Cosplay is a unique kind of art that needs talent, skill, and creativity for a person to be costumed to represent a character amazingly.
It takes a lot of effort and stamina as they are the ones who really bring their favorite character to life while some cosplayers spend many months perfecting their costumes and researching their characters.
There are a few individuals who are simply so amazing at their art that they have become famous in their field. They have even reached millions of followers and have gone on to be professional models.
As female models are celebrated more than males in the fashion world, female cosplayers tend to be overwhelmingly more popular than male cosplayers. This isn’t surprising considering uniqueness, skill in costuming and a level of beauty that’s second-to-none propels these internationally well-known cosplayers into stardom.
What type of cosplay is most popular? We’ll let you decide, as this post profiles the 7 most popular cosplaying girls in the world today.
Alodia Gosiengfiao
Alodia has been cosplaying since 2003 when she was only 15 years old. Now, she is the most popular cosplayer in the world. She’s had many endorsement deals, including health and beauty products, toy companies, and clothing lines.
Whether it’s G.I. Joe characters or figures from Final Fantasy, Alodia is a master of disguise!
In her most well-known project to date – a San Diego Comic-Con documentary called Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope – Alodia was featured alongside other famous cosplayers like Jessica Nigri and Miranda Pakozdi.
Not surprisingly, Alodia also made an appearance on the cover of the Filipino version of FHM Magazine, plus UNO Magazine named her one of the most influential women in the Philippines.
With over 4 million Facebook followers already on board, there’s no doubt that Alodia will continue to establish herself as the undisputed Cosplay queen!
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Anna Faith Carlson
The Carlson sisters, Anna Faith and her real-life sister Lexie, are generating a lot of buzz with their beautiful cosplays of the Frozen characters. When they’re not wearing costumes, they’re earning a living as modeling while continuing to provide accurate and near-perfect cosplays.
Anna creates an insanely believable Queen Elsa cosplay that has earned her over half a million followers on Instagram and almost 40,000 followers on Twitter.
Lexie is convincing as the mischievous little sister Princess Anna – and she enjoys showing off her killer bikini body when she’s not in a costume.
Adrianne Curry
Her career includes modeling for Stuff, Star, OK!, US Weekly, Maxim, Playboy, and many other magazines. Curry won America’s Next Top Model’s first season. She is an avid gamer and has cosplayed as Mortal Kombat characters.
This year, while dressed as Catwoman, she fought back against an attacker who was sexually assaulting her friend at San Diego Comic-Con.
Jessica Nigri
Nigri has been modeling since 2012 and cosplaying since 2009.
Her cosplay style is perfect for Juliet Starling, the lead character in the horror video game Lollipop Chainsaw.
During E3 and numerous other gaming conventions, she dressed up as the chainsaw-wielding, zombie-slaughtering cheerleader. More than 7,000 of her Twitter followers follow her every move, eager to see her latest cosplay photos.
Linda Le
A cosplayer since the age of 12, Linda Le is known by her stage name Vampy.
She has dressed up as many different versions of the X-men character Psylocke. Some of Le’s cosplay photos appeared in one of the books of the Japanese toy manufacturer Kotobukiya, which brought her fame.
Myrtle Sarrosa
When she was 14 years old, Sarrosa began participating in cosplay conventions in the Philippines. Among the awards she has won for her cosplaying is the fourth season of Filipino Big Brother teen, where she was dubbed Cosplay Cutie ng Iloilo.
Spiral Cats
One of South Korea’s biggest exports is K-Pop and Spiral Cats is one of the ways South Korea is surpassing the USA as the world’s largest ‘pop’ factory. In a K-Pop style, the Spiral Cats create captivating replicas of manga and anime characters.
They appear at conventions and gaming expos all the time.
Yaya Han
Anime Expo in 1999 led Yaya Han to discover cosplaying, and since then she has created an endless supply of groundbreaking costumes. She is a frequent judge at cosplay competitions. She has been dubbed a cosplaying pioneer by some.
In addition to starring in Heroes of Cosplay, Han was also a judge on King of the Nerds on TBS.