Pro Beauty North Nail Competitions 2024: Meet the winners

Professional Beauty North 2024 returned this weekend (29-30) September at Manchester Central and so did the prestigious nail competitions. 

The judging board was chaired by Marian Newman BEM, with Jacqui O’Sullivan as head judge and competition director alongside Sean O’Sullivan.

Read the interview with Jacqui and Sean in the October Issue of Professional Beauty Magazine where we talk to the competition directors and nail industry veterans about their wildly varied careers and how industry education needs to change...

Also on the judges panel were Kirsty Meakin, Hazel Dixon, Scarlett Senter, Alex Fox, Jennie Nippard, Kamila Borowiec, Dorota Palicka, Lisa Farrell, Charlotte Lowe, Ferieda Lydiate, Gemma Lambert-Lewis and Andrea Rimmer.

THE RESULTS

Sunday 29 September

Learn A Skill Student

• 3rd – Paige Llewellyn – 82pts
• 2nd – Soraya Mancha-Medina – 84pts
• 1st – Emily Sims – 119pts

Learn A Skill Professional

• 3rd – Louise Beattie – 103pts
• 2nd – Sarah Lynch – 112pts
• 1st – Saskia Tidy – 120pts

Shape Of Your Art Professional

• 2nd – Diana Marineanu – 102.5pts
• 1st – Kirsty McDonough – 108pts

Monday 30 September

Manicure Professional

• 3rd – Zsuzsanna Berecz – 110pts
• 2nd – Lucy Price – 148pts
• 1st – Kirsty McDonough – 153pts

Manicure Student

• 3rd – Juliana Kilgour – 86pts
• 2nd – Emily Sims – 92pts
• 1st – Soraya Mancha-Medina – 95pts

UV Gel Polish Professional

• 3rd – Lisa Houghton – 121pts
• 2nd – Kirsty McDonough – 134pts
• 1st – Lucy Price – 135pts

UV Gel Polish Student

• 3rd – Soraya Mancha-Medina – 75pts
• 2nd – Emily Sims – 83pts
• 1st – Halle Ennion – 93.5pts

Salon Nail Professional

• 3rd – Lucy Price – 119pts
• 2nd – Lili Kosztyu – 121.5pts
• 1st –Kirsty McDonough – 129pts

Salon Nail Student

• 3rd – Juliana Kilgour – 71.5pts
• 2nd – Sky Stirrup – 74pts
• 1st – Soraya Mancha-Medina – 76pts

Mixed Media Boxed Professional

• 3rd – Sue Rangely – 111pts
• 2nd – Kirsty McDonough – 114pts
• 1st – Dominique Sharpe – 116pts

Mixed Media Boxed Student

• 3rd – Emily Sims – 99pts
• 2nd – Soraya Mancha-Medina – 101pts
• 1st – Katie Nicholls – 110pts

Instanail Professional

• 3rd – Michelle Harding – 86pts
• 2nd – Anita Chahal – 93pts
• 1st – Kirsty McDonough – 99pts

Instanail Student

• 3rd – Emily Sims – 63pts
• 2nd – Katie Nicholls – 78pts
• 1st – Claire Kostric – 84pts

Instanail Voter’s Choice

• 1st – Michelle Harding – 30% votes %

Nail Champion Student

• 1st – Soraya Mancha-Medina – 11pts

Nail Champion Professional

• 1st – Kirsty McDonough – 16pts

Learn more about Professional Beauty's Competitions...