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Top hairdressers from around the globe will gather in Milan, Italy October 6-8, 2012, for the OMC HairWorld Championships of Beauty. This highly competitive, expects over 1,500 top hair, nail and make-up competitors from 50 countries, and exhibits, stages and classrooms will accompany the competitions.

Amid the activities, the World Championships, the premier hairdressing competition in the world, will take center stage. This event, so grand it’s called HairWorld, will showcase the best hairdressers from around the globe competing in timed, style challenges. Each contest tests the stylists’ creativity, skill, and ability to perform under pressure, leading up to the final day when one competitor is named the World Champion. Competition categories include Hair, Nails and Makeup; Ladies and Gents; Technical and Fashion; and Senior and Junior (professionals and students under age 26). The USA will be represented by four teams in 2012: Senior Ladies’ Technical and Fashion, and Junior Ladies’ Technical and Fashion.

In preparation for the three-day international showdown, PBA | NCA Team USA will relentlessly train for months. The competitors who comprise the competition teams are highly focused, finessing the details of their styles in anticipation of show day. They all agree that there’s nothing like the thrill of competing.

PBA | NCA 2012 USA Teams
Senior Ladies’ Fashion Team:
Dale Dees, Orlando, FL – Team Trainer
Elena Basmova, Redmond, WA
Barbara Lawson, St. Petersburg, FL
Flora Linton, Tarpon Springs, FL

Senior Ladies’ Technical Team: Amanda Cassidy, Woodbridge, VA – Team Trainer
Tatiana Kovanska,Santa Monica, CA
Haeji Park, Los Angeles, CA
Svitlana Vechera, Woodland Hills, CA

Junior Ladies’ Fashion Team:
Manuel Rodriguez – Team Trainer
Kyleigh Banks, Chicago, IL
Nataliya Ilkiv, Chicago, IL
Kelly Jost, Glenview, IL

Junior Ladies’ Technical Team:
Manuel Rodriguez – Team Trainer
Kyleigh Banks, Chicago, IL
Nataliya Ilkiv, Chicago, IL
Kelly Jost, Glenview, IL

PBA is the U.S. representative to Organisation Modial Coiffure (OMC), which sponsors the OMC HairWorld Championships of Beauty. For more information on HairWorld, please visit omchairworld.com.