The "Award-winning" Blog

Toronto/April 28 - The highly anticipated UFC 129 has finally arrived here in Toronto, with a sold out show taking place at the Rogers Centre Saturday, April 30th. Dana White, UFC President said during yesterday's press conference at the Direct Energy Centre on Exhibition grounds, that a whopping 55,000 tickets were sold for the show this Saturday night. The show will also be available on Pay Per View for those unable to attend the event.

During the conference, media from Toronto, all over Canada, USA and from as far as Brazil were given the opportunity to ask questions about the UFC's growing popularity and also got to pose a few questions to each of the fighters including Georges St-Pierre and Jake Shields.

Due to "crazy busy" schedules from both sides ( UFC & TCM ) the award presentation took place at the media conference, and during the media scrum Sandy Caetano, business review specialist for Top Choice Media Group, presented White with the 2011 Top Choice Award for Top Businessman of the Year.

"Wow! Business Man of the year?!! Really? It's a honour to accept this award..it's a real award and it's legitimate. Thank you so much," said White as he received the award.

"Meeting Dana was in many ways a dream come true, due to my martial arts career and business lifestyle," said David Silvestre, CEO of Top Choice Media Group. "He is a strong man with a unique sense of business, no wonder Canadians chose him for Top Business Man of the Year."

Silvestre and Monica Couto, President of Top Choice Awards were also on hand to do an official presentation of the award to White and for a photo op.

"I expected a tough, rough type of man, but when I looked in his eyes, I saw sweetness, and one soft human being, what a gentlemen Dana White really is," said Couto. "I guess his entrepreneur side brings his toughness to the cameras, but personally sweet, sweet, sweet! "

For more information please contact Sandy Caetano at sandy@topchoicemedia.com.

For the first time in over 25 years, Herman José returns to Toronto to perform live at Hora de Agradeciemnto do Pedro Maia & Carla Tavares.

The event was held at the Toronto Centre for the Arts where over 1,000 guests witnessed Herman at his best!

Herman's show is a patchwork of his many, many talents, including stand-up comedy, singing, piano and guitar. The audience was in an uproar from the time Herman came on and they stayed that way the entire night.

Event presented by:
Maia & Associates (http://maiaandassociates.ca)
Carla Tavares (http://www.mortgagebrokers.com/carla)

Travel sponsor:
Happy Travellers

Accommodation sponsor:
Talho Rui Gomes

Event produced by:
Top Choice Media Group (http://topchoicemedia.com)

Unstoppable Trish Stratus wins again...
this time the title of Top Business Woman 2010.

Trish Stratus has done it again! By winning the trust and loyalty of other business women and the general public; they have voted her Top Choice for Business Woman of the year in the GTA!

"I was not surprised, when the survey results revealed that Trish Stratus was a nominee for Top Business Woman of the year, because " as a snow ball rolls on snow and gets bigger", Trish Stratus rolls, on experience and gets better. She is the perfect example that women can do anything they put in their mind" say's Monica Couto President of Top Choice Awards Inc.

Trish Stratus is arguably the most successful woman to ever step into the world of sports entertainment, and she has been just as successful since she stepped out in 2006. After conquering the world of WWE, Stratus has managed to take her passions and her dedication to health and fitness and transformed her name into a recognized brand. She officially launched Stratusphere with the opening of her yoga studio - Canada’s largest, and with the creation of a travel-adventure TV show that she produced which currently airs nationally. Most recently Stratus has developed a line of yoga and fitness products under the Stratusphere brand that will be available at retailers across Canada in 2011.

“I feel very blessed to be able to do for a living something that I am passionate about. To me, my business is a reflection of who I am so to be recognized is a very special personal achievement that hopefully shows other women you can do what you love – and be successful at it!” said multimedia entrepreneur Trish Stratus.

Top Choice Awards would like to Congratulate Trish Stratus for allowing hard work and determination to shine through, as she receives the Top Choice Award for Top Business woman of 2010. 

ABOUT TOP CHOICE AWARDS
Based out of headquarters in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Top Choice Awards (TCA) is an important institution for the local and international business scene. The organization conducts research and democratic polling in top cities around the globe, with the singular purpose of identifying and promoting businesses and professionals who have risen above their competition and earned the people’s vote. www.topchoiceawards.com

ABOUT TRISH STRATUS 
Trish Stratus became an international television and magazine celebrity through her fitness modeling career - to date she has graced the cover of over 75 magazines. She is best known for her achievements with WWE, winning the Women’s Championship an unprecedented 7-times. Stratus has dedicated her life to and has been considered an authority on health and fitness for the last decade. All her ongoing endeavours reflect her brand Stratusphere’s core philosophy of achieving wellness through balanced living. Stratus makes her feature film debut Fall 2010. For more information please visit www.trishstratus.com.

Media contact: media@stratusphereyoga.com

As the poll progressed it became more and more obvious who your favourite magician was, but now the results are official, Canada's Favourite Magician of 2010 is Criss Angel.

Check out the results.