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Nailympia London 2025 Global Cup Deborah Cocco

Nailympia London 2025: THE RESULTS

The 2025 Nailympia competition season ended on a high in London – with the reveal of the European Cup and Global Cup champions. The nine arena contests and grand finale were hosted at the Professional Beauty Autumn trade event in the ExCel centre, and saw techs and spectators from all over the world culminate for…

The 3rd Nailympia San Antonio results

The third Nailympia San Antonio took place 28 & 29 September 2025 at Premiere San Antonio, Texas, and featured an esteemed international judging panel – with Alisha Rimando as head judge. Here are the results… GEL POLISH MANICURE Division 1 3rd – Oksana Schcherbik – USA 2nd – Aminat Ionova – USA 1st – Yulia Yushko – USA…

Celebrating Max Braga – Trusted Nailympia Judge & International Nail Artist Extraordinaire

Venice at your fingertips: the magic of fantasy nail art at Nailympia & delivered by Entity global educator & international judge, Max Braga Last year, at Nailympia London, I was asked to create a full set of Fantasy Complete Look nails for a high-profile demonstration show, designed to showcase the excellence of professionals in…

Sculptor of Nail Style with Soul – meet Genki Itou – Winner of Winners Division 3 – Nailympia China 2025

Genki Itou- Tokyo, Japan – the Sculptor of Nail Style with Soul For over two decades, Japan’s Genki Itou has quietly, yet confidently crafted his name into the fabric of the global nail industry. With 21 years in nails, Genki is not only a celebrated international competitor, but also a revered educator, product developer and…

Nailympia News – meet Nakayama Ryuji – Individual Top Scorer Nailympia China 2025

Introducing…competitor: Nakayama Ryuji Nail artist, educator and brand developer who is mixed race Chinese/Japanese and lives in Shanghai, China. Nakayama won the Individual Top Scorer trophy at Nailympia China 2025. Nakayama has been a dedicated nail artist for over 14 years. Although nail art wasn’t his initial career choice, it eventually became the perfect…