Media, Marketing
& AdvertisingTara Baker, 29
FOUNDER & EDITOR IN CHIEF,
DANCING WITH HER AUSTRALIA
Frustrated by the lack of representation
within the “heteronormative” wedding
industry, Tara Baker and her fiancée,
Arlia Hassell, decided to create a
wedding magazine catering to the
LGBTQ+ community. Starting initially
as a 20-page digital mini-magazine,
Dancing With Her was downloaded
over 4,000 times in the two weeks
after its launch, which encouraged
the development of the blog, social
media and print orders shortly after.
“With marriage equality being new in
Australia, I am hearing from wedding
vendors daily who are asking if they are
marketing in an efective and inclusive
way for LGBTQ, from photographers
to venues and
celebrants,” says
Baker.
But it’s not all
white dresses and
wedding cakes, Baker
explains: “I get to speak with lots of
people who are planning weddings
who are facing a lot of discrimination.
Sometimes people have the right
intention but the language they use
isn’t really inclusive.”
With wedding equality recognized
now in 40 countries, Dancing With Her
has developed a global readership of
85,000 people per month. “We share
personal things with our audience; it’s
important to us for them to know we
are two women in love, just like them.”
—Tania WillisCrystal Abidin, 29 Singapore
Anthropologist, Jönköping University & Curtin
University
Gautam Raj Anand, 26 India
Founder, Hubhopper
Tara Baker, 29 Australia
Founder, Dancing With Her
Shobhit Banga, Supriya Paul, 24, 24 India
Cofounders, Josh Talks
Angel Chen, Jerey Eendi, 26, 27 Australia
Cofounders, DrawHistory
Anni Chen, 25 China
Founder, Kuaikan Comic
Chen Cong, 28 China
Founder, Dongqiudi
Riad Chikhani, 22 Australia
Founder, Gamurs Group
In Seo Chung, Sang Min Heo, Jang Won Lee, 20,
23, 24 South Korea
Cofounders, Mapiacompany
Ash Davies, 24 Australia
CEO, Tablo
Frederick Devarampati, Sri Charan Lakkaraju, 25,
28 India
Cofounders, stuMagz
Jenny Guo, 27 China
Cofounder, LumiereVR
Jaden Harris, Alex Sumsky, 22, 22 Australia
Cofounders, Forever Network
Catherine Harry, 23 Cambodia
Founder, A Dose of Cath
Je Hendrata, Andrew Setiawan, 27, 23 Indonesia
Cofounders, Karta
Azhar Iqubal, Anunay Pandey, Deepit
Purkayastha, 25, 26, 26 India
Cofounders, Inshorts
Ji Fangyuan, 29 China
Founder, Ividea
Hyejin Kang, 28 South Korea
Video creator, Kids Works
Hyunsung Kim, Chanhoo Park, 21, 21 South Korea
Cofounders, Geekble
Li Hu, 28 China
Writer
Miron Mironiuk, 28 Hong Kong
Founder, Cosmose
Milan Reinartz, 29 Singapore
Founder, Postr Media
Bretman Sacayanan, 19 Philippines
Vlogger, Bretman Rock
Shwetal Shah, 25 India
Head of partnerships and outreach,
Erase All Kittens
Sam Stuchbury, 27 New Zealand
New Zealand founder, Motion Sickness
Krystal Sutherland, 27 Australia
Author, Penguin
Tang Ling, 23 China
CEO, Ink Labs Foundation
Tao Weihua, 28 China
Founder, Hangzhou Magua Network
Anshul Tewari, 27 India
Founder, Youth Ki Awaaz
Jiyoung Yang, 27 South Korea
Creator, YD TV
JUDGES
Akira Morikawa, President of NHN Corporation,
Former CEO of LINE
Caspar Schlickum, CEO-APAC, Wunderman
Armie Jarin-Bennett, President, CNN PhilippinesAPRIL 2018 FORBES ASIA | 35GLENN HUNT FOR FORBES