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Monika Lee
Monika Lee atDragon Con2013
Born(1992-12-07)December 7, 1992(age 31)
Atlanta,Georgia,U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Modeling information
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorBrown
WebsiteOfficial 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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Monika Lee dressed asSailor Mars(left), co-hosting a costume contest withJessica Nigri(right) at the 2014 Amazing Arizona Comic Con

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

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References

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  1. ^"Monika Lee".Facebook. 1992-12-07.Retrieved2014-06-24.
  2. ^"Meet the Cast: SyFy's Heroes of Cosplay – Monika Lee".Pop Cults.Retrieved2014-06-24.
  3. ^""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.
  4. ^ab"GT | News Center:: Student Makes National Television Debut on Syfy".News.gatech.edu. 2013-08-08.Retrieved2014-06-24.
  5. ^ab"Interview With a Gamer: Monika Lee".E3.actiontrip.com.Retrieved2014-06-24.
  6. ^ab"FantasyCon Convention - Salt Lake City, Utah 2014 | Monika Lee |".Fantasycon.com.Retrieved2014-06-24.
  7. ^"Interview with Jessica Nigri and Monika Lee at Ottawa Pop Expo 2013".Nerd Reactor. 2013-12-26.Retrieved2014-06-24.
  8. ^"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.
  9. ^Liebl, Matt (27 March 2014)."Jessica Nigri and Monika Lee to cosplay at Wild..."GameZone.Retrieved2014-06-24.
  10. ^Carrol, James (2013-12-23)."Kaelaris' 2013: A year of the highest of highs, and a pretty rough low".onGamers.Retrieved2014-06-24.
  11. ^"Greatest Game Cosplay Ever (This Week)".Arcadesushi.com. 28 February 2014.Retrieved2014-06-25.
  12. ^Meagan Marie (2012-04-19)."Little Sister by Monika Lee - News".www.GameInformer.com. Archived fromthe originalon April 22, 2012.Retrieved2014-06-24.
  13. ^Lucas Sullivan (2012-12-13)."Monika Lee Cosplay Spotlight".GamesRadar.Retrieved2014-06-24.
  14. ^King of the Nerds (2013-01-08)."24 Of The Best Cosplays Ever".Buzzfeed.com.Retrieved2014-06-25.
  15. ^"The Costumes Of Dragon Con".Forbes.2012-04-09.Retrieved2014-06-25.
  16. ^"Amazing Game of Thrones Cosplays".Nerd Reactor. 2014-06-03.Retrieved2014-06-25.
  17. ^ab"Monika Lee - Our Guests - Comiccon".Montrealcomiccon.com. 2013-09-04. Archived fromthe originalon 2013-12-10.Retrieved2014-06-24.
  18. ^"PAX East 2014".Us.ncsoft.com.Retrieved2014-06-24.
  19. ^"Amazing Cosplay Spotlight".Amazing Arizona Comic Con. 2014-01-03.Retrieved2014-06-24.
  20. ^"Guests".Anime South. Archived fromthe originalon 2013-12-17.Retrieved2014-06-24.
  21. ^"Beneath the Costume: Being Nerdy with Monika Lee".TechZwn. 2013-01-12.Retrieved2014-06-24.
  22. ^"Monika Lee - Our Guests - Pop Expo".Ottawapopexpo.ca. Archived fromthe originalon 2014-02-09.Retrieved2014-06-24.
  23. ^"Pensacon 2014: Guests scheduled to appear".Pnj.com. 2014-02-19.Retrieved2014-06-25.
  24. ^"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.
  25. ^Kathie Huddleston (2013-08-05)."37 awesome pics of cosplayer Monika Lee from Heroes of Cosplay".Blastr.Retrieved2014-06-24.
  26. ^"Monika Lee - Cosplaying is a lot better than drugs « Comic Book and Movie Reviews".Comicbookandmoviereviews.com. 2014-06-06.Retrieved2014-06-25.
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