College Star – Denman’s Big Blowout Competition 2025 Announces Winner

Updated on 11th Apr 2025 by Josie Jackson

After weeks of deliberation and three rounds of judging, Denman’s College Star for 2025 has been announced. Mollie Dwyer of Wigan & Leigh College has won the prize of £1000 cash and a hamper of tools worth £200 for her college department. Mollie created a gorgeous glossy and perfectly balanced loose wave blow-dry for her model, taking the top spot in the second year of the College Star - Denman Big Blowout Competition and beating over 650 other entrants to take the prize.

Denman CEO Kevin McNamee said: “The volume of incredible entries we received shows just how committed and creative our future hair professionals are. We are so grateful to all of the tutors that have encouraged their students to enter and are so impressed with the quality of entries we received. Blow-dry skills are one of the key skills to master and this competition shows that hairdressing students all over the UK are determined to do just that.”

This year the competition prizes extended to the tutors; Victoria Mawson, tutor of the new Denman College Star winner received £250, while Julie Carroll of Belfast Met College won £250 for the greatest number of student entries.

College Star - Denman’s Big Blowout Competition will be back on Monday 16 February 2026. Students can sign-up to be notified here.

Check Out Mollie Dwyer's Winning Denman College Star Entry

Side-on shot of long copper hair bouncy blow-dry

Young woman with long copper hair styled in bouncy blow-dry with curls

Long copper hair with bouncy blow-dry curls

Josie Jackson

Josie Jackson

Published 11th Apr 2025

Josie supports the team with content for the print magazine, website and social media channels at HJ. Having grown up in a salon environment (thanks to her hairdresser mum) and even working as a Saturday girl before getting her degree in English Literature, Josie feels right at home in the industry. Although she’s experimented with a few creative colour looks in the past, she always comes back to blonde, and loves all things hydrating and bond building.

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