Competition showcases cosmo skills
Shannon LeClair
Times Reporter
Cosmetology students at Strathmore High School (SHS) and three other surrounding schools competed to show who had the best Cosmo skills on May 2.
There were six events for the students from SHS, Trochu Valley, Siksika and Drumheller. The events were: junior and senior manicuring, pedicure, Grad Up Do, blow dry curling iron style and creative braiding.
“We used to compete in Skills Canada and we don’t anymore. They’ve changed some of their rules…there’s now a regional competition so we would have to compete in Calgary,” said Jeanette Greep, a SHS Cosmetology teacher and organizer of the competition.
“To put schools like us, which are smaller, against really big schools, we don’t do as well.”
The event was also a fun way for the girls to meet girls from the other schools, and to see what some of them are learning.
“It was really nerve-wracking when the judge was watching right over you,” said Shayna Dunbar, who competed in the senior manicuring.
Dunbar, and the other manicure and pedicure competitors, had to do a basic manicure or pedicure, depending on which event they participated in, with nail art. The tricky part, said Dunbar, was that the base coat was in red nail polish, which isn’t as easy to make a correction on.
“We have approximately 60 people competing and that includes our competitors, the models, the teachers,” said Greep.
There was an awards ceremony at the end of the competition. There was a prize for each of the six categories and also awards for best customer service and best safety and sanitation. The winners of the gift basket awards were:
Junior manicure: 1) Hannah Many Guns
2) Alicia Erickson 3) Nicole Lausen
Grad Up Do 1) Jessica Lariviere
2) Lianna Ayoungman 3) Alex Qually
Senior Manicure: 1) Brooke Kennett
2) Shayna Dunbar 3) Tacia Tsimaras
Blow dry/ curling iron set: 1) Jessica Stephenson 2) Alyse Lakeman 3) Brooke Kennett
Safety & Sanitation Award: Alex Qually
Customer Service Award: Alicia Erickson
Pedicure: 1) Tessa Dorosh 2) Sallie JoePolin
2) Alicia Erickson 3) Kristen Schlauch
Junior Braiding: 1) Johanna Maguire
2) Julie Nelson 3) Alex Qually