Jonny 'Tupac' nails his craft in the search for the world's Next Top Nail Artist

By Peter Munro
Updated September 18 2016 - 6:13pm, first published 12:15am
Nail artist Jonny Diep Pham working on Tara Micallef's nails in his Penrith salon Nailicious.  Photo: Tony Walters
Nail artist Jonny Diep Pham working on Tara Micallef's nails in his Penrith salon Nailicious. Photo: Tony Walters
Jonny Diep Pham makes acrylic flowers bloom on his client's fingernails. Photo: Tony Walters
Jonny Diep Pham makes acrylic flowers bloom on his client's fingernails. Photo: Tony Walters
Nail artist Jonny Diep Pham in his home studio in Liverpool. Photo: Tony Walters
Nail artist Jonny Diep Pham in his home studio in Liverpool. Photo: Tony Walters
Jonny Diep Pham is one of Australia's top nail artists.  Photo: Tony Walters
Jonny Diep Pham is one of Australia's top nail artists. Photo: Tony Walters

Jonny Diep Pham's nails are cut short and his fingers are long and lean. The fact that he is Australia's reigning nail king – and the winner of so much competition bling that one judge dubbed him "Jonny Tupac" – is not immediately evident as he quietly toils by the front window of the five-bedroom home, where he lives alone, in Liverpool, in Sydney's outer west.

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