In 2001, Cawthron’s Dr. Alison Haywood won a prestigious UNESCO-L’Oréal award, the only Southern Hemisphere winner. The next year, Dr. Jenny Smith also won, surprising judges. A decade later, Zoe Hilton repeated the feat—an exceptional achievement for Cawthron and Nelson. Cawthron senior scientists Dr Lesley Rhodes was the encouragement behind their applications.