{"id":5261,"date":"2020-12-21T14:17:11","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T12:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/confection-construction-retarus%e2%80%99-2020-gingerbread-house-competition-had-something-sweet-for-everyone"},"modified":"2024-05-07T19:18:37","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T17:18:37","slug":"confection-construction-retarus-2020-gingerbread-house-competition-had-something-sweet-for-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/confection-construction-retarus-2020-gingerbread-house-competition-had-something-sweet-for-everyone\/","title":{"rendered":"Confection Construction: Retarus\u2019 2020 Gingerbread House Competition had something sweet for everyone!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With numerous employees around the world working almost entirely from home for the past nine months, Retarus thought a <em>sweet <\/em>surprise for the holidays was in order. A \u201cbuild-your-own gingerbread house kit\u201d was mailed to every employee. The perfect outlet to express your unique holiday spirit and an opportunity share some fun with each other (even if we all can not be in the same place).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As you could imagine, this was the ideal project to harness the creative and competitive spirit of each Retarian. Ranging from classic to modern, uniform to abstract, and delicate to wild, one thing was consistent: all were delicious and the cheer and joy was everywhere (almost as much as gingerbread crumbs and icing).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Take a moment to enjoy some of the gingerbread creations from around the world, including the winner of the 2020 Gingerbread House competition. Houses were voted on by all employees from around the world, with the rankings based on total number of votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-5 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/12\/Isabell-Schneider-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/12\/Isabell-Schneider-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5278\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/12\/Isabell-Schneider-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/isabell-schneider-1\/\" class=\"wp-image-5278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Isabell-Schneider-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Isabell-Schneider-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Isabell-Schneider-1-510x382.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Isabell-Schneider-1-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Tenth place,<br>Isabell Schneider<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/12\/Patrick-Monaghan-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/12\/Patrick-Monaghan-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5283\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/12\/Patrick-Monaghan-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/patrick-monaghan\/\" class=\"wp-image-5283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Patrick-Monaghan-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Patrick-Monaghan-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Patrick-Monaghan-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Patrick-Monaghan-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Patrick-Monaghan-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Patrick-Monaghan-510x382.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Patrick-Monaghan-1080x810.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Patrick-Monaghan-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Patrick-Monaghan-980x735.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Patrick-Monaghan-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Ninth place,<br>Patrick Monaghan<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/12\/Gernot-Schonfeld-3-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"766\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/12\/Gernot-Schonfeld-3-766x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5276\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/12\/Gernot-Schonfeld-3-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/gernot-schonfeld-3\/\" class=\"wp-image-5276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Gernot-Schonfeld-3-766x1024.jpg 766w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Gernot-Schonfeld-3-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Gernot-Schonfeld-3-768x1026.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Gernot-Schonfeld-3-1149x1536.jpg 1149w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Gernot-Schonfeld-3-1532x2048.jpg 1532w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Gernot-Schonfeld-3-1080x1443.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Gernot-Schonfeld-3-1280x1710.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Gernot-Schonfeld-3-980x1309.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Gernot-Schonfeld-3-480x641.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Gernot-Schonfeld-3-scaled.jpg 1916w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Eighth place,<br>Gernot Schonfeld<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/12\/Stefan-Rath.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/12\/Stefan-Rath.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5284\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/12\/Stefan-Rath.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/stefan-rath\/\" class=\"wp-image-5284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Stefan-Rath.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Stefan-Rath-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Stefan-Rath-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Stefan-Rath-510x382.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Stefan-Rath-980x735.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Stefan-Rath-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Seventh place, <br>Stefan Rath<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/12\/Christian-Schenk-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"761\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/12\/Christian-Schenk-1024x761.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5274\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/12\/Christian-Schenk-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/christian-schenk\/\" class=\"wp-image-5274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Christian-Schenk-1024x761.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Christian-Schenk-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Christian-Schenk-768x571.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Christian-Schenk-1536x1142.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Christian-Schenk-2048x1522.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Christian-Schenk-1080x803.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Christian-Schenk-1280x952.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Christian-Schenk-980x728.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Christian-Schenk-480x357.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Sixth place,<br>Christian Schenk<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/12\/Mona-Mansour-4-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-5\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/12\/Mona-Mansour-4-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5282\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/12\/Mona-Mansour-4-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/mona-mansour-4\/\" class=\"wp-image-5282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Mona-Mansour-4-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Mona-Mansour-4-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Mona-Mansour-4-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Mona-Mansour-4-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Mona-Mansour-4-1080x1440.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Mona-Mansour-4-1280x1707.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Mona-Mansour-4-980x1307.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Mona-Mansour-4-480x640.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Mona-Mansour-4-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Fifth place,<br>Mona Mansour<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/12\/Christian-Horberg-3.jpeg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-6\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/12\/Christian-Horberg-3-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5273\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/12\/Christian-Horberg-3.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/christian-horberg-3\/\" class=\"wp-image-5273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Christian-Horberg-3-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Christian-Horberg-3-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Christian-Horberg-3-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Christian-Horberg-3-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Christian-Horberg-3-510x382.jpeg 510w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Christian-Horberg-3-1080x810.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Christian-Horberg-3-1280x960.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Christian-Horberg-3-980x735.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Christian-Horberg-3-480x360.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Christian-Horberg-3.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Fourth place,<br>Christian Horberg<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/12\/Florian-Korhammer-2-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-7\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/12\/Florian-Korhammer-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5275\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/12\/Florian-Korhammer-2-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/florian-korhammer-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-5275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Florian-Korhammer-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Florian-Korhammer-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Florian-Korhammer-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Florian-Korhammer-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Florian-Korhammer-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Florian-Korhammer-2-510x382.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Florian-Korhammer-2-1080x810.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Florian-Korhammer-2-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Florian-Korhammer-2-980x735.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Florian-Korhammer-2-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Third place,<br>Florian Korhammer<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/12\/Marcel-Hes-5.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-8\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"971\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/12\/Marcel-Hes-5-971x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5280\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/12\/Marcel-Hes-5.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/marcel-hes-5\/\" class=\"wp-image-5280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Marcel-Hes-5-971x1024.jpg 971w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Marcel-Hes-5-284x300.jpg 284w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Marcel-Hes-5-768x810.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Marcel-Hes-5-1456x1536.jpg 1456w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Marcel-Hes-5-1080x1139.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Marcel-Hes-5-1280x1350.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Marcel-Hes-5-980x1034.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Marcel-Hes-5-480x506.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Marcel-Hes-5.jpg 1517w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 971px) 100vw, 971px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Second place (tie),<br>Marcel Hess<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/12\/Carolina-Waldmann-3.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-9\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/12\/Carolina-Waldmann-3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5272\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/12\/Carolina-Waldmann-3.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/carolina-waldmann-3\/\" class=\"wp-image-5272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Carolina-Waldmann-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Carolina-Waldmann-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Carolina-Waldmann-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Carolina-Waldmann-3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Carolina-Waldmann-3-510x382.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Carolina-Waldmann-3-1080x810.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Carolina-Waldmann-3-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Carolina-Waldmann-3-980x735.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Carolina-Waldmann-3-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Carolina-Waldmann-3.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Second place (tie),<br>Carolina Waldmann<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/12\/Himani2-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-10\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/12\/Himani2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5277\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/12\/Himani2-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/himani2\/\" class=\"wp-image-5277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Himani2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Himani2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/12\/Himani2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, 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