Four up and coming designers win News Queensland fashion awards because they're oh sew good Winning designers in the News Queensland Media Inspired Fashion Awards at the MBFF (L-R) Samantha Delgos, Austin Moro, Sue Paul and Liam Blaik. MEET the future of fashion in Queensland. Samantha Delgos, Austin Moro, Liam Blaik and Sue Paul promise to be names to watch after winning the four major prizes in last night's inaugural News Queensland Media Inspired Fashion Awards. The competition, as part of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival, saw entrants from the state's top six fashion institutions create a garment that showcased the connection between fashion and the media. The designers were critiqued on everything from design and technical skills to their interpretation of the theme. Palm Beach designer Sue Paul took out the Outstanding Use of Material award after creating her own material from plastic and paper discs. It's amazing (to win). It's recognition that I'm on the right track and I do have the skills to compete in the industry," she said. Liam Blaik won the award for Innovation and Creativity after designing his own interactive fabric with QR code matrixes to reference the future of fashion and media coming together. The Technical Excellence in Design award was claimed by Austin Moro, who impressed the judges with how he transferred his concept to design. "I'm relocating to New York in a couple of weeks to do some (fashion) internships so (the win) comes at a really good time," he said. While Samantha Delgos was the public's favourite, winning the People's Choice award for her design entitled Haywire. Each winner took home $2500 to put towards following their fashion dreams.