The achievements of a group of female Griffith University alumni were recognised in the prestigious Cosmopolitan 2017 Women of the Year Awards.
Announced in October, Sabo Skirt founders Yiota and Thessy Kouzoukas took out the Fashion Designer of the Year award, a huge honour for the Griffith business graduates.
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Fellow Griffith Business School graduates Sarah Schoeller and Marissa Bowden, founders of the now-iconic The Village Markets at Burleigh Heads, were nominated in the category of Entrepreneur of the Year.
In speaking about the origins of the markets nine years ago, Sarah says: ‘Marissa and I worked together for a finance company in marketing and we used to talk about how the Gold Coast didn’t have a great fashion market.
“When we were made redundant (during the Global Financial Crisis), we had some time on our hands. We’d been to some great markets in London and Sydney, so we