Tru Blood Presents: The 2008 Comic-Con International Masquerade!

The Results are In!

Trophy Winners

Best In Show – “We Lost,” worn by Orc – Lynette Eklund, Warg – Lance Ikegawa; designed and made by Lance Ikegawa, Lynette Eklond, Jen Seng and Steve Gallacci.

Judges’ Choice: Hairspray,
designed, made and worn by Cordelia Willis, Angie Clough, Breanna Palermo, Caitlin Shindler, Rogue Shindler, and Belle Benson.
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Judges’ Choice – “Hairspray,” designed, made and worn by Cordelia Willis, Angie Clough, Breanna Palermo, Caitlin Shindler, Rogue Shindler, and Belle Benson.

Best Re-creation – “Eternal Sonata,” worn, designed, and made by Underground Cosplay.

Best Original Design – “The Rock,” worn, designed, and made by Blair Heald.

Best Workmanship – “Iron Man,” worn by Allan Lavigne; designed and made by Allan Lavigne and Jeff Dullam.

Most Humorous – “TakaraZuko presents: West Side Story,” designed, made and worn by Lydia Chen, Amber-Dawn Jackson-Cole, Hoshikaji, Sarah Pilat and Umi.

Best Presentation: Ozmopolitans: Emerald Citizens,
worn by MaryAnn Cappa, Kent Elofson, Shaunn Lawrence, Danica Lisiewicz, Jess Miller, Nicole Roberts, David Rose, Dawn Rose, and Sa Winfield; designed and made by VHM ‘08.
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Best Presentation – “Ozmopolitans: Emerald Citizens,” worn by MaryAnn Cappa, Kent Elofson, Shaunn Lawrence, Danica Lisiewicz, Jess Miller, Nicole Roberts, David Rose, Dawn Rose, and Sa Winfield; designed and made by VHM ‘08.

Most Beautiful: Disney Fairies,
worn by McKayla Butym, Katharine Forman, Emily McComb, Marissa Morris, Elizabeth Munden and Briana Roecks; designed and made by McKayla Butym, Katharine Forman, Emily McComb, Marissa Morris, Elizabeth Munden, Briana Roecks, Grace Forman and Isaac Swim.
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Most Beautiful – “Disney Fairies,” worn by McKayla Butym, Katharine Forman, Emily McComb, Marissa Morris, Elizabeth Munden and Briana Roecks; designed and made by McKayla Butym, Katharine Forman, Emily McComb, Marissa Morris, Elizabeth Munden, Briana Roecks, Grace Forman and Isaac Swim.

Best Novice – “Harry Potter and the Half Blood (Formerly Known As) Prince,” worn by Devon Hollingsworth, Dallas Arrington, Jenifer Morgan, Morgan Hobbs, Ian Saad, Robert Vander Turner, Sarah White, Alex Dunbar, Alex Johnson, Shane Allen and Christina Monji; designed and made by Linda Turner.

Best Young Fan: X-Wing Girl,
worn by Nicole Veloskey; designed and made by Tom Veloskey
Also the winner of Company Prizes from Anime Pavilion, Century Guild, The Comic Gallery Store, and Lucasfilm Ltd.
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Best Young Fan – “Bumblebee,” worn by Jake Webber; designed and made by Corey Webber and Jake Webber. Honorable Mention: Presentation – “X-Wing Girl,” worn by Nicole Veloskey; designed and made by Tom Veloskey.

Honorable Mention: Overall Presentation – “All Rise in the Presence of Emperor Ming,” worn by Jennifer King, Michael King, Kit Brown, Dan, Lisa Holderness, Rob Leudke, Maddie Leudke, Ivy Salazar, C.J.Soblawiak, Freya Camagria, Keegan Adames, Kenny Zigler, Jennifer Lengench and James Rolfsen; designed and made by Jennifer King and Kit Brown with special assistance by Regine Dial, Melody Gelb, Leslee Voisin, Beatriz Castellanos and Lynn Mandeville.

Honorable Mention: Recreation – “Trinity Blood,” worn by Abel Nightroad – Yumiko Homsher, Isaak Fernando Von Kampfer – Natalie Daniel, Asthe – Elizabeth Fuller, Empire Esther – Sarah Hall, AX Esther – Jillian Dooley; designed and made by Abel Nightroad – Designed and made by Yumiko Homsher Isaak Fernando Von Kampfer, Asthe, Empire Esther and AX Esther – Designed by Sarah Hall and Natalie Daniel, Made by Sarah Hall, Natalie Daniel, and Jillian Dooley.

Honorable Mention: Beautiful Construction – “Queen Alice of Wonderland,” worn, designed, and made by M. Alice LeGrow.

Company Winners

AgentSakur9 Entertainment – “Eternal Sonata,” worn, designed, and made by Underground Cosplay.

Anime Pavilion – “X-Wing Girl,” worn by Nicole Veloskey; designed and made by Tom Veloskey; “We Lost,” worn by Orc – Lynette Eklund, Warg – Lance Ikegawa; designed and made by Lance Ikegawa, Lynette Eklond, Jen Seng and Steve Gallacci; “Ken the Eagle from Ninja Force Gatchaman,” worn by Greco Espinoza; designed and made by Greco Espinoza and Ricky Broussard, helmet by Gath Cust.

Century Guild – “We Lost,” worn by Orc – Lynette Eklund, Warg – Lance Ikegawa; designed and made by Lance Ikegawa, Lynette Eklond, Jen Seng and Steve Gallacci; “X-Wing Girl,” worn by Nicole Veloskey; designed and made by Tom Veloskey.

The Comic Gallery Store – “X-Wing Girl,” worn by Nicole Veloskey; designed and made by Tom Veloskey; “TakaraZuko presents: West Side Story,” worn, designed and made by Lydia Chen, Amber-Dawn Jackson-Cole, Hoshikaji, Sarah Pilat and Umi.

Conjecture – “Queen Alice of Wonderland,” worn, designed, and made by M. Alice LeGrow.

The Costume Designers Guild, Local 892 – “We Lost,” worn by Orc – Lynette Eklund, Warg – Lance Ikegawa; designed and made by Lance Ikegawa, Lynette Eklond, Jen Seng and Steve Gallacci.

DC Comics – “Wonder Girl,” worn by Arianna Muennich; designed and made by Cynthia Muennich.

The Dented Helmet – “Bumblebee,” worn by Jake Webber; designed and made by Corey Webber and Jake Webber.

Frank And Son Collectible Show – “The Rock,” worn, designed, and made by Blair Heald.

Harper Collins and Deborah Landis – “The Rock,” worn, designed, and made by Blair Heald.

Lucasfilm Ltd. – “X-Wing Girl,” worn by Nicole Veloskey; designed and made by Tom Veloskey.

Lynn Perry of Darkest Desires – “Darth Maul, Sith Apprentice,” worn by Clifford Naiman; designed and made by Shawn Gordon and Clifford Naiman.

Paramount Home Entertainment – “Darth Maul, Sith Apprentice,” worn by Clifford Naiman; designed and made by Shawn Gordon and Clifford Naiman; “Wonder Girl,” worn by Arianna Muennich; designed and made by Cynthia Muennich.

The Testmarket Evolution – “Ken the Eagle from Ninja Force Gatchaman,” worn by Greco Espinoza; designed and made by Greco Espinoza and Ricky Broussard, helmet by Gath Cust.

Xbox – “Eternal Sonata,” worn, designed, and made by Underground Cosplay.

Awards and Prizes

Comic-Con International trophies will be given to the most outstanding costumes in categories of Best In Show, Judges’ Choice, Best Re-Creation, Best Original Design, Most Humorous, Most Beautiful, Best Novice, Best Presentation, Best Workmanship, and Best Young Fan. In addition, generous cash and merchandise prizes will be presented by representatives of the following companies and organizations:

Frank And Son Collectible Show, of the City of Industry, CA, will present to the entry they deem the audience favorite a prize of $1,000 cash, plus an impressive special trophy.

Xbox will award, to the best entry based on an Xbox game character or characters, a new Halo 3 Xbox console signed by the studio team, a full-size Master Chief costume, a set of high-end laser-tag weapons, plus an assortment of Halo items, including games, accessories, action figures, and more.

AgentSakur9 Entertainment, dedicated to providing the very best coverage and highest-quality images of cosplay and costuming, will bestow a $200 cash award and a trophy to their choice for Most Outstanding Entry.

Anime Pavilion will present, to what they choose as their favorite anime costumes in the show, $150 booth credit for their first choice, $50 credit for runner-up, and $40 credit to the best Young Fan entry.

Century Guild will present, to the costume they select as best portraying elements of Art Nouveau or fantasy, the winner’s choice of either $200 cash or up to $500 credit at their Exhibit Hall booth.

The Comic Gallery Store of San Diego will present $150 cash to the entry they select as their favorite, and $100 cash to their favorite Young Fan costumer.

The Costume Designers Guild, Local 892, the labor union representing costume designers and other costume professionals in film and TV, will present to their favorite entry a unique CDG Masquerade Award statue, a subscription to the Costume Designer magazine, and a guided behind-the-scenes visit for two people to a Hollywood costume house.

DC Comics representatives will present $300 cash to the finest costumed entry portraying a DC Comics character or characters.

The Dented Helmet, the Internet's #1 Boba Fett/Jango Fett costuming forum, will bestow a prize of $200 cash to the entry that best showcases the crafting and use of helmets or other head coverings in their costume entry.

HarperCollins and Deborah Landis, Academy Award–nominated costume designer for many films including Raiders of the Lost Ark and Michael Jackson's Thriller, and a Cannes Film Festival judge and professor at the University of the Arts, London, will present $100 cash plus a copy of her beautiful 2007 book Dressed: A Century of Hollywood Costume Design (cover price $75) to her favorite entry.

Lynn Perry of Darkest Desires will award $150 cash to the best costume entry inspired by horror or other dark genres, such as vampires, demons, creatures of the night, creepy alien monsters, and so on.

Lucasfilm Ltd. will reward the best Star Wars costumers with fabulous items from their Licensing Archives. The finest entries from the Star Wars galaxy will be selected by a Lucasfilm representative to receive very special limited-edition collectibles.

Studio Foglio will present, for the best entry based on a webcomic, $250 in cash, plus a bag of impressive goodies. This is for any webcomic costume, not just ones based on characters from Studio Foglio.

Paramount Home Entertainment will present two generous DVD movie packages, each worth well over $150. For Best Hero or Villain: The Indiana Jones Special Collector’s Trilogy, Transformers, Cloverfield, Beowulf, Sweeney Todd, & others titles. And for the Best Youth Costumer: The Spiderwick Chronicles Special Collector’s Edition, Transformers Animated Movie, The Last Airbender: The Complete Books 1-3, Young Indiana Jones Trilogy, Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipmunk Adventure, and more.

The Testmarket Evolution will present three cash prizes: $100 for Best Video Game Character, $100 for Best Anime Character, and $100 for what they deem as the People's Choice for best entry.