The 20th iteration of Nailympia London took place at the Salon Beauty expo, 13-14 October 2024, and wrapped up a phenomenal year of competitions for the global nail sector.
Nailympia was hosted in six locations in 2024, with Germany run by Stefanie Lo Re, Mexico by Dafne Fernandez, Vietnam by Damon Ho, and in association with the Premiere Show Group in Orlando and San Antonio. The London contest featured 10 categories that could be entered online, and nine that took place in the Salon Beauty arena. Across these 19 categories, 165 competitors from 32 countries took 544 competition seats.
Categories were judged by a team of global experts, who each boast exceptional prowess in the nail sector, and Nailympia is administered under Alex Fox, who celebrates 20 years as global director of Nailympia this autumn.
Here are the results…
EXTREME NAIL STYLING POSTER
Division 1
- 3rd – Alina Novikova – Italy
- 2nd – Elisa Tonetti – Italy
- 1st – Paula Emilia Socaci – Italy
Division 2
- 2nd – Renata Deak – Hungary
- 1st – Andrea Lorincz – Hungary
Division 3
- 3rd – Anita Chahal – United Kingdom
- 2nd – Evelin Nagy – Hungary
- 1st – Eva Pasztorne Balog – Hungary
ART ON NAILS: INTERNATIONAL SPORTING EVENTS
Division 1
- 3rd – Ewa Speyer – United Kingdom
- 2nd – Széll Anikó Henriett – Hungary
Division 2
- 2nd – Elizaveta Bekker – United Kingdom
Division 3
- 3rd – Selcan Ercan – The Netherlands
- 2nd – Mino Vo – United Kingdom
- 1st – Loi Van Nguyen – United Kingdom
RUNWAY NAILS: INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Division 1
- 3rd – Alice Stefani – Italy
- 2nd – Miu Tran – United Kingdom
- 1st – Rose Ann Pagliawan – Philippines
Division 2
- 3rd – Anya Nguyen – United Kingdom
- 2nd – Delia Caruso – United States
- 1st – Francesca Ciaponi – Italy
Division 3
- 3rd – Kelsey McQuay – United States
- 2nd – Selcan Ercan – The Netherlands
- 1st – Magdalena Dabrowska – Poland
REALITY NAILS: GEOMETRIC CHIC / VINTAGE VIBES / GOTHIC GRANDEUR
Division 1
- 3rd – Daniela Blahova – Slovakia
- 2nd – Fran Humphrey – United Kingdom
- 1st – Rose Anna Pagliawan – Philippines
Division 2
- 3rd – Francesca Ciaponi – Italy
- 2nd – Kim Poels – The Netherlands
- 1st – Anuja S. Mathur – India
Division 3
- 3rd – Dung (Fox) Nguyen – United States
- 2nd – Katarzyna Kruszynska – Ireland
- 1st – Mino Vo – United Kingdom
FLAT ART BOXED: SACRED SYMBOLS
Division 1
- 3rd – Kimberley Moseley-Woodhouse – United Kingdom
- 2nd – Gemma Riley – United Kingdom
- 1st – Adél Horváth – Hungary
Division 2
- 3rd – Emma Brock – United Kingdom
- 2nd – Francesca Ciaponi – Italy
- 1st – Khyati Patel – India
Division 3
- 3rd – Paola Marrone – Italy
- 2nd – Diana Vig – United Kingdom
- 1st – Tatiana Bianchi – Italy
DESIGN NAILS FOR AN ALBUM COVER: ELECTRO POP
Division 1
- 3rd – Daniela Blahova – Slovakia
- 2nd – Miu Tran – United Kingdom
- 1st – Adél Horváth – Hungary
Division 2
- 3rd – Anuja S. Mathur – India
- 2nd – Monika Sliwinska – Poland
- 1st – Francesca Ciaponi – Italy
Division 3
- 3rd – Diana Vig – United Kingdom
- 2nd – Vanessa Grossi – Aland Islands
- 1st – Silvia Gago – Spain
POSTER PEDICURE
Division 1
- 1st – Sarah Akhtyrska – United States
Division 2
- 3rd – Stacy Forsyth – Canada
- 2nd – Francesca Ciaponi – Italy
- 1st – Laura Pote – United Kingdom
Division 3
- 3rd – Veronika Pogány-Gócza – Hungary
- 2nd – Iuliia Prokopchuk – Canada
- 1st – Katarzyna Kruszynska – Ireland
POSTER MANICURE
Division 1
- 3rd – Sofia Capretti – Italy
- 2nd – Adél Horváth – Hungary
- 1st – Livia Major – Hungary
Division 2
- 3rd – Laura Pote – United Kingdom
- 2nd – Anita Cyruk – United Kingdom
- 1st – Zsofia Nagy – Hungary
Division 3
- 3rd – Marta Kolodziejczyk – Poland
- 2nd – Renata Jurinovits – Hungary
- 1st – Katarzyna Kruszynska – Ireland
MIXED MEDIA BOXED ART (Open theme)
Division 1
- 3rd – Chun Ling Kwok – Hong Kong
- 2nd – Adél Horváth – Hungary
- 1st – Daniela Blahova – Slovakia
Division 2
- 3rd – Renáta Deák – Hungary
- 2nd – Anya Nguyen – United Kingdom
- 1st – Thao Nguyen – United States
Division 3
- 3rd – Alice Nali – United Kingdom
- 2nd – Melinda Tamas – Hungary
- 1st – Silvia Gago – Spain
TO STILETTO & BEYOND: BOTANICAL GARDENS
Division 1
- 3rd – Mariia Riakhovskaia – United States
- 2nd – Alena Muraveva – United States
- 1st – Tuong Minh – Vietnam
Division 2
- 3rd – Emma Brock – United Kingdom
- 2nd – Dorte Steenhold – Denmark
- 1st – Yuliia Kovalchuk – United States
Division 3
- 3rd – Loi Van Nguyen – United Kingdom
- 2nd – Abbie Nguyen – United States
- 1st – Tatyana Texter – Germany
GEL POLISH MANICURE
Division 1
- 3rd – Sandra Marciniak – Poland
- 2nd – Zsofia Szeker – Hungary
- 1st – Paulina Baltyka – Poland
Division 2
- 3rd – Areli Naharai Carvajal Rios – Mexico
- 2nd – Marie Juranova – United Kingdom
- 1st – Francesca Ciaponi – Italy
Division 3
- 3rd – Magdalena Dabrowska – Poland
- 2nd – Natalia Trefon-Ociepka – Poland
- 1st – Aleksandra Dworzynska – Poland
THE JOY OF NAILS
Division 1
- 3rd – Maksymilian Borowy – Ireland
- 2nd – Miu Tran – United Kingdom
- 1st – Anita Pazmandi – Hungary
Division 2
- 3rd – Dorte Steenhold – Denmark
- 2nd – Francesca Ciaponi – Italy
Division 3
- 3rd – Natalia Trefon-Ociepka – Poland
- 2nd – Francesca Paliotto – Italy
- 1st – Mino Vo – United Kingdom
FANTASY COMPLETE LOOK
Division 3
- 3rd – Alice Nali – United Kingdom
- 2nd – Justyna Maris – Poland
- 1st – Melinda Tamás – Hungary
FRENCH TWIST
Division 1
- 3rd – Zsofia Szeker – Hungary
- 2nd – Sandra Marciniak – Poland
- 1st – Anita Pazmandi – Hungary
Division 2
- 3rd – Dorte Steenhold – Denmark
- 1st – Francesca Ciaponi – Italy
Division 3
- 3rd – Francesca Paliotto – Italy
- 2nd – Marta Deja – Poland
- 1st – Natalia Trefon-Ociepka – Poland
SALON NAILS
Division 1
- 3rd – Zsofia Szeker – Hungary
- 2nd – Anita Pazmandi – Hungary
- 1st – Paulina Baltyka – Poland
Division 2
- 3rd – Areli Naharai Carvajal Rios – Mexico
- 2nd – Katalin Dobo – United Kingdom
Division 3
- 3rd – Olena Oezman – Germany
- 2nd – Agnes Szonyi-Majoros – Hungary
- 1st – Alessandra Pizzari – Italy
UV GEL TIP & OVERLAY
Division 1
- 3rd – Sandra Marcinak – Poland
- 2nd – Paulina Baltyka – Poland
- 1st – Maksymilian Borowy – Ireland
Division 2
- 3rd – Francesca Ciaponi – Italy
- 2nd – Justyna Rozdoba – United Kingdom
- 1st – Tuyet Luong – United Kingdom
Division 3
- 3rd – Francesca Paliotto – Italy
- 2nd – Alessandra Pizzari – Italy
- 1st – Flemming Nordqvist – Denmark
L&P SCULPTURE
Division 1
- 3rd – Miu Tran – United Kingdom
- 2nd – Paulina Baltyka – Poland
- 1st – Anita Pazmandi – Hungary
Division 2
- 3rd – Marie Juranova – United Kingdom
- 2nd – Minna Ukskoski – Finland
- 1st – Areli Naharai Carvajal Rios – Mexico
Division 3
- 3rd – Flemming Nordqvist – Denmark
- 2nd – Natalia Trefon-Ociepka – Poland
- 1st – Alessandra Pizzari – Italy
PERFECT MATCH
Division 1
- 2nd – Paulina Baltyka – Poland
- 1st – Miu Tran – United Kingdom
Division 2
- 2nd – Francesca Ciaponi – Italy
Division 3
- 3rd – Flemming Nordqvist – Denmark
- 2nd – Natalia Trefon-Ociepka – Poland
- 1st – Alessandra Pizzari – Italy
STILETTO NAILS
Division 1
- 3rd – Maksymilian Borowy – Ireland
- 2nd – Sandra Marciniak – Poland
- 1st – Anita Pazmandi – Hungary
Division 2
- 3rd – Francesca Ciaponi – Italy
- 2nd – Minna Ukskoski – Finland
- 1st – Katalin Dobo – United Kingdom
Division 3
- 3rd – Flemming Nordqvist – Denmark
- 2nd – Olena Oezman – Germany
- 1st – Francesca Paliotto – Italy
TOP UK TECH
Division 1 – Miu Tran
Division 2 – Katalin Dobo
Division 3 – Mino Vo
ART WINNER OF WINNERS
Division 1 – Miu Tran – United Kingdom
Division 2 – Francesca Ciaponi – Italy
Division 3 –Melinda Tamás – Hungary
WINNER OF WINNERS
Division 1 – Anita Pazmandi – Hungary
Division 2 – Francesca Ciaponi – Italy
Division 3 – Mino Vo – United Kingdom
INDIVIDUAL TOP SCORER
Alessandra Pizzari – 974 points
TEAM TROPHY
Team Indigo
EUROPEAN CUP
Francesca Paliotto – Italy
GLOBAL CUP
Olena Oezman – Italy
Olena is omitted into the Nailympia Hall of Fame, after winning the Global Cup for a third time.
Nailympia Competitions is in association with Scratch magazine.
For information about upcoming Nailympia competitions, visit www.nailympia.com