Nailympia San Antonio 2026: THE RESULTS

Premiere Beauty Shows(opens in new tab) hosted the fourth iteration of Nailympia San Antonio, welcoming 51 international nail professionals who took 131 competition seats.

Six of the categories took place live in the competition arena, 30-31 August: Gel Polish Manicure; L&P Acrylic Competition Nails, Gel Competition Nails, The Joy Of Nails, Salon Nails and Stiletto Nails.

Entries for eight categories were submitted digitally or via post/turned-in on site: four poster categories plus Reality Nails, Runway Nails, Flat Art and To Stiletto & Beyond.

Nailympia Competitions global director, Alex Fox, presented the medals and trophies to competitors after the close of the last competition category on August 31.

THE RESULTS

 

MANICURE POSTER

Division 1

  • 1st – OLENA KOLOMOIETS – USA 

Division 2

  • 1st – OLHA KHLOMOVA – USA 
  • 2nd – IRYNA SHEMET – USA
  • 3rd – OLGA SAPUNOVA – CANADA

Division 3

  • 1st – VIKTORIYA KOMAR – USA 
  • 2nd – ARIANA NEVOIENNA – USA 
  • 3rd – OKSANA VIRIUTINA – USA 

 

PEDICURE POSTER

Division 1

  • 1st – OLENA KOLOMOIETS – USA

Division 2

  • 1st – IRYNA SHEMET – USA 
  • 2nd – OLHA KHLOMOVA – USA 
  • 3rd – MARIANA DOLGANOVA – USA 

Division 3

  • 1st – VIKTORIYA KOMAR – USA 
  • 2nd – OKSANA VIRIUTINA – USA 
  • 3rd – ARIANA NEVOIENNA – USA

 

GEL POLISH MANICURE

Division 1

  • 1st – DARYNA NARBUT – USA 
  • 2nd – CLARA BANUELOS – USA 
  • 3rd – TATIANA KOVALEVA – USA 

Division 2

  • 1st – TETIANA SHYKHOVA – USA 
  • 2nd – VIKTORIIA FEDOROVYKH – USA 

Division 3

  • 1st – YEVHENIIA ALIEINIKOVA – USA 
  • 2nd – MAKSYMILIAN BOROWY – IRELAND
  • 3rd – HALYNA KALIUGINA – USA 

 

REALITY NAILS

Division 1

  • 1st – SEZY TRAN – USA 
  • 2nd – GABRIELA RIVERA – USA 
  • 3rd – TATIANA KOVALEVA – USA 

Division 2

  • 1st – LARRY NGO – USA 
  • 2nd – CHLOE ELIZABETH REED – USA 

Division 3

  • 1st – JESSICA VERO – CANADA 
  • 2nd – HALYNA KALIUGINA – USA 
  • 3rd – WIKTORIA KOZLOWSKA – POLAND 

 

RUNWAY NAILS

Division 1

  • 1st – SEZY TRAN – USA 
  • 2nd – KATIE VU – USA 
  • 3rd – LAURA PHAM – USA 

Division 2

  • 1st – LARRY NGO – USA 
  • 2nd – CHLOE ELIZABETH REED – USA 

Division 3

  • 1st – ARIANA NEVOIENNA – USA 
  • 2nd – JESSICA VERO – CANADA 
  • 3rd – HALYNA KALIUGINA – USA 

AI NAIL VISION STYLING POSTER

Division 1

  • 1st – SEZY TRAN – USA 
  • 2nd – OLENA KOLOMOIETS – USA 
  • 3rd – NILAM LAKHANI – USA 

Division 2

  • 1st – LARRY NGO – USA 
  • 2nd – OLHA KHLOMOVA – USA 
  • 3rd – IRYNA SHEMET – USA 

Division 3

  • 1st – HALYNA KALIUGINA – USA 
  • 2nd – VIRA BUSHTA – USA 
  • 3rd – ARIANA NEVOIENNA – USA 

 

EXTREME NAIL STYLING POSTER

Division 1

  • 1st – SEZY TRAN – USA

Division 2

  • 1st – OLHA KHLOPMOVA – USA 
  • 2nd – ANNA VASILYEVA – RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Division 3

  • 1st – OKSANA VIRIUTINA – USA 

FLAT ART BOXED

Division 1

  • 1st – TUAN VO – USA
  • 2nd – SEZY TRAN – USA
  • 3rd – ALEXANDRA GARCIA – USA

Division 2

  • 1st – OLHA DEMCHYK – USA 
  • 2nd – LARRY NGO – USA 
  • 3rd – SOFIA PENA – USA 

Division 3

  • 1st – HALYNA KALIUGINA – USA 
  • 2nd – VIRA BUSHTA – USA 
  • 3rd – MAKSYMILIAN BOROWY – IRELAND 

 

TO STILETTO & BEYOND

Division 1

  • 1st – SEZY TRAN – USA 
  • 2nd – LAM DO – USA

Division 2

  • 1st – VIKTORIIA FEDOROVYKH – USA 
  • 2nd – OLHA KHLOMOVA – USA 
  • 3rd – LARRY NGO – USA 

Division 3

  • 1st – MARYNA KOZHEVNIKOVA – USA 
  • 2nd – HALYNA KALIUGINA – USA 
  • 3rd – VIRA BUSHTA – USA

SALON NAILS

Division 1

  • 1st – SEZY TRAN – USA 

Division 2

  • 1st – LARRY NGO – USA

Division 3

  • 1st – WIKTORIA KOZLOWSKA – POLAND 
  • 2nd – RYUJI NAKAYAMA – CHINA
  • 3rd – MAKSYMILIAN BOROWY – IRELAND

 

THE JOY OF NAILS

Division 1

  • 1st – CLARA BANUELAS – USA 
  • 2nd – SEZY TRAN – USA 

Division 2

  • 1st – LARRY NGO – USA
  • 2nd – VIKTORIIA FEDOROVYKH – USA 

Division 3

  • 1st – MAKSYMILIAN BOROWY – IRELAND
  • 2nd – HALYNA KALIUGINA – USA 
  • 3rd – WIKTORIA KOZLOWSKA – POLAND 

L&P ACRYLIC COMPETITION STYLE NAILS

Division 1

  • 2nd – SEZY TRAN – USA 

Division 2

  • 1st – LARRY NGO – USA 

Division 3

  • 1st – RYUJI NAKAYAMA – CHINA
  • 2nd – WIKTORIA KOZLOWSKA – POLAND
  • 3rd – MAKSYMILIAN BOROWY – IRELAND 

 

UV GEL COMPETITION STYLE NAILS

Division 2

  • 2nd – LARRY NGO – USA 

Division 3

  • 1st – RYUJI NAKAYAMA – CHINA 
  • 2nd – MAKSYMILIAN BOROWY – IRELAND 
  • 3rd – WIKTORIA KOZLOWSKA – POLAND 

STILETTO NAILS

Division 1

  • 1st – SEZY TRAN – USA 

Division 2

  • 1st – LARRY NGO – USA 
  • 2nd – VIKTORIIA FEDOROVYKH – USA 

Division 3

  • 1st – RYUJI NAKAYAMA – CHINA 
  • 2nd – MAKSYMILIAN BOROWY – IRELAND 
  • 3rd – WIKTORIA KOZLOWSKA – POLAND 

 

ART WINNER OF WINNERS

HALYNA KALIUGINA – USA

 

TOP USA TECH

LARRY NGO

 

WINNER OF WINNERS

Division 1 

SEZY TRAN – USA 

Division 2 

LARRY NGO – USA 

Division 3 

RYUJI NAKAYAMA – CHINA 

INDIVIDUAL TOP SCORER

MAKSYMILIAN BOROWY – IRELAND

 

4th PREMIERE CUP WINNER

MAKSYMILIAN BOROWY – IRELAND

 

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The 3rd Nailympia San Antonio results

The third Nailympia San Antonio took place 28 & 29 September 2025 at Premiere San Antonio, Texas, with 58 competitors, eight countries represented and 86 turn-in entries.

It featured an esteemed panel of 22 international judges – with Alisha Rimando as head judge, and saw a Nailympia first: the same winner for Winner of Winners division 3, Individual Top Scorer and the Premiere Cup.

Scroll down to check out the results…

GEL POLISH MANICURE

Division 1

3rd – Oksana Schcherbik – USA

2nd – Aminat Ionova – USA

1st – Yulia Yushko – USA

 

Division 2

3rd – Viktoriia Fedorovykh – USA

2nd – Viktoriya Komar – USA

1st – Jaquelin Robles – USA

 

Division 3

3rd – Nicolas Paggi – Argentina

2nd – Anastasiia Huzhevnikova – USA

1st – Veronica Luviano – USA

REALITY NAILS

Division 1

3rd – Halyna Kaliugina – USA

2nd – Phi Dang – USA

1st – Long Ngo – USA

 

Division 2

3rd – Sofia Mazur – USA

2nd – Vinh Le – USA

1st – Tammy Huynh – USA

 

Division 3

3rd – Mino Vo – United Kingdom

2nd – Nicolas Paggi – Argentina

1st – Thomas Pham – USA

RUNWAY NAILS

Division 1

3rd – Halyna Kaliugina – USA

2nd – Phi Dang – USA

1st – Long Ngo – USA

 

Division 2

3rd – Jaquelin Robles – USA

2nd – Vinh Le – USA

1st – Sofia Mazur – USA

 

Division 3

3rd – Nicolas Paggi – Argentina

2nd – Veronica Luviano – USA

1st – Thomas Pham – USA

SALON NAILS

Division 1

3rd – Truong Ngo – USA

2nd – Aminat Ionova – USA

1st – Yevheniia Chernyshova – USA

 

Division 2

3rd – Viktoriya Komar – USA

2nd – Elena Solatenova – USA

1st – Jaquelin Robles – USA

 

Division 3

3rd – Nicolas Paggi – Argentina

2nd – Mino Vo – United Kingdom

1st – Deborah Cocco – Italy

FLAT ART BOXED

Division 1

3rd – Sofia Pena – USA

2nd – Cristina Reyes Sanchez – Mexico

1st – Phi Dang – USA

 

Division 2

1st – Vinh Le – USA

 

Division 3

3rd – Natsuko Amano – USA

2nd – Nicolas Paggi – Argentina

1st – Thomas Pham – USA

TO STILETTO & BEYOND

Division 1

3rd – Cristina Reyes Sanchez – Mexico

 

Division 2

3rd – Vinh Le – USA

2nd – Viktoriya Komar – USA

1st – Tammy Huynh – USA

 

Division 3

3rd – Natalia Yefremova – USA

2nd – Nicolas Paggi – Argentina

1st – Maryna Kozhevnikova – USA

 

EXTREME NAILS POSTER

Division 1

3rd – Oksana Shcherbii – USA

2nd – Mario Zatkovsky – United Kingdom

1st – Yevheniia Chernyshova – USA

 

Division 2

3rd – Chloe Elizabeth Reed – USA

2nd – Valentina Treskina – Russia

1st – Kateryna Tsabilieva – USA

 

Division 3

3rd – Georgina Takacs – United Kingdom

2nd – Natalia Yefremova – USA

1st – Anita Chahal – United Kingdom

 

UV HARD GEL COMPETITION NAILS

Division 1

3rd – Aminat Ionova – USA

2nd – Yulia Yushko – USA

1st – Yevheniia Chernyshova – USA

 

Division 2

3rd – Sofiia Mazur – USA

2nd – Elena Solatenkova – USA

 

Division 3

3rd – Mino Vo – United Kingdom

2nd – Nicolas Paggi – Argentina

1st – Deborah Cocco – Italy

 

L&P ACRYLIC COMPETITION NAILS

Division 1

3rd – Truong Ngo – USA

 

Division 2

3rd – Sofiia Mazur – USA

2nd – Elena Solatenkova – USA

 

Division 3

3rd – Mino Vo – United Kingdom

2nd – Nicolas Paggi – Argentina

1st – Deborah Cocco – Italy

 

PERFECT MATCH

Division 1

No medals: threshold not met.

 

Division 2

3rd – Sofiia Mazur – USA

2nd – Elena Solatenova – USA

 

Division 3

3rd – Mino Vo – United Kingdom

2nd – Nicolas Paggi – Argentina

1st – Deborah Cocco – Italy

 

THE JOY OF NAILS

Division 1

3rd – Yulia Yushko – USA

2nd – Kseniia Diagileva – USA

1st – Truong Ngo – USA

 

Division 2

3rd – Elena Solatenova – USA

2nd – Viktoriya Komar – USA

1st – Karyna Kyliushyk – USA

 

Division 3

3rd – Nicolas Paggi – Argentina

2nd – Mino Vo – United Kingdom

1st – Deborah Cocco – Italy

 

STILETTO NAILS

Division 1

3rd – Nadiia Fedyshyn – USA

2nd – Yulia Yushko – USA

1st – Truong Ngo – USA

 

Division 2

3rd – Sofiia Mazur – USA

2nd – Elena Solatenkova – USA

1st – Viktoriya Komar – USA

 

Division 3

3rd – Mino Vo – United Kingdom

2nd – Nicolas Paggi – Argentina

1st – Deborah Cocco – Italy

 

TOP USA TECH

Veronica Luviano

 

ART WINNER OF WINNERS

Nicolas Paggi – Argentina

 

WINNER OF WINNERS

Division 1     Truong Ngo – USA

 

Division 2     Elena Solatenkova – USA

 

Division 3     Deborah Cocco – Italy

 

INDIVIDUAL TOP SCORER

Deborah Cocco – Italy (1287 points)

 

THE 3rd PREMIERE CUP 2025

Deborah Cocco – Italy (1324 points)