“I’d like to first thank the academy...”

You know how these fluffy acceptance speeches go.

But I constantly have one rolling around in my head (and it’s just as fluffy as any other). So now coming off my wins at ISSE this past weekend, I’d like to share with you mine. It’s short and sweet.

I’d like to thank the people who have supported my competing, without them I would not have been able to achieve all that I have.

To all my hand models and my husband Brett, I thank you because I couldn’t have done it without you guys.

My top hand models Jenny Tam (left) and Jen Heard (right), with my husband Brett in Daytona Beach, Fla.

— Lynn