London Nailympics A Big Success

The London Nailympics was a big success this year. On September 19-20, some of the best nail artists in the world gathered to take part in the 6^th annual London Nailympics contest at the Olympia Beauty Show in London, England. The event has been gaining in popularity and even garnered some interest from mainstream London press, with this recent article by David Wilkes in Mail Online, a British online news site.

 

The competition had 354 competitors from 24 different countries this year, and the show itself had more than 30,000 attendees.

 

An Italian competitor named Carmelina Gandolfo, 32, explained why the Nailympics are so important to international nail artists. “This is one of the most important competitions in the world,” she said. “You come to demonstrate your skill and show what your country can offer.”

 

Here are the results from this year’s competition:

 

Acrylic Sculpture

 

Division 1

1^st – Yeo-Ran Jung – Korea

2^nd – Hye-Joo Kim – Korea

3^rd – Seiko Yamamoto – Japan

 

Division 2

1^st – Seung-Hyo Baek – Korea

2^nd – Svetlana Yudkina – Russia

3^rd – Elena Zavertiaeva – Russia

 

Division 3

1^st – Karin Strom – Sweden

2^nd – Linn Limberg-Larsen – Norway

3^rd – Dong-Won Lee – Korea

 

Gel Sculpture & Tip/Overlay

 

Division 1

1^st – Anna Katarzyna Wesolowska – Italy

2^nd – Yeo-Ran Jung – Korea

3^rd – Mi-Ok Kwak – Korea

 

Division 2

1^st – Zsuzsa Teodora Kovacs – Hungary

2^nd – Judit Kobori – Hungary

3^rd – Olesya Zhilcova – Russia

 

Division 3

1^st – Zsuzsanna Fekete – Hungary

2^nd – Maria Malekne Vigh – Hungary

3^rd – Gabriella Kovacs – Hungary

 

Acrylic Tip/Overlay

 

Division 1

1^st – Ana Katarzyna Wesolowska – Italy

2^nd – Marie Louise Appels – The Netherlands

3^rd – Sasha Schmalgemeijer – The Netherlands

 

Division 2

1^st – Svetlana Yudkina – Russia

2^nd – Anastasia Schadenko – Russia

3^rd – Antoinette Scheffel – The Netherlands

 

Division 3

1^st – Jessica Strom – Sweden

2^nd – Karin Strom – Sweden

3^rd – Simone Groenenboom – The Netherlands

 

Wrap Tip/Overlay

 

Division 1

1^st – Yeo-Ran Jung – Korea

2^nd – Mika Oki – Japan

3^rd – Han Min Hee – Korea

 

Division 2

1^st – Lee-Jin Young – Korea

2^nd – Lina Nyberg – Sweden

3^rd – Lina Valerieva – Bulgaria

 

Division 3

1^st – Jessica Strom – Sweden

2^nd – John Hauk – USA

3^rd – Zsuzsanna Fekete – Hungary

 

Nail Embellishment

 

Division 1

1^st – Mi-Ok Kwak – Korea

2^nd – Monica Pierini – Italy

3^rd – Alessandra Zagato – Italy

 

Division 2

1^st – Svetlana Yudkina – Russia

2^nd – Sabrina Scuccimarro – Italy

3^rd – Silvia Ortenzi – Italy

 

Division 3

1^st – Dong-Won Lee – Korea

2^nd – Kirsty Meakin – UK

3^rd – Natalia Penkova – Russia

 

Fantasy

 

Division 1

1^st – Elena Manta – Ireland

2^nd – Yeo-Ran Jung – Korea

3^rd – Naomi Kabe – Japan

 

Division 2

1^st – Elena Husainova – Russia

2^nd – Sabrina Scuccimarro – Italy

3^rd – Carmen Gamero Lopez – Italy

 

Division 3

1^st – Szabina Varadi – Hungary

2^nd – Maria de Lourdes Desfassiaux Vergara – Mexico

3^rd – Marta Maslo – France

 

Mixed Media Boxed Art

 

Division 1

1^st – Hye-Joo Kim – Korea

2^nd – Hye Kjung Kim – Korea

3^rd – Mayumi Saito – Japan

 

Division 2

1^st – Tatjana Keester – Russia

2^nd – Seung-Hyo Beak – Korea

3^rd – Jin-Young Lee – Korea

 

Division 3

1^st – Maria de Lourdes Desfassiaux Vergara – Mexico

2^nd – Dong-Won Lee – Korea

3^rd – Kirsty Meakin – UK

 

 

Winner of Winners

 

Division 1 – Alessandra Zagato – Italy

Division 2 – Elena Zavertiaeva – Russia

Division 3 – Karin Strom – Sweden

 

 

Top UK Competitor

 

Division 1 – Theresa Dickson

Division 2 – Natalia Cameron

Division 3 – Kirsty Meakin

 

 

Highest Scoring Individual

 

Kirsty Meakin – UK – 551 points

 

 

Team Trophy

Nails & Beauty Italia 1 = 2110 points

 

Monica Pierini, Alessandra Zagato, Sabrinna Scuccimarro, Lina Valerieva, Carmen Gamero Lopez, Eleonara Brunato, and coach Antonio Sacripante.

 

— Tim