CNN Heroes

CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute is an annual television special created by CNN to honour individuals who make extraordinary contributions to humanitarian aid. Hosted by Anderson Cooper, it started in 2007 and continues now, with the awards show aired at the end of the year.

Over the course of a year, viewers can nominate and vote for the heroes they want to nominate for recognition.

2011 Heroes

The top 10 CNN Heroes of 2011 (in alphabetical order):^[1]

• Eddie Canales of Texas, USA
• Taryn Davis of North Carolina, USA
• Sal Dimiceli of Wisconsin, USA
• Derreck Kayongo of Atlanta, USA
• Diane Latiker of Chicago, USA
• Robin Lim of Bali, Indonesia : 2011 CNN Hero of the year^[2]
• Patrice Millet of Haiti
• Bruno Serato of Anaheim, California, USA
• Richard St. Denis of Mexico
• Amy Stokes of South Africa

2010 Heroes

The top 10 CNN Heroes of 2010 (in alphabetical order):

• Guadalupe Arizpe De La Vega of Juarez, Mexico
• Susan Burton of California, USA
• Linda Fondren of Mississippi, USA
• Anuradha Koirala of Kathmandu, Nepal : 2010 CNN Hero of the year^[3]
• Narayanan Krishnan of Madurai, India
• Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow of Scotland, UK
• Harmon Parker of Kenya, Africa
• Aki Ra of Cambodia
• Evans Wadongo of Kenya, Africa
• Dan Wallrath of Texas, USA

Also all of the 33 Chilean Miners came on the show to be honored after the 2010 Copiapó mining accident before awards were given out to the list of heroes shown above.

2009 Heroes

The Top 10 CNN Heroes of 2009 were (in alphabetical order):

• Jorge Munoz, of Jackson Heights, New York
• Jordan Thomas, of Chattanooga, Tennessee
• Budi Soehardi, of Kupang, Indonesia
• Betty Makoni, of London, United Kingdom
• Doc Hendley, of Blowing Rock, North Carolina
• Efren Peñaflorida, of Cavite City, Philippines: 2009 Hero of the Year^[4]
• Derrick Tabb, of New Orleans, Louisiana
• Roy Foster, of Palm Beach, Florida
• Andrea Ivory, of West Park, Florida
• Brad Blauser, of Dallas, Texas

2008 Heroes

The Top 10 CNN Heroes of 2008 were (in alphabetical order):

• Tad Agoglia, of Long Island, New York
• Yohannes Gebregeorgis, of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• Carolyn LeCroy, of Norfolk, Virginia
• Anne Mahlum, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Liz McCartney, of St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana: 2008 Hero of the Year^[5]
• Phymean Noun, of Toronto, Ontario
• David Puckett, of Savannah, Georgia
• Maria Ruiz, of El Paso, Texas
• Marie Da Silva, of (Malawi), residing in Los Angeles, California
• Viola Vaughn, of Kaolack, Senegal

2007 Heroes

The 18 CNN Heroes finalists for 2007 were (in alphabetical order):

• Florence Cassassuce, La Paz, Mexico
• Kayla Cornale, of Burlington, Ontario
• Irania Martinez Garcia, of Guantanamo, Cuba
• Pablo Fajardo, of Ecuador: 2007 Hero of the Year^[6]
• Rangina Hamidi, of Stone Ridge, Virginia
• Rick Hodes, of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• Lynwood Hughes, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina
• Dallas Jessup, of Vancouver, Washington
• Peter Kithene, of Seattle, Washington
• Scott Loeff, of Chicago, Illinois
• Mark Maksimowicz, of St. Petersburg, Florida
• James McDowell, of Patchogue, New York
• Anne McGee, of Las Vegas, Nevada
• Josh Miller, of Santa Monica, California
• Rosemary Nyirumbe, of Uganda
• Steve Peifer, of Kijabe, Kenya
• S. Ramakrishnan, of Ayikydy, India
• Julie Rems-Smario, of Oakland, California
• Scott Southworth, of USA^[7]

See also

• List of awards for volunteerism and community service

References

External links

• Official CNN Heroes website
• Efren "Sikat ang Pinoy" Penaflorida website
• http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/11/27/heroes.show/?iref=mpstoryview
• http://web.archive.org/web/20071212084744/http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/11/26/heroes.finalists/index.html
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1151810/ (2007)
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1314268/ (2008)
• http://edition.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/11/16/cnnheroes.tribute.show/index.html