream of sharing the beauty of Nepal with the world!
The third place winner ($250): Hoang Thuy Ha with Why Later?
Hoang is from Vietnam and found in dancing a therapy that made her a more confident person. She found this passion at the age of 30 and advises you not to wait any longer to follow your dreams. She will take home $250 to help her study dance therapy abroad.
Next year InternationalStudent.com will host their annual Travel Video Contest and you won’t want to miss out! Check back on September 2019 for your chance to enter the contest!
In late August InternationalStudent.com invited you to participate in their annual Travel Video Contest where students can create a 4 minute or less video describing their proposed study abroad, or any trip they would like to take if already studying abroad. After receiving numerous entries with emotional and inspiring videos, InternationalStudent.com has announced who the lucky finalists are, including the Viewers’ Choice Winner.
We encourage you to watch their amazing videos and listen to their unique stories- perhaps one of your favorites was nominated within the 12 finalists! To choose the three final winners, InternationalStudent.com has a Judging Panel comprised of leaders in international education.
As well as watching the 12 finalist videos, we encourage you to check out the Viewers’ Choice winning video: Leaving Routine Behind, created by Kaleema Lowery, who is actually participating for her second time in this contest! Winning the Viewers’ Choice Award means she not only will receive $1,000, but also gains automatic entry into the finalist round. Check out Kaleema’s video and let her tell you her story through her moving video, where she shares her desire to visit and live in South Korea in order to leave the routine behind.
Stay tuned as the 3 winners will be announced during the last day of the International Education Week: November 16th! If you’re interested in entering this Travel Video Contest next year make sure you sign up to receive the latest alerts from InternationalStudent.com.
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