17 of the world’s most beautiful cosplay girls

Those living in Nerd-dom know very well who the Cosplay girls are. They are seen everywhere there is a comic-con or any other sort of convention featuring the world of science fiction, fantasy, video and role playing games.

Cosplay is short for Costume Play and for many decades now people have been dressing up as favored fictional characters of those worlds and many, especially the women, have made careers out of showing up at the conventions and having their photos taken. Many have their own websites and their social media pages have more visits and likes that almost any other type.

Here are 17 of the hottest current cosplay girls in the world.

17. Marie-Claude Bourbonnais

She hails from Quebec and seems to have started a true revolution in the cosplay world. Her Facebook page has over 170,000 “likes” and she had become a fan favorite since this fashion model began winning just about every cosplay contest ever held at any of the conventions in Canada. She designs all of her own costumes.

16. Dustbunny

This native Los Angeles girl has been in the cosplay world since 2003 and has become quite the fan favorite. In college, she studied design and make-up and she has created over 50 costumes and characters in her career. Her following actually includes costume and fashion designers who are intrigued by her style. She is on the road most of the year attending conventions and judging cosplay contests.

15. Kamui

This cosplay legend had more than 10,000 Twitter followers and more than 190,000 “likes” at her Facebook page. Designers and fans simply marvel at her ability to create detailed and intricate costumes and she is well known for her armor designs. Her real name, Svetlana Quindt, is as exotic as her designs. She has regular tutorials out on YouTube and is the author of many books on cosplay design.

14. Adrianne Curry

Adrianne has a huge following both on social media and at the conventions where fans are often surrounding her. She has been looked to as a role model for thousands of female gamers and would-be cosplay girls and she was the very first winner on the America’s Next Top Model television show.

13. Monika Lee

Monika has been immersed in the video gamer and cosplay world since the tender age of 13. She is a veteran gamer and designs all of her costumes to resemble favorite characters in many of her beloved video games. She has traveled, and is well known, all over the world and her Facebook page sports nearly 350,000 “likes” and her Twitter handle has over 65,000 followers.

12. Maridah

When she isn’t deep in the cosplay world, she is a manager at a video game company. She loves anime and got into cosplay in 2001. She has achieved fame with her Saber character from the Fate/Stay Night novels and has 225,000 Facebook “likes” and her Twitter followers number around 8,000

11. Destiny Nickelsen

Since she was five years old, and was taught to sew, Destiny has immersed herself in the costume play world. She is a perennial fan favorite with over 433,000 Facebook “likes”. She is well known for the detail and quality of her costumes and regularly sits on panels at conventions and has been a popular contest judge since 2003.

10. Ivy Doomkitty

She has been a legend in the cosplay world for years and is a fully fledged fan girl. She is a regular at the conventions all over the world and is frequently asked to judge contests and to sit on discussion panels. Her constant theme is to do what you love regardless of your size or looks. Live your passion, she preaches.

9. Giada Robin

This Italian beauty is also a working actress and a mad gamer. Her fame is attributed to the detail of her anime and manga characters. She travels the world and sits on discussion groups and is a much sought after judge at contests.

8. Kristen Hughey

Kristen is a famed costume designer and frequently pays homage to her mother who she believes got her going as a young girl when she taught young Kristen how to sew. Her Facebook fans number almost 700,000 and she is a fan favorite where ever she shows up with her intricately stitched, and hand made, costumes.

7. Stella Chuu

Anime and manga fans know her well and she is “The Anime Princess of Burlesque”. She has a very unique style and air about her and her characters and she is instantly recognizable where ever she happens to be in the cosplay and convention world. Se has been a favorite for more than five years and has a half million “likes” on her Facebook page.

6. Riddle

This native Canadian girl moved to the US to find a larger opportunity for her costume play and for her design work. Her real name is Riki LeCoty and she is most famous for being able to truly design costumes in real life that are so remarkably like those in the animated films and games her fans adore. She has more than 50,000 Twitter followers and her Facebook page lights up with more than 400,000 “likes”.

5. Alodia Gosiengfiao

She hails from the Philippines where she is a noted actress, singer and performer. She is considered one of the most famous cosplay girls on the planet with over one million Facebook “likes” and more than 376,000 followers of her Twitter handle. She has been active in the cosplay world since she was 15 and has portrayed over 40 characters in her career.

4. YaYa Han

This Asian looking beauty is actually a nice Southern girl from Georgia. Anyone who knows anything about the cosplay universe knows her and she has appeared many times as a guest judge on the King of the Nerds television show. In addition, she has been profiled on the SyFy channel’s Heroes of Cosplay and her costumes can actually be purchased at her website. Her fan base continues to grown as she currently has 96,000 Twitter followers and more than 1.2 million “likes” at her Facebook page.

3. Misa TW

Misa is from Taiwan and is quickly becoming one of the rising new stars in cosplay. She makes all of her own costumes and her following has been growing rapidly. She is an avid gamer and loves manga and anime and is always featured as some of the most famous anime characters currently out there.

2. Nicole Marie Jean

The cosplay girl sensation with the three first names is a California girl from San Diego. She knew nothing about costume play until she attended her first convention in 2010 and fell in love with it all. This is her only career, her only job, and is often outfitted in characters from famous games and movies. She has recently begun to expand out into anime characters and she is one of the most popular stars out there with over 30,000 followers at Twitter and almost 900,000 “likes” at her Facebook page.

1. Jessica Nigri

She may very well be the most famous cosplay girl of them all. She has truly reached the status of star and celebrity in the practice. She has almost 400,000 Twitter followers and an astonishing 2.7 million “likes” on her Facebook page. She is mobbed and adored everywhere that she appears and she was an instant sensation at 2009’s San Diego ComiCon when she showed up dressed as “Sexy Pikachu”. Warner Brothers has taken her on as a spokeswoman and she has won contests and renown for her portrayal of the video game Lollypop Chainsaw’s Juliet Starling.