Monika Lee
Monika Lee | |
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![]() Monika Lee atDragon Con2013 | |
Born | |
Nationality | American |
Modeling information | |
Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) |
Hair color | Brown |
Eye color | Brown |
Website | Official website |
Monika Lee(born December 7, 1992)[1][2]is an Americancosplayer.[3]In 2013, she joined the cast of reality television showHeroes of Cosplay.[4]
Biography
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Lee has been cosplaying anime and especially video game characters since 2006, when she dressed asYuna[5]at the age of 13,[6]and is a frequent collaborator with the cosplayerJessica Nigriin the XX Girls group.[7][8][9][10][11]She has been acclaimed and featured by gaming media outlets such asGame Informer[12]andGamesRadar,[13]as well as showcased in various other publications.[14][15][16]Lee worked as a cosplay model atE3 2012for Hyperkin,[5]atE3 2013andSan Diego Comic-Conin 2013 forBlizzard Entertainment,[17]and atPAX East2014 forCarbine Studios[citation needed]andNC Soft.[18]She was invited as a guest or host at multiple fan conventions, including Amazing Arizona Comic Con,[19]Anime South,[20]FantasyCon,[6]MomoCon,[21]Montreal Comiccon,[17]Ottawa Pop Expo,[22]andPensacon.[23]
Lee is aMilton High Schoolgraduate[24]and was the youngest of theHeroes of Cosplayshow's original cast of nine.[25]As of 2013, she has been studying industrial design at theGeorgia Institute of Technology,whose website claimed "she has an online fan base twice the size of the student population,"[4]and was working as an intern for the licensing and business development team at Blizzard Entertainment.[26]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Monika Lee".Facebook. 1992-12-07.Retrieved2014-06-24.
- ^"Meet the Cast: SyFy's Heroes of Cosplay – Monika Lee".Pop Cults.Retrieved2014-06-24.
- ^""Heroes of Cosplay" Coming to SyFy With Chloe Dykstra, Holly Conrad, Jessica Merizan « Nerdist ".Nerdist.com. Archived fromthe originalon 2014-12-30.Retrieved2014-06-24.
- ^ab"GT | News Center:: Student Makes National Television Debut on Syfy".News.gatech.edu. 2013-08-08.Retrieved2014-06-24.
- ^ab"Interview With a Gamer: Monika Lee".E3.actiontrip.com.Retrieved2014-06-24.
- ^ab"FantasyCon Convention - Salt Lake City, Utah 2014 | Monika Lee |".Fantasycon.com.Retrieved2014-06-24.
- ^"Interview with Jessica Nigri and Monika Lee at Ottawa Pop Expo 2013".Nerd Reactor. 2013-12-26.Retrieved2014-06-24.
- ^"COSPLAY SPOTLIGHT: SyFy Channel's HEROES OF COSPLAY star Monika Lee back to Arizona!".Amazing Arizona Comic Con. 2014-01-09. Archived fromthe originalon 2014-06-26.Retrieved2014-06-24.
- ^Liebl, Matt (27 March 2014)."Jessica Nigri and Monika Lee to cosplay at Wild..."GameZone.Retrieved2014-06-24.
- ^Carrol, James (2013-12-23)."Kaelaris' 2013: A year of the highest of highs, and a pretty rough low".onGamers.Retrieved2014-06-24.
- ^"Greatest Game Cosplay Ever (This Week)".Arcadesushi.com. 28 February 2014.Retrieved2014-06-25.
- ^Meagan Marie (2012-04-19)."Little Sister by Monika Lee - News".www.GameInformer.com. Archived fromthe originalon April 22, 2012.Retrieved2014-06-24.
- ^Lucas Sullivan (2012-12-13)."Monika Lee Cosplay Spotlight".GamesRadar.Retrieved2014-06-24.
- ^King of the Nerds (2013-01-08)."24 Of The Best Cosplays Ever".Buzzfeed.com.Retrieved2014-06-25.
- ^"The Costumes Of Dragon Con".Forbes.2012-04-09.Retrieved2014-06-25.
- ^"Amazing Game of Thrones Cosplays".Nerd Reactor. 2014-06-03.Retrieved2014-06-25.
- ^ab"Monika Lee - Our Guests - Comiccon".Montrealcomiccon.com. 2013-09-04. Archived fromthe originalon 2013-12-10.Retrieved2014-06-24.
- ^"PAX East 2014".Us.ncsoft.com.Retrieved2014-06-24.
- ^"Amazing Cosplay Spotlight".Amazing Arizona Comic Con. 2014-01-03.Retrieved2014-06-24.
- ^"Guests".Anime South. Archived fromthe originalon 2013-12-17.Retrieved2014-06-24.
- ^"Beneath the Costume: Being Nerdy with Monika Lee".TechZwn. 2013-01-12.Retrieved2014-06-24.
- ^"Monika Lee - Our Guests - Pop Expo".Ottawapopexpo.ca. Archived fromthe originalon 2014-02-09.Retrieved2014-06-24.
- ^"Pensacon 2014: Guests scheduled to appear".Pnj.com. 2014-02-19.Retrieved2014-06-25.
- ^"Syfy's 'Heroes of Cosplay" features three Atlantans | Radio & TV Talk ".www.accessatlanta.com. 2013-08-13. Archived fromthe originalon 2014-07-26.Retrieved2014-06-25.
- ^Kathie Huddleston (2013-08-05)."37 awesome pics of cosplayer Monika Lee from Heroes of Cosplay".Blastr.Retrieved2014-06-24.
- ^"Monika Lee - Cosplaying is a lot better than drugs « Comic Book and Movie Reviews".Comicbookandmoviereviews.com. 2014-06-06.Retrieved2014-06-25.
External links
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- Official website
- xSoulxxxReaperxonDeviantArt
- London2191Cosplayat YouTube
- London2191at Cosplay.com
- Monika Leeat ACParadise.com