 Other well-known past medalists include fashion designer Carolina Herrera in 1997 and the institute's past chairman and fashion designer Oscar de la Renta in 1993.The winners of the 2013 Queen Sofia Spanish Institute Gold Medal Awards celebrated at the Waldorf Astoria, in New York City on November 19, 2013, was Antonio Banderas and Hillary Rodham Clinton.The Institute no longer holds a Gold Medal Gala.