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Nailympia London 2025: THE RESULTS

14th October 2025

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 live results announcement on 13 October.

The 21st Nailympia London welcomed 214 competitors, taking 597 competition seats from 39 countries across 20 online and arena categories. They were judged by an esteemed panel of multi award-winning global nail professionals and educators.

THE RESULTS

ART ON NAILS: Seasons & Folklore

Division 1

2^nd – Tatyanna Francis – Canada
3^rd – Maryna Hlukha – Ukraine

Division 2

1^st – Rodica Crismaru – United Kingdom
2^nd – Anna Witkowska – Poland

Division 3

1^st – Silvia Gago López – Spain
2^nd – Loi Van Nguyen – Vietnam
3^rd – Jacqueline McClement – Canada

RUNWAY NAILS: SELF PORTRAITURE – The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

Division 1

1^st – Tuán Khang (Ray) Nguyen – United Kingdom
2^nd – Kendyl Taylor – United States
3^rd – Desirè Bassani – Italy

Division 2

1^st – Daniela Blahova – Slovakia
2^nd – Etelka Simo – United Kingdom
3^rd – Rodica Crismaru – United Kingdom

Division 3

1^st – Vanessa Grossi – Italy
2^nd – Tuyet Lyong – United Kingdom
3^rd – Alice Nali – United Kingdom

REALITY NAILS: Consumerism/Technology/Tradition

Division 1

1^st – Ilena Croce – Italy
2^nd – Aurelija O’Neill – Ireland
3^rd – Irina Rulkova – United States

Division 2

1^st – Daniela Blahova – Slovakia
2^nd – Anita Pazmandi – United Kingdom
3^rd – Federica Lucifora – Italy

Division 3

1^st – Deborah Cocco – Italy
2^nd – Anita Chahal – United Kingdom
3^rd – Anuja S. Mathur – India

FLAT ART BOXED: Carnival & Cabaret

Division 1

1^st – Tuán Khang (Ray) Nguyen – United Kingdom
2^nd – Liudmyla Keremet – Ukraine
3^rd – Filecha Phrommala – France

Division 2

1^st – Le Truong – United States
2^nd – Stefania Gavini – Italy
3^rd – Naoe Shiraishi – Japan

Division 3

1^st – Pui Lun Yeung – Hong Kong
2^nd – Jacqueline McClement – Canada
3^rd – Robert Klonowski – Poland

DESIGN NAILS FOR AN ALBUM COVER: Folk Music

Division 1

1^st – Tuán Khang (Ray) Nguyen – United Kingdom

Division 2

1^st – Marta Szkop – Poland
2^nd – Daniela Blahova – Slovakia
3^rd – Tran Papp – United Kingdom

Division 3

1^st – Vanessa Grossi – Italy
2^nd – Anuja S Mathur – India
3^rd – Erika Nortier – Italy

POSTER PEDICURE

Division 1

1^st – Aleksandra Kubicka – Poland
2^nd – Irina Rulkova – United States
3^rd – Elena Molodykh – United States

Division 2

1^st – Tetiana Dolhosheia – United States
2^nd – Samantha Ownby – United States
3^rd – Rodica Crismaru – United Kingdom

Division 3

1^st – Zita Shirgazina -Russian Federation
2^nd – Magalena Dabrowska – Poland
3^rd – Henriette Skydt Svensson – Denmark

POSTER MANICURE

Division 1

1^st – Maria Teresa Concu – Italy
2^nd – Desirè Bassani – Italy
3^rd – Viktoriia Prokopenko – United States

Division 2

1^st – Samantha Ownby – United States
2^nd – Federica Lucifora – Italy
3^rd – Alexandra Tur – United Kingdom

Division 3

1^st – Melinda Tamás – Hungary
2^nd – Sylwia Siudalska – United Kingdom
3^rd – Ágnes Szōnyi-Majoros – Hungary

EXTREME NAIL STYLING POSTER

Division 1

1^st – Chan Mia – Ukraine
2^nd – Lee Thao – Poland

Division 2

1^st – Yuliya Ilhani – Turkey
2^nd – Inna Popova – Russian Federation
3^rd – Marina Shchelkova – Poland

Division 3

1^st – Evelin Nagy – Hungary
2^nd – Anita Chahal – United Kingdom
3^rd – Loi Van Nguyen – Vietnam

AI NAIL VISION POSTER

Division 1

1^st – Yuliia Streletska – Ukraine
2^nd – Kinga Wachala – United Kingdom
3^rd – Desirè Bassani – Italy

Division 2

1^st – Tran Papp – United Kingdom
2^nd – Zulfiya Muksinova – Uzbekistan
3^rd – Ying Ching Li – Hong Kong

Division 3

1^st – Jacqueline McClement – Canada
2^nd – Marta Kolodziejczyk – Poland
3^rd – Magdalena Dabrowska – Poland

MIXED MEDIA BOXED ART (Open theme)

Division 1

1^st – Tuán Khang (Ray) Nguyen – United Kingdom
2^nd – Kayleigh Brown – United Kingdom

Division 2

1^st – Stefania Gavini – Italy
2^nd – Ying Ching Li – Hong Kong
3^rd – Renáta Deák – Hungary

Division 3

1^st – Silvia Gago López – Spain
2^nd – Vanessa Grossi – Italy
3^rd – Paola Marrone – Italy

TO STILETTO & BEYOND: Cultural Identity

Division 1

1^st – Kieu Huynh – Australia
2^nd – Kinga Wachala – United Kingdom
3^rd – Noor Milaji – State of Palestine

Division 2

1^st – Daniela Blahova – Slovakia
2^nd – Tran Papp – United Kingdom
3^rd – Raziyeh Cheki – Iran

Division 3

1^st – Loi Van Nguyen – Vietnam
2^nd – Minh Tuong – Vietnam
3^rd – Anuja S.Mathur – India

GEL POLISH MANICURE

Division 1

1^st – Desirè Bassani – Italy
2^nd – Maria Teresa Concu – Italy
3^rd – Yan Sin Kwong – United Kingdom

Division 2

1^st – Marie Juranova – United Kingdom
2^nd – Federica Lucifora – Italy
3^rd – Etelka Simo – United Kingdom

Division 3

1^st – Kirsty McDonough – United Kingdom
2^nd (tied) – Maksymilian Borowy – Ireland & Marta Ramza – Poland

THE JOY OF NAILS

Division 1

1^st – Ilenia Croce – Italy
2^nd – Mariana Nishimaru – Ireland
3^rd – Desirè Bassani – Italy

Division 2

1^st – Bianca Kovacevic – Italy
2^nd – Susanna Caselli – Italy
3^rd – Etelka Simo – United Kingdom

Division 3

1^st – Deborah Cocco – Italy
2^nd – Francesca Paliotto – Italy
3^rd – Kirsty McDonough – United Kingdom

FANTASY COMPLETE LOOK

Division 2

1^st – Etelka Simo – United Kingdom
2^nd – Tran Papp – United Kingdom

Division 3

1^st – Alice Nali – United Kingdom
2^nd – Robert Klonowski – Poland
3^rd – Erika Bakos – Hungary

FRENCH TWIST

Division 1

1^st – Ilenia Croce – Italy
2^nd – Desirè Bassani – Italy
3^rd – Maria Teresa Concu – Italy

Division 2

1^st – Viktorija Trifonova – Latvia
2^nd – Federica Lucifora – Italy
3^rd – Anita Pazmandi – United Kingdom

Division 3

1^st – Deborah Cocco – Italy
2^nd – Francesca Paliotto – Italy
3^rd – Veronika Pogány-Gocza – Hungary

SALON NAILS

Division 1

1^st – Ilenia Croce – Italy
2^nd – Desirè Bassani – Italy
3^rd – Cristina Renna – Italy

Division 2

1^st – Bianca Kovacevic – Italy
2^nd – Anita Pazmandi – United Kingdom
3^rd – Federica Lucifora – Italy

Division 3

1^st – Deborah Cocco – Italy
2^nd – Wiktoria Kozlowska – Poland
3^rd – Francesca Paliotto – Italy

UV GEL COMPETITION NAILS

Division 1

3^rd – Ilenia Croce – Italy

Division 2

1^st – Bianca Kovacevic – Italy
2^nd – Chiara Panaia – Italy
3^rd – Susanna Caselli – Italy

Division 3

1^st – Francesca Paliotto – Italy
2^nd – Deborah Cocco – Italy
3^rd – Ágnes Szõnyi-Majoros – Hungary

L&P ACRYLIC COMPETITION NAILS

Division 1 Threshold not met for any medals to be awarded in this division.

Division 2

1^st – Bianca Kovacevic – Italy
2^nd – Susanna Caselli – Italy
3^rd – Chiara Panaia – Italy

Division 3

1^st – Francesca Paliotto – Italy
2^nd – Deborah Cocco – Italy
3^rd – Flemming Nordqvist – Denmark

PERFECT MATCH

Division 1 Threshold not met for any medals to be awarded in this division.

Division 2

1^st – Bianca Kovacevic – Italy
2^nd – Susanna Caselli – Italy
3^rd – Chiara Panaia – Italy

Division 3

1^st – Francesca Paliotto – Italy
2^nd – Deborah Cocco – Italy
3^rd – Ágnes Szõnyi-Majoros – Hungary

STILETTO NAILS

Division 1

1^st – Maria Teresa Concu – Italy
2^nd – Hieu Nguyen – United Kingdom
3^rd – Ilena Croce – Italy

Division 2

1^st – Bianca Kovacevic – Italy
2^nd – Anita Pazmandi – United Kingdom
3^rd – Viktorija Trifonova – Latvia

Division 3

1^st – Deborah Cocco – Italy
2^nd – Francesca Paliotto – Italy
3^rd – Valentina Federici – Italy

TOP UK TECH

Division 1 – Hieu Nguyen

Division 2 – Anita Pazmandi

Division 3 – Kirsty McDonough

ART WINNER OF WINNERS

Division 1 – Ilenia Croce – Italy

Division 2 – Etelka Simo – United Kingdom

Division 3 – Alice Nali – United Kingdom

WINNER OF WINNERS

Division 1 – Ilenia Croce – Italy

Division 2 – Bianca Kovacevic – Italy

Division 3 – Francesca Paliotto – Italy

INDIVIDUAL TOP SCORER

Deborah Cocco – Italy – 1,362 points

TEAM TROPHY

TEAM DECO: Deborah Cocco, Francesca Paliotto, Valentina Federici, Bianca Kovacevic, Federica Lucifora, Chiara Panaia.

EUROPEAN CUP CHAMPION

Deborah Cocco – Italy – 1,098 points

Nailympia london 2025 global cup deborah cocco

GLOBAL CUP CHAMPION

Deborah Cocco – Italy – 2,109 points

Thanks to the sponsors of Nailympia London 2025 in association with Scratch magazine: Gelish, Vodex, Gel Junkie, Andreia Professional, Urawa, UMIA, HD Professional Nail Systems, Ulka & REM Beauty.

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Invite this Wolf right up to your salon door

6th September 2022

The first Nailympia global champion back in 2017, Sweden’s Madelene Wolf, has jumped into the slipstream of her success and launched a new nail system with education, known as Wolf.

“For a long time, I dreamt of having all the best materials gathered in one place instead of having to look for products I like from different suppliers,” reveals Madelene. “I also wanted to help others work with the best products in as simple a way as possible.”

Working alongside chemists since 2019, the Wolf nail system began its development journey with a vision of producing high quality products with fine pigments. Durability on the nail was another important factor for Madelene throughout the manufacturing process. “When I started my brand, it was not only to offer high-quality products that create beautiful and personalised nails, but also to help other nail therapists become the best in the world at their craft,” enthuses Madelene. “This is why I offer professional nail products and diploma courses in nail design at my Wolf Nail Academy, resulting in world class nails. People don’t really buy the products, they buy the purpose of them and the results they get.”

With an already saturated market, Madelene affirms she was guided by needing, “The best products for sale, salons and students. When I couldn’t find the level of quality on the market I required, I decided to produce my own.”

Training in nails back in 1996, this world class nail stylist from Gothenburg, has been working with nails ever since. “After being hired at various salons, I’ve had my own salon and school since 2008,” cites Madelene. “I train future nail therapists at the Madelene Wolf Nail Academy, however, no matter how much I think I know, I will never be fully trained and, as I love learning new techniques and shapes, I also make sure I regularly take courses myself.”

Reflecting on her journey into nails, Madelene fondly recalls, “I’ve been interested in nails since childhood when I would glue pieces of tape together, then cut them out to put on my nails. I then borrowed my mum’s red nail polish and thought the finished product looked great.”

Getting hooked on the idea of nails as a career was born from Madelene’s regular nail appointment leading her into a beginners’ nail course. “I thought nails looked like so much fun, so I went on a course and found it a great way to channel my creativity. I then decided to get further education.”

Climbing to the top of an industry ladder means taking education seriously, and as such, Madelene made it her mission to train with the best. Citing Najet Hamila Strand, Tom Holcomb and David Fowler, among a long list of industry greats, Madelene highlights, “If I have to pinpoint one industry professional I currently admire, it would be Olena Oezman, for her great passion for perfection. I can’t stop looking at her nails! But I also admire those who dare to follow their dreams and never give up, those who enter competitions and continue to take courses to keep improving.”

Proving that competing in nails can have a profound and positive effect on a nail career, Madelene notes her competition career (2001-2017), has afforded industry recognition, world travel, networking and further training and now the advent of her own nail brand.

“My biggest career highlight was when I became Nailympia Winner of Winners (Div 3) in London 2014, and then Nailympia Global Champion 2017. That is hard to forget! My heart was pounding so hard, and for a second I thought I would pass out before the results were announced. Another highlight is all the nail courses I’ve had the opportunity to arrange around the world, and now I’ve finally followed my dream of starting a nail brand.”

Living by the doctrine of never giving up on her dreams and living in a state of self-belief, Madelene’s eye for perfection and precision, alongside her persistence and determination, have led to the birth of an elegant and stylish product line, which delivers, in her own words, “Durability on the nails, ease of use and smooth application, high colour pigmentation, with brushes carefully developed by my colleague, Sandra Bergstrand, who’s been extremely picky regarding their quality throughout the production process.”

The Wolf nail system currently presents UV/LED hard gel, UV/LED gel polish, L&P acrylic, nail art products, brushes and accessories. Team Wolf is now delving deep into the R&D for an acrygel product to join the Wolf nail pack.

“I want to reach the whole world with my products, work with those who are passionate about the same things as me and train even more nail therapists worldwide,” smiles Madelene. And offering her expert advice to aspiring nail professionals, she notes in closing, “You have to believe in yourself and never give up. Follow your dreams and goals!”

https://madelenewolf.com/

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