The second edition of Nailympia China, hosted by Kimi Chang and her team, took place at the Elephoto building in Shanghai: a multi-functional space that housed the competition arena, display area for entries, brand activations and a runway show for nails.

The competition, which ran 20, 21 and 22 May, welcomed 132 nail professionals representing 14 countries across 14 categories: eight arena and six online/turn-in.

Global Nailympia Competitions director, Alex Fox, led proceedings, and head judge for the event was Anneke van de Sar from The Netherlands, with Jacqui O’Sullivan (UK) and Liesbeth Van Langelaan as head floor judges. They were supported by a prestigious global judging panel: Anna Lee (UK/China); Catherine Wong (Singapore); Damon Ho (USA/Vietnam); Elena Maltseva (Tunisia); Elena Popova (Russian Federation); Joanna Bandurska (Poland); Max Braga (Italy); Mino Vo (UK/Vietnam); Oana Flutur (Romania); Sandy Cheung (China); Stephy Pang (Malaysia); Tatiana Litvinov (Romania); Valerie Ducharme (Canada); Zrinka Vuksan Bolancha (Canada/Croatia). Sean O’Sullivan (UK) and Helena Biggs (UK) administered scoring for the event.

Information about Nailympia China 2027 will be released soon.