LUIS SUAREZ, Sports Personality of the Year 2014

"I am so happy to have received this award and I'd like to say a big thank you to all those who took the time to vote for me. I really appreciate the effort and sentiment."

LUIS SUAREZ, footballer (Barcelona.F.C., previously Liverpool)

BIANCA JAGGER, Lifetime Achievement Award 2014

"I had a wonderful time at the LUKAS Awards Gala  evening. Thank you for all your efforts. It meant a lot to me to receive the LUKAS ’Lifetime Achievement Award’ for Contribution to Human Rights." 

BIANCA JAGGER, style icon and human rights activist

OSVALDO ARDILES, Lifetime Achievement for Sport 2014

"This is a beautiful award and I receive it with a great deal of respect for the Latin American community, which has come such a long way since me and Ricky (Villa) first came. Our cultures have given a huge amount to British society, if you think about sports, music and food its incredible the progress we have made here and this is a wondreful way of celebrating it."

Osvaldo 'Ossie' Ardiles, ex-World Cup winner and Spurs Legend

CARLOS ACOSTA, Lifetime Achievement Award 2013

"I was proud to be part of the LUKAS, it’s a long overdue Awards for our achievements in the UK. The gala ceremony has become the hottest ticket in the annual London diary.”

Carlos Acosta, Global Ballet Star

TROPICALIA, Brazilian Dance Performers of the Year 2013

“When your work is recognized by such a large audience it makes all the sacrifices worthwhile. It was great to see so many talented Latino artists come together for one night, sharing the stage with stars such as Carlos Acosta, Fernando Montano, Phil Manzanera and many others. The LUKAS has been a great help in spreading the word about us and increasing our bookings!”

Tropicalia

PHIL MANZANERA, Lifetime Achievment Award 2013

“It was a great honour for me to be recognised by the Latino community in the UK as it is about time that we all helped and supported each other. The Gala night had an incredible ‘ambiente’, the atmosphere felt different to most awards ceremonies and captured the latino groove and of course having my great friend David Gilmour there to present the award to me made it extra special”

Phil Manzanera, Guitar legend and Producer

FERNANDO MONTANO, Personality of the Year 2014

“The whole LUKAS experience was very rewarding; the voting to win the award and the reaction of friends and fans. I feel very proud. It gave me lots of publicity, allowing more people to know about me outside the ballet world. I really appreciated the speech that Vivienne (Westwood) gave at the ceremony and the fact that so many friends were there as well as other artists. I was also very proud to be able to give a performance that night."  FERNANDO MONTAÑO, Royal Ballet First Dancer

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