Cosplay Judges

We are happy to announce our judges and emcees for the Apple Valley Gymnastics Youth Cosplay Contest and the Sew-Creative Teen/Adult Contest.

Apple Valley Gymnastics Youth Cosplay Contest

Emceed by Jason Sims

Emcee – Jason Sims – magician

Jason Sims is a local magician specializing in illusions, subterfuge, and astonishment! A Wenatchee local, Jason has been doing magic for several years. A six-year veteran of the Army, he deployed to Iraq in 2007. There he entertained his fellow soldiers, local kids, and even coalition forces from around the world.

Jason does magic locally part time and he enjoys sharing his mystical gifts with everyone. Jason will be our Emcee for the Apple Valley Gymnastics Youth Cosplay Contest.

Bre Hinkle – graphic designer and local cosplayer

Bre Hinkle is the Graphic Designer & Marketing Manager for the Town Toyota Center.  Also a PC Gamer, Fantasy Board Game enthusiast, and Bassist for the band: “Devils Gulch & the Missionaries”; Bre enjoys short walks to her desk, late night dungeon runs and anything and everything Mac & Cheese related.

Emily Geisler – cosplayer

Emily Geisler has been dressing up and making costumes since she was 6 years old and was always the odd ball. Then Cosplay and Cons were invented and she wasn’t quite so weird. Specializing in custom costumes and couture wear she now has the pleasure of helping other bring their costume visions to life as well. With over a decade of professional sewing experience she is the Founder of Scandalous Couture as well as the Creator of Astruso. She also dresses up as an Advertising Account Manager for the Wenatchee World Mondays through Fridays.  You’ll be able to find her at this year’s WEN-CON as Princess Leia from Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi with her very own Ewok Wicket.

Annie & Chris – SLC Cosplayers

Chris and Annie are Salt Lake City, Utah cosplayers. Annie is a registered nurse at the University of Utah Health (proud supporters of the Olympics and Para Olympics). Her other hobbies are reading, especially Harry Potter, Project Runway, skiing and running.

Chris is an implementation consultant for FAST Enterprises. His other hobbies are reading, writing, Magic the Gathering, Pathfinder, video games, making fun of bad anime tropes but still loving them somehow, and racquetball.

Sew-Creative Teen/Adult Cosplay Contest

Emceed by Joy Knight-Richards

Joy Knight-Richards- cosplayer

Joy Knight-Richards will be joining us as Emcee for the Sew-Creative Teen/Adult Cosplay Contest. Joy (The Girl Next Door Cosplay) has been building costumes, performing, modeling and creating epic character makeup for over 20 years. She has traveled all over the Great Northwest as a performer and makeup artist for renaissance faires, conventions and private functions.
You can find her on Facebook at TheGirlNextDoorCosplay, GypsyRealmProductions or VisionsbyVictory.

Ryan Wells – international cosplayer

Ryan Wells, Portland, OR, is a professional cosplayer prop builder and builder for Magic Wheelchair @ magicwheelchair.org  Known for being a “Creature Cosplayer” building larger than life costumes and drawing inspiration from fantasy and science fiction, he has been featured on such sites as Stan Winston School for Character Art’s and Muppets Henson.  Ryan is administrator for an online cosplay group and is a huge advocate for sharing ideas, community, and volunteering.

“Cosplay was a natural progression for me since there was simply not enough Halloween in my life.  I love to learn new skills, trades, make challenges for myself, getting inspiration and ideas from friends (new and old) and making connections through this great community. I tend to draw inspiration mainly from film but I’m trying to branch out into other genres.”

Bre Hinkle – graphic designer and local cosplayer

Bre Hinkle is the Graphic Designer & Marketing Manager for the Town Toyota Center.  Also a PC Gamer, Fantasy Board Game enthusiast, and Bassist for the band: “Devils Gulch & the Missionaries”; Bre enjoys short walks to her desk, late night dungeon runs and anything and everything Mac & Cheese related.

Emily Geisler – cosplayer

Emily Geisler has been dressing up and making costumes since she was 6 years old and was always the odd ball. Then Cosplay and Cons were invented and she wasn’t quite so weird. Specializing in custom costumes and couture wear she now has the pleasure of helping other bring their costume visions to life as well. With over a decade of professional sewing experience she is the Founder of Scandalous Couture as well as the Creator of Astruso. She also dresses up as an Advertising Account Manager for the Wenatchee World Mondays through Fridays.  You’ll be able to find her at this year’s WEN-CON as Princess Leia from Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi with her very own Ewok Wicket.

Kelsey Pipkin, costume creator

Kelsey Pipkin is a local costume maker, crafter, embroiderer, digitizer, and teacher. During the work week you can find her helping creative minds accomplish their sewing dreams at Sew-Creative where she has worked for nearly 10 years.   She prefers the horror-genre including Zombie culture and Norse Mythology. With 3 boys at home she finds it’s easy and fun to “Clown around” with makeup and costume.