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Professional Beauty collaborated with The FNP to host the prestigious Nail Competition for another year running. Here’s who won
The Professional Beauty North Nail Competition 2023 saw students, nail professionals and educators compete on the show floor at Manchester Central to put their skills to the test.
Professional Beauty collaborated with The Federation of Nail Professionals (FNP) on the competition, with eight exciting categories – from gel polish and salon enhancements to creative expression in the catwalk and Insta nail categories – running over both days of the show (September 24–25). Those with the most points across the categories were named Student of the Year and Nail Professional of the Year.
“The Pro Beauty and FNP Competitions were buzzing and we are so proud of the work our competitors achieved,” said competition directors Jacqui and Sean O’Sullivan.
The winners of the 2023 Professional Beauty North Nail Competition 2023 are:
Competition Nail (professional)
First: Octavia Smith
Second: Dominika Jedrzejczak
Third: Kirsty McDonough
Manicure [professional]
sponsored by Glitterbels
First: Lucy Price
Second: Octavia Smith
Third: Kirsty McDonough
Catwalk Showcase (professional)
First: Kimberley Johnstone
Second: Caroline Bruce
Third: Kirsty McDonough
Catwalk Showcase (student)
First: Molly Jeffcock
Second: Sandra Komorowska
Third: Alison McGealey
Instanail (student)
First: Lauren Jeffrey
Second: Jasmine Marsh
Third: Molly Jeffcock
Instanail Voter’s Choice
Michelle Harding
Learn a Skill [professional]
sponsored by Kirsty Meakin
First: Kirsty McDonough
Second: Michelle Harding
Third: Lucy Houghton
Shape of You Art [professional]
First: Kirsty McDonough
Second: Octavia Smith
Third: Monika Kuriata
UV Gel Polish (professional)
sponsored by Gelish
First: Kirsty McDonough
Second: Lucy Price
Third: Dominika Jedrzejczak
Salon Nail (professional)
First: Kirsty McDonough
Second: Dominika Jedrzejczak
Third: Octavia Smith
Instanail (professional)
First: Kirsty McDonough
Second: Anita Chahal
Third: Caroline Bruce
Pro Champion
Kirsty McDonough
Thanks to everyone who entered this year and to our judges: Hazel Dixon, Alex Fox, Zsuzsanna Fecsik, Kirsty Meakin, Marian Newman, Jacqui O’Sullivan, Sean O’Sullivan, Mandy Rainford-Jones, Andrea Rimmer, Scarlett Senter and Clare Woodcock.