

Emily Sanders and Vanessa Perez

Sarah Jessen and Cymbre Bistodeau

Ashley Gregory, her mom, Barb Gregory, and Diane Diaz
Nail tech Fleury Rose and NAILS' Sigourney Nuñez
NAILS team Yuiko Sugino, Danielle Parisi, Sigourney Nuñez, and Kim Pham

NAILS' Sig Nunez, Yuiko Sugino, NTNA 2015 winner Lavette Cephus, NAILS Danielle Parisi, Nellie Neal

NTNA 2014 finalist Buddy Sims, Lavette Cephus, CND's Jan Norman, NAILS' Beth Livesay

NAILS team Yuiko Sugino, Erika Kotite, Cyndy Drummey, Danielle Parisi

Nikki Rios, Winnie Huang (center) and Ellegra Davis

CND's Jerry Clonts, Susan Perea, and Ozzie Blanco

Celebrants at the NTNA 2016 grand finale

Team Jenny Nails' Jenny Chang and Jenny Wang from New Jersey, N.Y.


Shirley Cheng, Amy Oung, Hoang Duong, Lynda Lam, Kelvin St. Pham, John Nguyen, Kevin Katz, and Kim Pham



Carey Lucchesi, Nancy Strohm, Mary Metscivz, and Michele Baker

NAILS Shannon Rahn with Cuccio's Arica Carpenter


NTNA winner Winnie Huang (front center) with Jan Arnold, Lavette Cephus, Sarah Elmaz (2nd runner up), Celina Ryden (1st runnerup), Beth Livesay

Beauty Changes Lives president Lynelle Lynch

CND's Jan Arnold and NAILS' Beth Livesay


Recapping the competition

Past finalists for NTNA come onstage

Waiting for the event to begin

The trophy!

NAILS Michelle Mullen and Marilyn Garcia


1st runnerup Celina Ryden and friend

Stephanie Fountain, Sabella Snyder, Winnie Huang, and Rhiannon Miles

Doug Schoon, Csanea Hatcher, and Nellie Neal
Associated Nail Professional's Katie Armitage and friends
Celina, Sarah, and Winnie wait to find out who will be the winner
NAILS Next Top Nail Artist Season 3 culminated in an exciting evening March 13, 2016 in downtown Chicago, where finalists Celina Ryden, Sarah Elmaz, and Winnie Huang waited to know which one had won. Hundreds of nail techs, educators, industry executives, members of the beauty media, and well-wishers celebrated at the glamorous ROOF on theWit as Winnie Huang was crowned this year's winner.
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