Check out the winners of Nailympia London 2025

Check out the winners of Nailympia London 2025

Updated on 16th Oct 2025

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

Close-up of nail tech painting long nails

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

Josie Jackson

Josie Jackson

Published 16th Oct 2025

Josie is a content writer at Professional Beauty, supporting the team with content for the print magazine, website and social media channels. With over four years' experience as a health and beauty journalist, Josie is dedicated to creating informative yet accessible content for all beauty professionals.

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