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Nailympia London 2022: Winners announced
The 16th Nailympia London competition took place in a hybrid format – with categories available to enter online, as well as in person at the two-day Olympia Beauty exhibition.
Competitors from all over the globe entered across three divisions, and the winners were announced at a ceremony on stage at Olympia Beauty on Monday 3 October.
THE WINNERS 2022
THE 4th GLOBAL CUP
Olena Özman – Germany
THE 1st EUROPEAN CUP
Olena Özman – Germany
OVERALL INDIVIDUAL TOP SCORER
Olena Özman – Germany
WINNER OF WINNERS
- Division 1 – Ivaylo Guzgunov – UK
- Division 2 – Annie Pham – UK
- Division 3 – Deborah Cocco – Italy
ART WINNER OF WINNERS
- Division 1 – Ha Le – UK
- Division 2 – Alice Nali – UK
- Division 3 – Kayley Cairns – UK
TOP UK TECH
- Division 1 – Ivaylo Guzgunov
- Division 2 – Annie Pham
- Division 3 – Andreea Simona Ignat
TEAM TROPHY
Division 3 – Team Olena
GEL POLISH MANICURE
Division 1
- 3rd – Huyen Vu – UK
- 2nd – Taulanta Zdrava – UK
- 1st – Adriana Milosheva – Bulgaria
Division 2
- 3rd – Brigitta Fajt – UK
- 2nd – Brenda Diaz – USA
- 1st – Naomi Misu – Japan
Division 3
- 3rd – Evelin Nagy – Hungary
- 2nd – Alessandra Pizzari – Italy
- 1st – Deborah Cocco – Italy
RUNWAY NAILS
Division 1
- 3rd – Rita Chahine – Canada
- 2nd – Ha Le – UK
- 1st – Nicole Smith – UK
Division 2
- 3rd – Laura Pote – UK
- 2nd – Susan Strijbosch – The Netherlands
- 1st – Anita Chahal – UK
Division 3
- 3rd – Ivonne Voigt – Germany
- 2nd – Rachel Burke – Ireland
- 1st – Katarzyna Kruszynska – Ireland
SALON NAILS
Division 1
- 3rd – Mariana Costirco – Romania
- 2nd – Taulanta Zdrava – UK
- 1st – Ivaylo Guzgunov – UK
Division 2
- 3rd – Minna Ukskoski – Finland
- 2nd – Charisse Cassie – UK
- 1st – Annie Pham – UK
Division 3
- 3rd – Daria Proia – Italy
- 2nd – Deborah Cocco – Italy
- 1st – Olena Özman – Germany
REALITY NAILS
Division 1
- 3rd – Melanie Lueck – Germany
- 2nd – Nicole Smith – UK
- 1st – Dung Fox Nguyen – USA
Division 2
- 3rd – Alice Nali – UK
- 2nd – Anita Chahal – UK
- 1st – Brigitta Fajt – UK
Division 3
- 3rd – Petra Szabo – Hungary
- 2nd – Giulia Candido – Italy
- 1st – Katarzyna Kruszynska – Ireland
THE JOY OF NAILS
Division 1
- 3rd – Mariana Costirco – Romania
- 2nd – Ivaylo Guzgunov – UK
- 1st – Ha Le – UK
Division 2
- 3rd – Brenda Diaz – USA
- 2nd – Annie Pham – UK
- 1st – Alice Nali – UK
Division 3
- 3rd – Andreea Simona Ignat – UK
- 2nd – Ivonne Voigt – Germany
- 1st – Lucie Kovarikova – Czech Republic
MIXED MEDIA
Division 1
- 3rd – Vanessa Grossi – Italy
- 2nd – Emma Laverton – UK
- 1st – Dung Fox Nguyen – USA
Division 2
- 3rd – Alice Nali – UK
- 2nd – Rita Bartolomeu – Portugal
- 1st – Emese Balog – Hungary
Division 3
- 3rd – Iwona Freide – Poland
- 2nd – Ivonne Voigt – Germany
- 1st – Alessandra Pizzari – Italy
FANTASY COMPLETE LOOK
Division 2
- 2nd – Alice Nali – UK
- 1st – Brenda Diaz – USA
Division 3
- 3rd – Rachel Burke – Ireland
- 2nd – Monika Kupien – UK
- 1st – Kayley Cairns – UK
FLAT ART
Division 1
- 3rd – Nicole Smith – UK
- 2nd – Emma Laverton – UK
- 1st – Giulia Mihalache – Italy
Division 2
- 3rd – Emese Balog – Hungary
- 2nd – Charisse Cassie – UK
- 1st – Martyna Olubinska – Poland
Division 3
- 3rd – Marlena Krawczykowska – Poland
- 2nd – Alessandra Pizzari – Italy
- 1st – Ivonne Voigt – Germany
UV/LED GEL TIP & OVERLAY
Division 1
- 3rd – Ivaylo Guzgunov – UK
- 2nd – Mariana Costirco – Romania
- 1st – Ha Le – UK
Division 2
- 3rd – Alice Nali – UK
- 2nd – Naomi Misu – Japan
- 1st – Annie Pham – UK
Division 3
- 3rd – Daria Proia – Italy
- 2nd – Olena Özman – Germany
- 1st – Deborah Cocco – Italy
L&P ACRYLIC SCULPTURE
Division 1
- 3rd – Mariana Costirco – Romania
- 2nd – Ha Le – UK
- 1st – Ivaylo Guzgunov – UK
Division 2
- 3rd – Minna Ukskoski – Finland
- 2nd – Alice Nali – UK
- 1st – Annie Pham – UK
Division 3
- 3rd – Deborah Cocco – Italy
- 2nd – Flemming Nordqvist – Denmark
- 1st – Olena Özman – Germany
PERFECT MATCH
Division 1
- 3rd – Ha Le – UK
- 2nd – Mariana Costirco – Romania
- 1st – Ivaylo Guzgunov – UK
Division 2
- 3rd – Annie Pham – UK
- 2nd – Brenda Diaz – USA
- 1st – Alice Nali – UK
Division 3
- 3rd – Magdalena Mysliwiec – Poland
- 2nd – Olena Özman – Germany
- 1st – Deborah Cocco – Italy
INVENT A NAIL SHAPE
Division 1
- 3rd – Mariana Costirco – Romania
- 2nd – Jo Pham – UK
- 1st – Ivaylo Guzgunov – UK
Division 2
- 3rd – Annie Pham – UK
- 2nd – Anita Chahal – UK
- 1st – Charisse Cassie – UK
Division 3
- 3rd – Andreea Simona Ignat – UK
- 2nd – Mino Vo – UK
- 1st – Lucie Kovarikova – Czech Republic
STILETTO NAILS
Division 1
- 3rd – Mariana Costirco – Romania
- 2nd – Ha Le – UK
- 1st – Ivaylo Guzgunov – UK
Division 2
- 3rd – Brigitta Fajt – UK
- 2nd – Charisse Cassie – UK
- 1st – Annie Pham – UK
Division 3
- 3rd – Lucie Kovarikova – Czech Republic
- 2nd – Deborah Cocco – Italy
- 1st – Flemming Nordqvist – Denmark
Want to enter Nailympia? Check out upcoming competitions and locations via www.nailympia.com
IT’S BACK!! And this time it’s gone HYBRID!
Nailympia is returning to Olympia Beauty London for the first time since 2019!
TAKING PLACE SUNDAY 2 & MONDAY 3 OCTOBER 2022 AT OLYMPIA BEAUTY, LONDON
We’re so excited to welcome this fantastic competition back to the Grand Hall at Olympia London!
We have 5 online categories and 8 arena categories this year, with the Awards for all categories taking place live at Olympia on Monday 3rd October!
Whether you’re ready to take the plunge with a live competition or not, we have plenty of opportunities for you to develop as a nail artist, build your confidence, grow your network and be seen by the industry at large!
Use the code SUMMER5 to save 5% before 11.59pm on 31.08.22
ENTER ONLINE BY 11.59pm on 19 August 22 here: https://www.nailympia.com/london/entry/
ENTER ARENA BY 11.59 on 15 September 22 here: https://www.nailympia.com/london/entry/
SUPPORT THE COMPETITORS by attending and cheering them on here: https://eventdata.uk/Forms/Form.aspx?FormRef=OlyB2Visitor&TrackingCode=
We can’t wait to see what you’ve got this year!
It’s Back, It’s Bold & It’s Beautiful
The 16th Nailympia London is NOW OPEN for registration
Nailympia London will host 5 competitions online & 8 in its London-arena at Olympia Beauty 2-3 October 2022
32 countries join hands & compete
The 2nd edition of Nailympia Online enjoyed a massive 32-country strong representation.
It’s a superb show of hands & power as a 170 nail artists entered into the 14 categories on offer.
Here’s the countries that took part …
Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, India, Japan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, Paraguay, Portugal, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, South Africa, Switzerland, The Netherlands, USA, UK & Vietnam
See the categories & themes that were on offer here: https://www.nailympia.com/online/categories/
Meet – Elaine Watson – USA – head booth judge
Get to know a Nailympia judge in 25 steps…
Elaine watson
NAME: Elaine Tanner Watson
Business name: Nailebrity LLC
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Nationality: American
Who Trained You: Cuccio, EzFlow (1st gen), Too Much Fun & many, many mentors.
Years in Nails: 27 years
Years Judging: My first judging was a nail art comp the year after I graduated nail school – so 26 years
Nail Brands You Represent/Use: Cuccio / ASP
Role in Industry: Executive in manufacturing and currently licensing deals
Favourite Trade Exhibition: Olympia Beauty as I see all my friends & London at the same time
Favourite Nail Tool: My e-files!
Favourite Book: Outlander – all the books in the series by Diana Gabaldon
Favourite Movie: Devil Wears Prada
Favourite Food: Italian, Korean, Japanese… I can’t pick one, I love so manyFavourite Vacation Destination: Scotland, Italy or Greece (tie)
Co-hosting – Nailympia Awards in every location with Anneke van der Sar
Your Hobbies: Video gamer
Who You Admire In Industry: Industry starters… Tony Cuccio, Jan Arnold, Deborah Carver, George Schaeffer…and more
Top Technique You’ve Mastered: Currently it’s gels. I’ve converted from being an acrylic lover to being obsessed with gel.
What Inspires Your Work: Everything around me…
Advice to Competitors: Be the best version of you…
Hot Tip or Trick for Competitors: Practice, practice, practice
What Lockdown Has Taught You: Importance of empathy
A Funny Day/Memory At The Nail Desk: Drawing a blank here LOL. It’s been a very long time …
An Affirmation You Love: My efforts are being supported by the universe; my dreams manifest into reality before my eyes.
Why Nailympia: Since day one, Alex Fox. To explain I would need pages…for the short answer…care, compassion and love for competition, competitors, models, judges and anyone else involved.
Instagram: @elainewatsonofficial or @nailebrity
Twitter: @elainefrommaine or @nailebrity
Facebook: @elainewatson
TikTok: @nailebrity
FB: @nailebrity
Nailympia Online presents line-up of 36 judges
Nailympia Online closes for registration on Saturday 27 February and will be open for another 24 hours to take in submissions. It will finally close its portal at midnight on Sunday 28 February.
This is when the 36-strong judging team will be sent links into their judging portals, which have been allocated to them, but not yet revealed. “It’s getting very exciting as we get closer to the deadline,” enthuses Alex Fox, Nailympia organiser. “We have upgraded the Nailympia website and turned it into a competition portal where competitors from all over the world can register and upload their entries. This in turn, sends the entry to its respective category, where a link will be created and sent out to the judges ( from 1st March), who will then access their criteria, the entries and score straight into the system.”
With more than 30 countries represented and over 170 competitors, this competition is hotting up as it moves through its last week.
A live awards will be held at 7pm GMT Monday 15 March hosted on the official Nailympia Facebook page with Scratch’s Alex Fox and Helena Biggs, managing editor of Scratch magazine.
Tracks ARTE video about Nailympia London 2018
Tracks ARTE have created a video about Extreme Nail Art at Nailympia London 2018 featuring Alex Fox and Scratch Magazine! Make sure you watch the video below to see some of the incredible highlights from this competition and to register for your place click here!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yck60tgkYcM&feature=youtu.be
Breaking News!
London: Living The Nail Drama!
The 14th Nailympia London was as exciting as it was thrilling, buzzing and exhausting. The largest to date, the competition presented 14 competitions over three days, with 19 countries represented and the largest (verging on epic) international judging line-up seen in the nail world. Alex Fox reports in this article originally published in Scratch Magazine.
London: Living The Nail Dream!
Nailympia Competitions – the 14th Nail Crusade – closed its global circuit for 2018 at Olympia Beauty in London with a spectacular roundup of success and styling! Alex Fox reports in this article, originally published in Scratch Magazine…