Nailympia – the world-renowned global nail competition – returned to Professional Beauty Autumn this October.
Held across two days at Excel London, competitors from across the globe gathered to showcase their precision, artistry and passion, all in the name of being crowned champion.
With 20 in-person and online categories, participants were able to demonstrate their skills across a variety of specialities, including UV Gel, French Twist and L&P Acrylic. Plus, with themes such as Carnival & Cabaret, Folk Music and Fantasy, the competition wasn’t short of creativity.
With 214 competitors from 39 countries, you can check out all of the winners below.
Nailympia London 2025 winners
ART ON NAILS: Seasons & Folklore
Division 1
- 2nd – Tatyanna Francis – Canada
- 3rd – Maryna Hlukha – Ukraine
Division 2
- 1st – Rodica Crismaru – United Kingdom
- 2nd – Anna Witkowska – Poland
Division 3
- 1st – Silvia Gago López – Spain
- 2nd – Loi Van Nguyen – Vietnam
- 3rd – Jacqueline McClement – Canada
RUNWAY NAILS: SELF PORTRAITURE – The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Division 1
- 1st – Tuán Khang (Ray) Nguyen – United Kingdom
- 2nd – Kendyl Taylor – United States
- 3rd – Desirè Bassani – Italy
Division 2
- 1st – Daniela Blahova – Slovakia
- 2nd – Etelka Simo – United Kingdom
- 3rd – Rodica Crismaru – United Kingdom
Division 3
- 1st – Vanessa Grossi – Italy
- 2nd – Tuyet Lyong – United Kingdom
- 3rd – Alice Nali – United Kingdom
REALITY NAILS: Consumerism/Technology/Tradition
Division 1
- 1st – Ilena Croce – Italy
- 2nd – Aurelija O’Neill – Ireland
- 3rd – Irina Rulkova – United States
Division 2
- 1st – Daniela Blahova – Slovakia
- 2nd – Anita Pazmandi – United Kingdom
- 3rd – Federica Lucifora – Italy
Division 3
- 1st – Deborah Cocco – Italy
- 2nd – Anita Chahal – United Kingdom
- 3rd – Anuja S. Mathur – India
FLAT ART BOXED: Carnival & Cabaret
Division 1
- 1st – Tuán Khang (Ray) Nguyen – United Kingdom
- 2nd – Liudmyla Keremet – Ukraine
- 3rd – Filecha Phrommala – France
Division 2
- 1st – Le Truong – United States
- 2nd – Stefania Gavini – Italy
- 3rd – Naoe Shiraishi – Japan
Division 3
- 1st – Pui Lun Yeung – Hong Kong
- 2nd – Jacqueline McClement – Canada
- 3rd – Robert Klonowski – Poland
DESIGN NAILS FOR AN ALBUM COVER: Folk Music
Division 1
- 1st – Tuán Khang (Ray) Nguyen – United Kingdom
Division 2
- 1st – Marta Szkop – Poland
- 2nd – Daniela Blahova – Slovakia
- 3rd – Tran Papp – United Kingdom
Division 3
- 1st – Vanessa Grossi – Italy
- 2nd – Anuja S Mathur – India
- 3rd – Erika Nortier – Italy
POSTER PEDICURE
Division 1
- 1st – Aleksandra Kubicka – Poland
- 2nd – Irina Rulkova – United States
- 3rd – Elena Molodykh – United States
Division 2
- 1st – Tetiana Dolhosheia – United States
- 2nd – Samantha Ownby – United States
- 3rd – Rodica Crismaru – United Kingdom
Division 3
- 1st – Zita Shirgazina -Russian Federation
- 2nd – Magalena Dabrowska – Poland
- 3rd – Henriette Skydt Svensson – Denmark
POSTER MANICURE
Division 1
- 1st – Maria Teresa Concu – Italy
- 2nd – Desirè Bassani – Italy
- 3rd – Viktoriia Prokopenko – United States
Division 2
- 1st – Samantha Ownby – United States
- 2nd – Federica Lucifora – Italy
- 3rd – Alexandra Tur – United Kingdom
Division 3
- 1st – Melinda Tamás – Hungary
- 2nd – Sylwia Siudalska – United Kingdom
- 3rd – Ágnes Szōnyi-Majoros – Hungary
EXTREME NAIL STYLING POSTER
Division 1
- 1st – Chan Mia – Ukraine
- 2nd – Lee Thao – Poland
Division 2
- 1st – Yuliya Ilhani – Turkey
- 2nd – Inna Popova – Russian Federation
- 3rd – Marina Shchelkova – Poland
Division 3
- 1st – Evelin Nagy – Hungary
- 2nd – Anita Chahal – United Kingdom
- 3rd – Loi Van Nguyen – Vietnam
AI NAIL VISION POSTER
Division 1
- 1st – Yuliia Streletska – Ukraine
- 2nd – Kinga Wachala – United Kingdom
- 3rd – Desirè Bassani – Italy
Division 2
- 1st – Tran Papp – United Kingdom
- 2nd – Zulfiya Muksinova – Uzbekistan
- 3rd – Ying Ching Li – Hong Kong
Division 3
- 1st – Jacqueline McClement – Canada
- 2nd – Marta Kolodziejczyk – Poland
- 3rd – Magdalena Dabrowska – Poland
MIXED MEDIA BOXED ART (Open theme)
Division 1
- 1st – Tuán Khang (Ray) Nguyen – United Kingdom
- 2nd – Kayleigh Brown – United Kingdom
Division 2
- 1st – Stefania Gavini – Italy
- 2nd – Ying Ching Li – Hong Kong
- 3rd – Renáta Deák – Hungary
Division 3
- 1st – Silvia Gago López – Spain
- 2nd – Alice Nali – United Kingdom
- 3rd – Vanessa Grossi – Italy
TO STILETTO & BEYOND: Cultural Identity
Division 1
- 1st – Kieu Huynh – Australia
- 2nd – Kinga Wachala – United Kingdom
- 3rd – Noor Milaji – State of Palestine
Division 2
- 1st – Daniela Blahova – Slovakia
- 2nd – Tran Papp – United Kingdom
- 3rd – Raziyeh Cheki – Iran
Division 3
- 1st – Loi Van Nguyen – Vietnam
- 2nd – Minh Tuong – Vietnam
- 3rd – Anuja S.Mathur – India
GEL POLISH MANICURE
Division 1
- 1st – Desirè Bassani – Italy
- 2nd – Maria Teresa Concu – Italy
- 3rd – Yan Sin Kwong – United Kingdom
Division 2
- 1st – Marie Juranova – United Kingdom
- 2nd – Federica Lucifora – Italy
- 3rd – Etelka Simo – United Kingdom
Division 3
- 1st – Kirsty McDonough – United Kingdom
- 2nd (tied) – Maksymilian Borowy – Ireland & Marta Ramza – Poland
THE JOY OF NAILS
Division 1
- 1st – Ilenia Croce – Italy
- 2nd – Mariana Nishimaru – Ireland
- 3rd – Desirè Bassani – Italy
Division 2
- 1st – Bianca Kovacevic – Italy
- 2nd – Susanna Caselli – Italy
- 3rd – Etelka Simo – United Kingdom
Division 3
- 1st – Deborah Cocco – Italy
- 2nd – Francesca Paliotto – Italy
- 3rd – Kirsty McDonough – United Kingdom
FANTASY COMPLETE LOOK
Division 2
- 1st – Etelka Simo – United Kingdom
- 2nd – Tran Papp – United Kingdom
Division 3
- 1st – Alice Nali – United Kingdom
- 2nd – Robert Klonowski – Poland
- 3rd – Erika Bakos – Hungary
FRENCH TWIST
Division 1
- 1st – Ilenia Croce – Italy
- 2nd – Desirè Bassani – Italy
- 3rd – Maria Teresa Concu – Italy
Division 2
- 1st – Viktorija Trifonova – Latvia
- 2nd – Federica Lucifora – Italy
- 3rd – Anita Pazmandi – United Kingdom
Division 3
- 1st – Deborah Cocco – Italy
- 2nd – Francesca Paliotto – Italy
- 3rd – Veronika Pogány-Gocza – Hungary
SALON NAILS
Division 1
- 1st – Ilenia Croce – Italy
- 2nd – Desirè Bassani – Italy
- 3rd – Cristina Renna – Italy
Division 2
- 1st – Bianca Kovacevic – Italy
- 2nd – Anita Pazmandi – United Kingdom
- 3rd – Federica Lucifora – Italy
Division 3
- 1st – Deborah Cocco – Italy
- 2nd – Wiktoria Kozlowska – Poland
- 3rd – Francesca Paliotto – Italy
UV GEL COMPETITION NAILS
Division 1
- 3rd – Ilenia Croce – Italy
Division 2
- 1st – Bianca Kovacevic – Italy
- 2nd – Chiara Panaia – Italy
- 3rd – Susanna Caselli – Italy
Division 3
- 1st – Francesca Paliotto – Italy
- 2nd – Deborah Cocco – Italy
- 3rd – Ágnes Szõnyi-Majoros – Hungary
L&P ACRYLIC COMPETITION NAILS
Division 1 Threshold not met for any medals to be awarded in this division.
Division 2
- 1st – Bianca Kovacevic – Italy
- 2nd – Susanna Caselli – Italy
- 3rd – Chiara Panaia – Italy
Division 3
- 1st – Francesca Paliotto – Italy
- 2nd – Deborah Cocco – Italy
- 3rd – Flemming Nordqvist – Denmark
PERFECT MATCH
Division 1 Threshold not met for any medals to be awarded in this division.
Division 2
- 1st – Bianca Kovacevic – Italy
- 2nd – Susanna Caselli – Italy
- 3rd – Chiara Panaia – Italy
Division 3
- 1st – Francesca Paliotto – Italy
- 2nd – Deborah Cocco – Italy
- 3rd – Ágnes Szõnyi-Majoros – Hungary
STILETTO NAILS
Division 1
- 1st – Maria Teresa Concu – Italy
- 2nd – Hieu Nguyen – United Kingdom
- 3rd – Ilena Croce – Italy
Division 2
- 1st – Bianca Kovacevic – Italy
- 2nd – Anita Pazmandi – United Kingdom
- 3rd – Viktorija Trifonova – Latvia
Division 3
- 1st – Deborah Cocco – Italy
- 2nd – Francesca Paliotto – Italy
- 3rd – Valentina Federici – Italy
Top UK Tech
Division 1 – Hieu Nguyen
Division 2 – Anita Pazmandi
Division 3 – Kirsty McDonough
Art Winner of Winners
Division 1 – Ilenia Croce – Italy
Division 2 – Etelka Simo – United Kingdom
Division 3 – Alice Nali – United Kingdom
Winner of Winners
Division 1 – Ilenia Croce – Italy
Division 2 – Bianca Kovacevic – Italy
Division 3 – Francesca Paliotto – Italy
Individual Top Scorer
Deborah Cocco – Italy – 1,362 points
Team Trophy
TEAM DECO: Deborah Cocco, Francesca Paliotto, Valentina Federici, Bianca Kovacevic, Federica Lucifora, Chiara Panaia.
European Cup Champion
Deborah Cocco – Italy – 1,098 points
Global Cup Champion
Deborah Cocco – Italy – 2,109 points