Monika Lee

Monika Lee

Monika Lee at Dragon Con 2013
Born December 7, 1992
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Nationality American
Ethnicity Mixed Chinese/European[1]
Website
Official website

Monika Lee (born on December 7, 1992[2] in Atlanta, Georgia[1]) is an award-winning[3] American cosplayer. In 2013, she joined the cast of reality television show Heroes of Cosplay.[4]

Biography

Monika Lee dressed as Sailor Mars (left), co-hosting a costume contest with Jessica Nigri (right) at the 2014 Amazing Arizona Comic Con

Lee has been cosplaying anime and especially video game characters since 2006,[5] when she dressed as Yuna[6] at the age of 13,[7] and is a frequent collaborator with the cosplayer Jessica Nigri in the XX Girls group.[8][9][10][11][12] She has been acclaimed and featured by gaming media outlets such as Game Informer[13] and GamesRadar,[14] as well as showcased in various other publications.[15][16][17] Lee worked as a cosplay model at E3 2012 for Hyperkin,[6] at E3 2013 and San Diego Comic-Con International 2013 for Blizzard Entertainment,[18] and at PAX East 2014 for Carbine Studios[19] and NC Soft.[20] She was invited as a guest or host at multiple fan conventions, including Amazing Arizona Comic Con,[21] Anime South,[22] FantasyCon,[7] MomoCon,[23] Montreal Comiccon,[18] Ottawa Pop Expo,[24] and Pensacon.[25]

Lee is a Milton High School graduate[26] and was the youngest of the Heroes of Cosplay show's original cast of nine.[27] As of 2013, she has been studying industrial design at the Georgia 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.[28]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Meet the Cast: SyFy’s Heroes of Cosplay – Monika Lee". Pop Cults. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  2. ↑ "Monika Lee". Facebook. 1992-12-07. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  3. ↑ ""Heroes of Cosplay" Coming to SyFy With Chloe Dykstra, Holly Conrad, Jessica Merizan « Nerdist". Nerdist.com. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "GT | News Center :: Student Makes National Television Debut on Syfy". News.gatech.edu. 2013-08-08. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  5. ↑ "Interview: Monika Lee". Noobfeed.com. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Interview With a Gamer: Monika Lee". E3.actiontrip.com. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "FantasyCon Convention - Salt Lake City, Utah 2014 | Monika Lee |". Fantasycon.com. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  8. ↑ "Interview with Jessica Nigri and Monika Lee at Ottawa Pop Expo 2013". Nerd Reactor. 2013-12-26. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  9. ↑ "COSPLAY SPOTLIGHT: SyFy Channel’s HEROES OF COSPLAY star Monika Lee back to Arizona!". Amazing Arizona Comic Con. 2014-01-09. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  10. ↑ Liebl, Matt. "Jessica Nigri and Monika Lee to cosplay at Wild...". GameZone. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  11. ↑ Carrol, James (2013-12-23). "Kaelaris' 2013: A year of the highest of highs, and a pretty rough low". onGamers. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  12. ↑ "Greatest Game Cosplay Ever (This Week)". Arcadesushi.com. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
  13. ↑ Meagan Marie (2012-04-19). "Little Sister by Monika Lee - News". www.GameInformer.com. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  14. ↑ Lucas Sullivan (2012-12-13). "Monika Lee Cosplay Spotlight". GamesRadar. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  15. ↑ King of the Nerds (2013-01-08). "24 Of The Best Cosplays Ever". Buzzfeed.com. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
  16. ↑ "The Costumes Of Dragon Con". Forbes. 2012-04-09. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
  17. ↑ "Amazing Game of Thrones Cosplays". Nerd Reactor. 2014-06-03. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Monika Lee - Our Guests - Comiccon". Montrealcomiccon.com. 2013-09-04. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  19. ↑ "Carbine Studios Prepares for Launch of Wildstar with Tonight’s Head Start Program". DualShockers. 2014-05-30. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  20. ↑ "PAX East 2014". Us.ncsoft.com. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  21. ↑ "Amazing Cosplay Spotlight". Amazing Arizona Comic Con. 2014-01-03. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  22. ↑ "Guests". Anime South. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  23. ↑ "Beneath the Costume: Being Nerdy with Monika Lee". TechZwn. 2013-01-12. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  24. ↑ "Monika Lee - Our Guests - Pop Expo". Ottawapopexpo.ca. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  25. ↑ "Pensacon 2014: Guests scheduled to appear". Pnj.com. 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
  26. ↑ "Syfy's 'Heroes of Cosplay" features three Atlantans | Radio & TV Talk". www.accessatlanta.com. 2013-08-13. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
  27. ↑ Kathie Huddleston (2013-08-05). "37 awesome pics of cosplayer Monika Lee from Heroes of Cosplay". Blastr. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  28. ↑ "Monika Lee - Cosplaying is a lot better than drugs « Comic Book and Movie Reviews". Comicbookandmoviereviews.com. 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2014-06-25.

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