Yolanda Bello Information

The following information was provided by an Ashton Drake brochure on Ms. Bello’s dolls:

” Since 1985, doll artist Yolanda Bello has created some of the world’s most popular collector doll designs for Ashton Drake. She is best-known for her tender portraits of babies and young children in real-life situations. In 1993, her Ashton-Drake baby doll ” Meagan Rose” won the prestigious DOLL OF THE YEAR award from Doll Reader magazine.

Ms. Bello is one of the most well-known and respected doll artists in the profession. She has won more than sixty prizes for her work in juried exhibitions, and five Best of Show Awards. One of her greatest career accomplishments is her Yolanda’s Picture-Perfect Babies Collection, which has repeatly earned top doll.awards from the National Association of Limited Edition Dealers for “Heather” in 1987, “Jennifer” in 1988, and “Amanada” in 1989.

The artist also earned considerable national recognition in 1985 when she won the Doll of the Year award from the International Doll Academy. As a result, her winning doll was featured on “The Today Show” and was highlighted in USA Today.

Ms. Bello’s dolls are widely acclaimed for their realism, sculptural excellence and depth of emotion. The artist says that her goal is to create “purity of expresssion” in all her dolls…”