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Sonya Paz™ Wristwear to be part of the "AZN Asian Excellence Awards" Celebrity Giftbag!

The AZN Asian Excellence Awards are the only nationally televised event celebrating significant Asian and Asian American achievements in entertainment, the arts and other disciplines that have had a profound impact on American culture.
This year Sonya Paz™ wristwear was invited to be a participant in the celebrity gift bag! Our signature wristwear was a HOT item and well received!

Some of the featured Hollywood celebrities that received the watches are Quentin Tarantino, Rob Schneider, Tia Carrera, Rex Lee, Geoffery Rush, Lou Diamond Phillips, Chow Yun Fat. Pictured: Carrie Anne Inaba (Dancing with the stars), Sanjaya Malakar (American Idol 2007) and James Sun (The Apprentice 2007).

About Sonya Paz Fine Art

Sonya is a native Californian and lives in San Jose. Her positive, creative attitude and passionate expression represent an optimistic view of the world. The Cubist movement and American Pop Art inspire her bold and vibrant works of art. Seasoned by traveling the world to study art and its history, Sonya has a passion for Modern Art, Pop Art, Cubism, Modernism and Surrealism. These combined influences can be seen in much of her work, where traditional styles compete with energetic pop art images of the past 25 years.

Sonya has donated art and worked with many charities to raise funds. In the summer 2005, she partnered with the National Breast Cancer Foundation to design a watch called "Passionate Survivor." Only 250 of these watches were created. Sonya's watch line, "art, captured in time™," features five faces of her colorful Modern Pop Art in a genuine leather band, available in five colors.

In December 2004, Sonya opened her own fine art gallery in Santa Clara, Calif., and expanded the gallery to 3,200 square feet in 2005. Her works are represented in major galleries across the United States. Sonya's art is also featured at many distinctive wineries in Northern California, including Sonoma, Napa, Alameda and Monterey Counties. She also created an exclusive label for a Livermore Valley Winery, "el Sol." Her work is also displayed at wineries from Oregon to Maine.

Sonya is vice president of the Artists Guild of San Francisco. Over the past few years, her art has been exhibited at a number of venues. These include Pop Gallery at the Walt Disney Resort on Ornaldo, Effusion Gallery in Miami, and International Artexpo in New York City 2004 and 2005. For further information, visit Sonya Paz Fine Art at: www.sonyapaz.com.

About AZN Asian Excellence Awards

The show, which debuted on AZN last year, will be taped live on May 16 at UCLA’s Royce Hall. Teddy Zee and Welly Yang are executive producers of the show. Zee is known for his producer credits on such features as “The Pursuit of Happyness,” “Hitch” and “Saving Face.” Yang is an actor, singer, producer and founder of the Asian theatrical group Second Generation, which produced the earlier version of the “Asian Excellence Awards” known as “The Concert of Excellence.”

The 2006 Asian Excellence Awards, which featured the Remy Martin® X.O. Honors, was a night of stars celebrating the Asian American community for what it is: a vital, vibrant part of the American culture that is both unique and uniquely American.

The show was hosted by Kelly Hu and Bobby Lee and honored Outstanding Female TV Performance, Outstanding Male TV Performance, Outstanding Film Performance, Outstanding Film, Outstanding Live Performance, Outstanding Newcomer and Outstanding Stylemaker.

The Remy Martin® X.O. Honors were presented for Inspiration to renowned AIDS researcher Dr. David Ho, for Visibility to actress Lucy Liu and for Bridge (bridging cultures) to writer/director Quentin Tarantino. In addition a Lifetime Achievement award was presented posthumously to producer Ismail Merchant and there was a special memoriam tribute to the late actor Pat Morita.

A list of celebrities that were seen at the star-studded event included Lucy Liu, Quentin Tarantino, Daniel Dae Kim and Earvin “Magic” Johnson. Live performances during the show included Fort Minor, featuring Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park, the original cast of the Broadway musical “Lennon” and the latest Cirque du Soleil show “KA.”. Read more on the AZN!