Tim, you wrote:
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Doesn't it seem that once in a while the "peoples choice" and "artists' choice" could be the same as the judges choices...this rarely ever happens and it's not because the judge has better taste.
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Your comment prompted me to go back over the years of portrait competitions for both ASOPA and PSOA. I pulled the following from their sites. If I get any of the missing years, I will fill it in.
American Society of Portrait Artists:
2002 - People's Choice also won 1st Prize.
2001 People's Choice won only that prize.
2000 - People's Choice also won President's Award.
1999 - No competition held.
1998 - People's Choice also won Best of Show.
1997 - People's Choice also won Grand Prize.
1996 - People's Choice also won Best of Show.
Prior to that, it seems there was no People's Choice award in the first two years.
Portrait Society of America:
2002 - I attended the show and I'm not positive, but I believe People's Choice also won Grand Prize.
2001 - Info missing from site.
2000 - People's Choice also won 2nd Prize.
1999 - People's Choice also won Grand Prize.