Cosplay Central Crown Championships Recap

One of the highlights of MCM Comic Con London has to be the Cosplay Central Crown Championships.

MCM Comic Con is many things to many people, a place to meet the stars, share your passion with fellow fans and so much more. It offers something for everyone while always having been a hub for cosplay. Whether it be the dozens of cosplay meet-ups or the amateur and professional level cosplay events organized by the Con. Cosplay is synonymous with MCM Comic Con. Cosplayers have their own station at the event where they can have their outfits repaired.

The new Cosplay Central Crown Championships is the merger between both the EuroCosplay Championships and the Crown Championships of Cosplay. These events were the previous European and North American based Cosplay circuits respectively while the new competition is now global and therefore offers qualifying events around the world:

Qualifying Events

Africa
Where: Comic Con Africa, Johannesburg
When: 22-25 September 2022
Open to: Residents of any African country
Find out more: Comic Con Africa website

Finland
Where: Desucon, Lahti, Finland
When: 17 – 19 June 2022
Open to: Residents of Finland
Find out more: Desucon website

Baltic Region
Where: UniCon, Latvia
When: 20 – 21 August 2022
Open to: Residents of Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia
Find out more: Unicon website

Hungary
Where: MondoCon, Budapest, Hungary
When: 19 – 20 March 2022
Open to: Residents of any country without a selection event of their own
Find out more: Mondocon website

UK
Where: MCM London Comic Con
When: 27 – 29 May 2022
Open to: Residents of UK and Ireland
Find out more: MCM Comic Con website

USA
Regional preliminary and USA Final
Where: C2E2, Chicago
When: 5 – 7 August 2022
Open to: Residents of USA, Mexico, Canada
Find out more: C2E2 website

Poland
Where: Magnificon, Kraków, Poland
When: 27th-29th May 2022
Open to: Residents of any country without a selection event of their own
Find out more: Magnificon organizers page

The Netherlands
Where: Animecon, Rijswijk, The Netherlands
When: 10 – 13 June 2022
Open to: Residents of Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg
Find out more: Animecon website

Competitors

10 Finalists made their way to ExCel London from around the world. That Hashtag Show armed with my amateur photography skills captured what it was like to be there. Take a look at the photos below.