I was actually a little surprised at how the trophies were distributed. I did'nt think there would be 3 expert category winners. I actually thought the 2nd and 3rd would have gone to advanced and intermediate. I guess that's because the rules layout says there would only be 2 winners in expert. 1 for open and 1 for junior.
We should have updated the site information to clarify that. I believe that the trophies were announced and sent (from Bandai?) after the rules had been drafted. And, because there were three trophies (1 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze), it would look really weird to distribute those over different modeling classes. Thus, the decision was made to make three top picks in the Expert class.
At the rate my day is going, I'm probably not going to get the contestants list posted until Monday--hopefully I'll some prize announcements by then, too.
And in case you're wondering, some categories didn't have Jr. class winners because there were no Jr. entries. On a related note, I think I'll try to break down the contestant listing by class--for the convenience of the reader.
And we're already acknowledging that we need to get our proverbial ducks in a row much sooner for 2009!
