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Nailympia News

Immerse in competition highlights, interviews & points to note from the Nailympia realm, with its global director, ALEX FOX

Nailympia San Antonio: The results

This year’s Nailympia San Antonio was a great success, hosted at the Premiere San Antonio exhibition 15-16 September. It was exciting to see the event grow to three times its size in just its second year. Competitors travelled from Poland, Germany, Argentina and across the USA to showcase their talent and creativity in nail artistry. The judges were impressed, with 44 competitors submitting 143 entries across 11 competitions: four turn-ins and seven in the live arena.

The categories covered everything from pink & white L&P acrylic nails to flat painted art, extreme styling and salon nail sculpting, ensuring there was an event for every type of tech.

It has been an amazing journey to build up the competition scene in the USA, since partnering with Premiere Beauty Shows/The Informa Group in 2019. We collaborate throughout the year to create nail arenas that best suit the USA market, and it was wonderful to see so many new competitors stepping up to showcase their skills in Texas.

I would like to thank headline sponsor, Booksy, for the nail mats, files and gifts that were offered to gold medallists. Booksy also aligned with Nailympia on the judging panel with the presence of Michelle Soto, Hirsch Hunty, Kirsty Meakin and Jimena Montalban, who are global ambassadors for the brand. Americanails also gifted 60 desk lamps to help make the arena look stylish and inviting, and allow competitors to see their nail work clearly.

AMERICAS CUP

1st – Natalia Trefon-Ociepka – Poland

PREMIERE CUP

1st – Natalia Trefon-Ociepka – Poland

INDIVIDUAL TOP SCORER

1st – Natalia Trefon-Ociepka – Poland (924 points)

TOP USA TECH

1st – Veronica Luviano

ART WINNER OF WINNERS

1st – Nicolas Paggi – Argentina

I love how nail competitions keep the industry’s passion alive and provide a space to unite in the name of nails. I can’t wait to do this again in London on 13 and 14 October!

WINNER OF WINNERS

Division 1 – Myrical Ramos – USA

Division 2 – Aura Aponte – USA

Division 3 – Natalia Trefon-Ociepka – Poland

RUNWAY NAILS

Division 1

1st – Diana Nicholas – USA

2nd – Bich Hong Dang – USA

3rd – Mariia Riakhovskaia – USA

Division 2

2nd – Thao Nguyen – USA

3rd – Yuliia Kovalchuk – USA

Division 3

1st – Natalia Trefon-Ociepka – Poland

2nd – Irena Siarheyeva – USA

3rd – Sara Steinbrink – USA

SALON NAILS

Division 1

1st – Myrical Ramos – USA

2nd – Nataliia Zapara – USA

3rd – Mariia Riakhovskaia – USA

Division 2

3rd – Yuliia Kovalchuk – USA

Division 3

1st – Olena Oezman – Germany

2nd – Natalia Trefon-Ociepka – Poland

3rd – Nicolas Paggi – Argentina

REALITY NAILS

Division 1

1st – Diana Nicholas – USA

2nd – Alena Muraveva – USA

3rd – Margarita Yutsaytis – USA

Division 3

1st – Anastasia Totty – USA

2nd – Natalia Trefon-Ociepka – Poland

3rd – Nicolas Paggi – Argentina

“I love how nail competitions keep the industry’s passion alive and provide a space to unite in the name of nails.”

THE JOY OF NAILS

Division 1

1st – Myrical Ramos – USA

2nd – Alena Muraveva – USA

3rd – Hanna Havrylenko – USA

Division 2

2nd – Cristina Guerra – USA

3rd – Aura Aponte – USA

Division 3

1st – Nicolas Paggi – Argentina

2nd – Natalia Trefon-Ociepka – Poland

3rd – Anastasia Totty – USA

FLAT ART

Division 1

1st – Mariia Riakhovskaia – USA

2nd – Alena Muravera – USA

3rd – Diana Nicholas – USA

Division 2

1st – Thao Nguyen – USA

2nd – Aura Aponte -USA

3rd – Aspen Aguirre – USA

Division 3

1st – Bi Pham – USA

2nd – Nicolas Paggi – Argentina

3rd – Natalia Trefon-Ociepka – Poland

POSTER EXTREME NAILS

Division 1

1st – Yulia Chernyshevich – USA

2nd – Chloe Elizabeth Reed – USA

3rd – Malina Campbell – USA

Division 3

1st – Irena Siarheyeva – USA

2nd – Sara Steinbrink – USA

TO STILETTO & BEYOND

Division 1

1st – Margarita Yutsaytis – USA

2nd – Daria Orlova – USA

3rd – Klysta Pesina – USA

Division 2

2nd – Yuliia Kovalchuk – USA

3rd – Rachel Robinson – USA

Division 3

1st – Natalia Trefon-Ociepka – Poland

2nd – Nicolas Paggi – Argentina

3rd – Provy-Ann McClellen – USA

L&P PERFECT MATCH

Division 1

1st – Nataliia Zapara – USA

2nd – Myrical Ramos – USA

Division 2

3rd – Aura Aponte – USA

Division 3

1st – Olena Oezman – Germany

2nd – Natalia Trefon-Ociepka – Poland

3rd – Nicolas Paggi – Argentina

L&P TIP & OVERLAY

Division 1

1st – Myrical Ramos – USA

2nd – Klysta Pesina – USA

3rd – Nataliia Zapara – USA

Division 2

3rd – Aura Aponte – USA

Division 3

1st – Olena Oezman – Germany

2nd – Natalia Trefon-Ociepka – Poland

3rd – Nicolas Paggi – Argentina

L&P SCULPTURE

Division 1

1st – Myrical Ramos – USA

2nd – Nataliia Zapara – USA

Division 2

3rd – Aura Aponte – USA

Division 3

1st – Olena Oezman – Germany

2nd – Natalia Trefon-Ociepka – Poland

3rd – Nicolas Paggi – Argentina

STILETTO NAILS

Division 1

1st – Myrical Ramos – USA

2nd – Malina Campbell – USA

3rd – Diana Nicholas – USA

Division 3

1st – Natalia Trefon-Ociepka – Poland

2nd – Olena Oezman – Germany

3rd – Nicolas Paggi – Argentina

With thanks to the judges of Nailympia San Antonio 2024: Alisha Rimando, Vitaly Solomonoff, Serge Korchagin, Beth Livesay, Max Estrada, April Ryan, Michelle Soto, Anastasiia Rozdobutko, Jenny Nguyen, Analusia Franklin, Morgan Haile, Kirsty Meakin, Hirsch Hunty, Koko Kashiwagi, Natalia Nowicki and Jimena Montalban.

For information about Nailympia competitions including how to enter, visit