Mixed-Media Boxed Art Division 3 winners: Akiko Russell (1st place); Joanna Bandurska (2nd place); Hazel Dixon (3rd place)
Fantasy Complete Look Division 3 winners: Hazel Dixon (UK) and Aigul Fritzke (Canada)
Joy of Nails With Bling! Division 3 winners: Lena Kurach (1st place); Hazel Dixon (2nd place); Joanna Bandurska (3rd place)
Judges Vitaly Solomonoff, Allie Baker, Jaime Schrabeck, Morgan Haile, Tammy Taylor, Trang Nguyen, Aigul Fritzke, Karen Dunn
Judges Jan Arnold, Lauren Wireman, Allie Baker, Cheryl Tibault, Trang Nguyen, Morgan Haile, Shelena Robinson, Vitaly Solomonoff, Beth Livesay, head judge Elaine Watson, and organizer Alex Fox
Runway Nails, Division 3 winners: Jerilee Fair (1st), Hazel Dixon (2nd), RussAnna Dudley (3rd)
Reality Nail Art, Division 3 winners: Joanna Bandurska (3rd), Hazel Dixon (2nd), and Jerilee Fair (1st)
Competitor Odette Guzman Fontanez working away
Nailympia medals
Karen Dunn, Maisie Dunbar, and Alex Fox
Joy of Nails With Bling, Division 1 winners: Leon Sokreaksarmie Touch (1st), Megan Sainz (2nd), Jennifer Lynn Szarbo (3rd)
Individual top scorer Hazel Dixon (far right) with organizer Alex Fox (center) and judge Jan Arnold (left)
Winner of Winners Division 3, Joanna Bandurska, with KUPA's Richard Hurter
Winner of winners, Division 2, Odette Guzman Fontanez with Richard Hurter
Fantasy nails by Hazel Dixon
Fantasy nails by Aigul Fritzke
Aigul Fritzke working on her fantasy set
Premiere Orlando hosted the first Orlando edition of Nailympia, sponsored by CND, Kupa Inc and Light Elegance. Powered by Scratch magazine, the competition saw around 30 nailists take to the floor across two days on the 2-3 June. UK tech, Hazel Dixon, scooped the Highest Scoring Individual accolade before announcing her retirement from competitions.
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