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