Nailympia London 2025: THE RESULTS

By Helena Biggs | 14 October 2025 | Events, Movers & Shakers, News

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The 2025 Nailympia competition season ended on a high in London – with the reveal of the European Cup and Global Cup champions.

The nine arena contests and grand finale were hosted at the Professional Beauty Autumn trade event in the ExCel centre, and saw techs and spectators from all over the world culminate for the live results announcement on 13 October.

The 21st Nailympia London welcomed 214 competitors, taking 597 competition seats from 39 countries across 20 online and arena categories. They were judged by an esteemed panel of multi award-winning global nail professionals and educators.

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THE RESULTS

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 – Vanessa Grossi – Italy
  • 3rd – Paola Marrone – 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 Kozłowska – 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

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    GLOBAL CUP CHAMPION

    Deborah Cocco – Italy – 2,109 points

     

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