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Alexander Kodak, team trainer, Team OMC USA, and Liudmyla (Mila) Krotova, Head National Trainer celebrate their team's many wins and successes in Paris.
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Makeup, brow and hair artists from across the United States won 10 medals at the Organisation Mondial Coiffure or OMC Hairworld World Cup 2026, held October 11–12 at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles.
Established in 1946 in Lyon, France, OMC has members across 50 countries, and is a dynamic and diverse community dedicated to elevating the art and science of hairdressing.
Team OMC USA with their medals and diplomas: Olga Lomonosova, Tatiana Kazymyrskaya, Liudmyla (Mila) Krotova, Anastasiia Kvirkviia, Elena Zaborskaia and Alina Ustinova.
Competing online as Team OMC USA, the artists won 4 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze medals, plus 4 trophies and 8 awards and diplomas. That makes 16 prize-winning places in all, the best result in the team's history.
Liudmyla (Mila) Krotova
The result came in OMC's 80th anniversary year. This was the team's third OMC World Cup in Paris, and each time it has set a new record: three golds and a bronze in 2024, 13 awards in 2025, and 16 prize-winning places in 2026. Earlier this year, the team also won 12 prize-winning places at the OMC Asia Cup Open 2026 in Korea.
Two categories stood out. In Global Artist of the Year 2026, U.S. artists took all three places: Olena Bilogurova won first place and the trophy, Mariia Zolotun took second and Svitlana Matros third.
In Ladies Eyebrows Shaping & Tinting, the team swept the podium for the third international OMC championship in a row, after the World Cup 2025 in Paris and the Asia Cup Open 2026 in Korea.
Anna Orlova won first place, Valeriia Krepel second and Alina Ustinova third. U.S. artists also won gold in Fantasy Eyelashes, Smoky Eyes Makeup and Stage Makeup.
Team OMC USA brings together artists from across the country, selected by the team's trainers and prepared through professional training. Every aesthetics look was created at Milas Beauty Lab. The team was prepared by Liudmyla (Mila) Krotova, founder of the Milas Beauty Lab brand and Head National Trainer of OMC USA's Aesthetics Section, together with team trainer Alexander Kodak. Trainer Olga Lomonosova prepared the team's bronze medalist in Ladies Fashion Salon Cut.
Liudmyla (Mila) Krotova, representing OMC USA, creates a bridal look on model Victoriia Sobolieva on stage at the "Magic Bride: Art & Illusion" show, OMC Hairworld World Cup 2026, Paris.
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"Three World Cups in Paris, three records. This is no longer a surprise; it is a standard," says Krotova. "Behind every medal are months of training, countless hours of practice and the hard work of every artist. In OMC's 80th anniversary year, they proved that American artists belong at the very top of the world stage. I'm proud of every one of them, and this is only the beginning."
Krotova herself received the OMC Superstar Award trophy and the OMC Outstanding Member Award 2026. She also represented OMC USA at the "Magic Bride: Art & Illusion" bridal show, alongside teams from OMC Armenia, OMC Lithuania and OMC Mongolia.
Team artists Anhelina Pohorielova and Ilona Hradinaru each received a Legacy Award 2026 trophy in recognition of their first-place wins at the OMC World Cup 2025 in Paris.
Global Artist of the Year 2026
1st Place & Trophy – Olena Bilogurova
2nd Place – Mariia Zolotun
3rd Place – Svitlana Matros
Ladies Eyebrows Shaping & Tinting
1st Place – Anna Orlova
2nd Place – Valeriia Krepel
3rd Place – Alina Ustinova
Ladies Fantasy Eyelashes
1st Place – Elena Zaborskaia
2nd Place – Olena Bilogurova
Honor Award – Ilona Hradinaru
Ladies Smoky Eyes Makeup
1st Place – Tatiana Kazymyrskaya
3rd Place – Mariia Zolotun
Honor Award – Elena Zaborskaia
Ladies Stage Makeup
1st Place – Anastasiia Kvirkviia
2nd Place – Iryna Druzhynina
Honor Award – Svitlana Matros
Ladies Fashion Salon Cut
3rd Place – Eugene Ignatiev
Special Awards
Legacy Award 2026 (Trophy) – Anhelina Pohorielova
Legacy Award 2026 (Trophy) – Ilona Hradinaru
OMC Superstar Award (Trophy) and OMC Outstanding Member Award 2026 – Liudmyla (Mila) Krotova
Official results: https://omchairworld.com/results-2026/
A book about the team
Krotova also keeps a record of the team's journey. Together with the American Cosmetology Association (ACA), she created Team OMC USA — Aesthetics, a non-commercial book featuring the team's competition work from the 2024 and 2025 World Cups in Paris, as well as the Continental Cup, Europe Cup and Asia Cup. A second volume with the Paris 2026 looks is planned for 2027.
VISIT A SLIDESHOW OF SOME OF THE WINNING MAKEUP LOOKS HERE.
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