I've covered cosplayers before, because it's cool, and these people are some really stunning artists. You've probably seen pictures of Riki "Riddle" LeCotey, even if you never knew who she was. This page is, by the way (and despite the title), not any kind of "history of Riddle," which you can find all kinds of places. This page is just a "Hey, now you know!" (Yes, old schoolers, that was deliberate.)
Ms LeCotey has been cosplaying since before it was cool - like way back to at least 2008. (Which is, by the way even longer than Reigning Queen of Cosplay Jessica Nigri.)
And in case your like "Yeah, but if she's that old, is she still relevant?
So, yeah, she is relevant to the cosplay world. She's getting paid requests to appear at places, so there you go.
"Okay, fine," you say, "she gets paid to appear at cons. That's still not like 'cosplaying' is a real job!"
How many Marvel Fucking Cinematic Universe films have you gotten to work on?
So, yeah, cosplay can totally be a "real job." :-)
And, just in case all that wasn't subtle enough. Here is a picture of Ms LeCotey cosplaying as Marvel's Wasp a few years back.
And here is her IMDB credit working on MCU Ant-Man and the Wasp. That's like "circular karma" or something, I swear.
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