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Gallery of 272 Cosplay Shots From Wondercon 2019 Masquerade

Published Sun, 31 Mar 2019 08:30:20 -0500

Last updated Sun, 31 Mar 2019 08:53:25 -0500

Courtesy of Bleeding Cool's Joshua Stone, here's a look at what went down at last night's cosplay Masquerade event at WonderCon 2019 in Anaheim.

To an audience of 3,000 on the giant Anaheim Convention Center Arena stage, held at 8:30 PM, Saturday, March 30, with WonderCon trophies and complimentary badge for next year up for grabs, or a prize sponsored by a participating company or organization.

The WonderCon Masquerade celebrated its 15th year celebrating the verb "to masquerade" to portray someone other than yourself, and contestants bring to the stage as much imagination as they do skilled workmanship by portraying characters and creating inventive presentations with drama, humour, a storyline, and sometimes a mock battle.

Each entry took the stage for a minute or two, with presentations using specially selected music and lighting, and some elaborate choreography. Re-creations from comic books, movies, television, anime, fantasy, stage shows, video games, and history, or even completely original designs. Some were solo entries, others as groups with a shared theme. And none of costumes purchased or otherwise commercially obtained, and of original construction.

Our Master of Ceremonies was five-time Hugo Award-winning writer-artist Phil Foglio. There was a return performance by The Saber Guild, the largest not-for-profit LucasFilm-recognized Star Wars lightsaber club in the world, and The Corps Dance Crew returned to WonderCon Anaheim to celebrate the return of Young Justice,

WonderCon 2019 trophies were awarded by a panel of judges, assembled from professionals in the costuming fields to the most outstanding entries in categories of Best in Show, Judges' Choice, Best Re-Creation, Best Original Design, Best Workmanship, Most Humorous, Most Beautiful, Best Presentation, and Best Young Fan. Winners in these trophy categories also received complimentary badges for all 3 days of WonderCon Anaheim 2020.

Frank & Son Collectible Show of the City of Industry, California presented a $500 cash prize to the costume entry they deemed to be the audience favourite.

Costumer's Guild West (CGW) presented a one-year membership to CGW, as well as a full scholarship and two night's hotel stay to their weekend conference, Costume College®, held the last weekend each July at the Warner Center Marriott in Woodland Hills, CA, to the entry their representatives selected as showing the most promise.

DC Comics awarded a specially-selected DC Collectibles statuette from their ShopDCEntertainment.com website store to what they deemed as the best re-creation of a character or characters from the DC Universe of comics and movies.

The UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation presented a costume award to coincide with its "Make Cancer Less Scary" public awareness campaign. With four tickets to their annual fundraising Masquerade Party in October.

The Motion Picture Costumers, Local 705 presented two awards, Best Technical Costume Construction and Costumer of Tomorrow, including custom trophies and prizes to entries whose skilful execution, creativity, and attention to detail most highlight an imaginative adaptation of the source or a custom design.

Here's how it looked…