2003 WINNER: Akari Yoshida, Le Soleil, Tokyo

2003 WINNER: Akari Yoshida, Le Soleil, Tokyo

Runner-up: Keiko Yamauchi, Le Soleil, Tokyo

Runner-up: Keiko Yamauchi, Le Soleil, Tokyo

Runner-up:  Nanako Toyoda, Ci:z Nail Academy, Chiba-Ken, Japan

Runner-up:  Nanako Toyoda, Ci:z Nail Academy, Chiba-Ken, Japan

 

Runner-up:  Barb Wetzel, NailSplash.com, LaGrange, Ill.

Runner-up:  Barb Wetzel, NailSplash.com, LaGrange, Ill.

 

Runner-up: Debbie Brew, Jenniffer & Co., Mentor, Ohio

Runner-up: Debbie Brew, Jenniffer & Co., Mentor, Ohio

2003: Nobuko Inagaki, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

2003: Nobuko Inagaki, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

2003: Angela Wintjen, Myrtle Point, Ore.

2003: Angela Wintjen, Myrtle Point, Ore.

2003: Renna Ford, Richfield, Utah

2003: Renna Ford, Richfield, Utah

2003: Ami McClure, Cape Coral, Fla.

2003: Ami McClure, Cape Coral, Fla.

2003:  Alisha Chmiel, Kettering, Ohio

2003:  Alisha Chmiel, Kettering, Ohio

2003: Angela Allen, Greensburg, Pa.

2003: Angela Allen, Greensburg, Pa.

2003: Angela Cash, Hamilton, Ohio

2003: Angela Cash, Hamilton, Ohio

2003: Kristin Miller, Oxford, N.J.

2003: Kristin Miller, Oxford, N.J.

2003: Carmen Phelps, Wooster, Ohio

2003: Carmen Phelps, Wooster, Ohio

2003: Kasumi Ishii, Tokyo

2003: Kasumi Ishii, Tokyo

2003: Miho Kurosawa, Gumma, Japan

2003: Miho Kurosawa, Gumma, Japan

2003: Keiko Inoue, Saitama, Japan

2003: Keiko Inoue, Saitama, Japan

2003: Renna Ford, Richfield, Utah

2003: Renna Ford, Richfield, Utah

2002 FIRST RUNNER-UP: Rie Toju, Yokohama, Japan

2002 FIRST RUNNER-UP: Rie Toju, Yokohama, Japan

2002 2ND RUNNER-UP: Angie Perez, Chicago

2002 2ND RUNNER-UP: Angie Perez, Chicago

2002 3RD RUNNER-UP: Ji-Young Lee, Kawagoe, Japan

2002 3RD RUNNER-UP: Ji-Young Lee, Kawagoe, Japan

2002: Casey Raimer, York, Pa.

2002: Casey Raimer, York, Pa.

2002: Kasumi Ishil, Tokyop>

2002: Kasumi Ishil, Tokyop>

2002: John Hauk, Dayton, Ohio

2002: John Hauk, Dayton, Ohio

2002: Dorothy (Dee) Hanley, Owatonna, Minn.

2002: Dorothy (Dee) Hanley, Owatonna, Minn.

2002: Tracey Stadamire, Portland, Ore.

2002: Tracey Stadamire, Portland, Ore.

2002: Jennifer Garcia, Montrose, Colo.

2002: Jennifer Garcia, Montrose, Colo.

2002: Angie Perez, Chicago

2002: Angie Perez, Chicago

2002: Lindsey Knoblock, Lubbock, Texas

2002: Lindsey Knoblock, Lubbock, Texas

2002: Chantelle Commerer, Te Puko, New Zealand

2002: Chantelle Commerer, Te Puko, New Zealand

2002: Nina Marie Fiore, Canandaigua, N.Y.

2002: Nina Marie Fiore, Canandaigua, N.Y.

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2003: Angela Allen, Greensburg, Pa.
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2003: Renna Ford, Richfield, Utah
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2002 FIRST RUNNER-UP: Rie Toju, Yokohama, Japan
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2002 2ND RUNNER-UP: Angie Perez, Chicago
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2002: Dorothy (Dee) Hanley, Owatonna, Minn.
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2002: Tracey Stadamire, Portland, Ore.
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2002: Jennifer Garcia, Montrose, Colo.
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In the year 2000, the editors of NAILS decided it would be fun to have a nail technician reader create the cover for one issue and so we started the Cover Tech Contest. Every year, we get hundreds of beautiful entries, creative concepts, and astonishing photographs. Browse through the best of the contests through the years. If you're interested in learning how to submit material for the next Cover Tech Contest, contact Judy.Lessin@bobit.com for details.

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