WHERE IT ALL BEGAN

Edition I.
A first edition, in full.

November 2025 to May 2026. Everything below is the official record of ELC 2026, not a summary of it.

• 101
  PARTICIPANTS
• 223
  ENTRIES
• 36
  JUDGES
• 4
  CATEGORIES
• 6
  NOMINATIONS
• €1000
  GRAND PRIZE

The organiser

FOUNDER · TRAINER · JUDGE

Bianca Dalan

International lash artist, trainer, judge, and founder of Expert Lash. She has taught across Europe, Canada and South America, and is the creator of the Expert Eyeliner and Foxy Eyes technique and the founder of the BE THE TRAINER programme.

As organiser of the championship, her stated mission is to raise industry standards, keep the judging transparent, and give artists real international recognition.

The jury: 36 judges

An international panel of 36 recognised lash artists, trainers and industry leaders evaluated all 223 entries. Each of them held one criterion and applied it to every entry in their category.

• Alina Khristova@alina_khristova_lashes
• Anastasia Zvontsova@zvontsova_lashes
• Anastasiia Hutsaliuk@hutsaliuk_lashes
• Andreea Niculae@andreea_niculae_lashes
• Azzurra Mazzaferro@the_lashery
• Claudia Dine@elite.beauty.empire
• Dafne D'Urso@dafne_lashes
• Denise Baracu@denisebaracu.ro
• Diana Bucur@diana_bucur_lashes
• Dominika Jurek@dominika_lashes
• Durante Katiuscia@amante_academy
• Elena Galbeoru@elenagalbeoru_lashmaker
• Fabiele Froes@fabielefroes
• Fatima Belmonte@fatimabelmonte
• Isabelle Mihai@isabellemihai.beautyartist
• Iulia Rob Ditan@iuliarob_lash_academy
• Karolina Ciapaite@lashbar.karolina
• Kity K@kity.k_academy
• Larisa Suciasyan@larisaa_lash
• Lorena Danoiu@lorenalashh
• Lorena Dima@lorena_dima_lashes
• Madalina Preda@madalinapreda_lashacademy
• Mai Arai@mai_arai_lashes
• Mara Martinovici@mara_lashtrainer_
• Maria Cossentino@maria_cossentino_lashes
• Menia Nalmpanti@menia_nalbadi_lashes
• Migunova Veronika Andreevna@nikol_lashes_
• Nona Pintea@nona.cph
• Paula Ramadani@paular.al
• Rinesa Bytyqi Qorrolli@rinesa_lashes
• Sabina Vlad@sabina.lashmaster
• Sabrina Bendjebara@sabrina_franta
• Sibel Irina Cristea@sibel_lashes
• Simona Nicoara@simonanicoara_lashes
• Tini@lashes.by.tini
• Valentina Bilenko@valentina_bilenko_lashes

THANK YOUWithout your expertise and dedication,
this competition would not exist.

Winners, level by level

Top 10 cumulative

The Grand Prize adds up every judged entry a competitor sent. This is the argument for entering more than one nomination, made in numbers rather than in copy.

1. 1
   Marilisa Dinardo

   TRAINER · 8 ENTRIES
   1116.5POINTS
2. 2
   Helga Suhastru

   EXPERT · 8 ENTRIES
   1098.5POINTS
3. 3
   Antonia Brinza

   EXPERT, MASTER · 8 ENTRIES
   1066.85POINTS
4. 4
   Domenique Leo

   JUNIOR · 8 ENTRIES
   1059.4POINTS
5. 5
   Kätlin Liaks

   JUNIOR, TRAINER · 8 ENTRIES
   1058.5POINTS
6. 6
   Diana Rus

   TRAINER · 8 ENTRIES
   1032.3POINTS
7. 7
   Gabriella di Bernardino

   JUNIOR · 8 ENTRIES
   1020.2POINTS
8. 8
   Karmen Kevvät

   MASTER · 7 ENTRIES
   881.05POINTS
9. 9
   Anna Ieni

   TRAINER · 6 ENTRIES
   819.5POINTS
10. 10
    Alexandra Dragomir

    EXPERT · 6 ENTRIES
    799.5POINTS

Special prizes from Dafne D’Urso

Judge Dafne D’Urso, organiser of the Italian live championship “Vulcanic Live Competition” in Catania, Sicily, personally selected her favourite works and offered the artists a nomination of their choice, awarded live in Catania.

• Best Work Megavolume

  5 SELECTED

  • GdGabriella di Bernardino
  • ADAlexandra Dragomir
  • DTDiana Todorova
  • DRDiana Rus
  • AIAnna Ieni

• Best Work Soft Volume

  8 SELECTED

  • DLDomenique Leo
  • ABAntonia Brinza
  • HZHayley Zanussi
  • LTLocsei Timea
  • DTDiana Todorova
  • KLKatlin Liaks
  • MDMarilisa Dinardo
  • DRDiana Rus