Photos: Winning Creations At Coney Island Sand Sculpting Contest
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Winner, Group Mixed: Gilbert Ortega, "Freedom Tower"<br/>
Winner, Group Youth: Laura Gallagher and Ana Jimenez, "A Cat Named Bob"<br/>
Winner, Group Child: Gelina & Sanchez Family, "Premordial Lizard"<br/>
Nothing to do with the sand sculpting but LOOK AT THOSE NAILS. She told me she hasn't cut them for four and half years.<br>
OMG FINGERNAILS<br/>
Winner, Individual Child: Arri Blumenfeld, "Imagination Animal"<br>
Winner, Individual Adult: Abraham Cruz, "Lady Liberty." Note: Cruz arrived on the beach at around 3:00, less than an hour before the judging (most of the competitors had been there since noon or earlier), and used virtually no tools.<br/>
Winner, Group Adult: Team Frank Russo, "Castle to the Sky"<br/>
Winner, Group Adult: Team Frank Russo, "Castle to the Sky"<br/>
Winner, Group Mixed: Gilbert Ortega, "Freedom Tower"<br/>
Winner, Individual Youth: Bradley Pion, "Giant Turtle"<br/>
Winner, Individual Youth: Bradley Pion, "Giant Turtle"<br/>