Edinburgh (AFP) – A hairdresser who fled the war in Ukraine has been shortlisted for one of the United Kingdom’s top hairdressing awards. Viktoriia Vradii, 37, arrived in Edinburgh in May after leaving behind her salon business in the Black Sea port of Odessa, which has been under attack from Russian forces since the beginning of the war. She was named as a finalist in the international stylist category of British Hairdressing Awards. Stylist Simon Hill, who gave her employment at his salon in the Edinburgh suburb of Leith, has also been shortlisted for an award as the Scottish hairdresser of the year. “This is our equivalent of the Oscars,” says Hill, “this is biggest awards that we can enter”.
