It was like Veteran’s day in January. Tom Holcomb, Trang Nguyen, Virginia Arleo, and Elena Maltseva all claimed first place wins at the nail competitions at ISSE in Long Beach. (ISSE is the second of four SuperPoints events in NAILS’ Top 25 competition year.) You can read all the winners’ names below, and don’t forget to check the magazine for the latest list of Top 25 competitors.
NAILS’ 2007-2008 competition year began June 6, 2007 and ends June 30, 2008 at the Las Vegas Hair & Nail Conference. There are two SuperPoints competitions left: America’s Beauty Show, March 1-3, and the Las Vegas Hair & Nail Conference, June 28-30.
Here are the winners at Long Beach:
Hand Painted Nail Art —Novice
1st: Nana Kanomata
2nd: Megumi Arai
3rd: Yasushi Arakawa
4th: Miyuki Suezawa
Hand Painted Nail Art — Veteran
1st: Elena Maltseva
2nd: Mai Terajima
3rd: Mai Terajima
4th: Rachel Mouritsen
Designed Sculptured Nail — Novice
1st: Sam Biddle
2nd: Kyoko Amemiya
3rd: Maiko Nakagawa
4th: Yuri Morigami
Designed Sculptured Nail — Veteran
1st: Virginia Arleo
2nd: Yuka Nishizawa
3rd: Kumiko Takasaka
4th: Elena Maltseva
Sculptured Nail — Novice
1st: Azumi Kanene
2nd: Mari Usuda
3rd: Anna Matsuda
4th: Aya Miyako
Sculptured Nail — Veteran
1st: Tom Holcomb
2nd: Mayumi Hase
3rd: Lynn Lammers
4th: Sachi Oishi
Salon Success — Novice
1st: Megumi Sawase
2nd: Anna Matsuda
3rd: Azumi Kanene
4th: Max Estrada
Salon Success — Veteran
1st: Trang Nguyen
2nd: Lynn Lammers
3rd: John Hauk
4th: Mayumi Hase
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— Judy
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