Nailympia London 2025: THE RESULTS
By Helena Biggs | 14 October 2025 | Events, Movers & Shakers, News
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.

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

GLOBAL CUP CHAMPION
Deborah Cocco – Italy – 2,109 points
Thanks to the sponsors of Nailympia London 2025 in association with Scratch magazine:
Gelish, Vodex, Gel Junkie, Andreia Professional, Urawa, UMIA, HD Professional Nail Systems, Ulka & REM Beauty.
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