"Duel On Utapau (General Grievous)"
Made & worn by Jinyo Hui,
with Yuriy Platoshyn
Winner: Best in Show Award,
Lucasfilm Award
B. Brown © SDCC

WonderCon 2006 Masquerade

WonderCon's second annual Masquerade was featured as the main programming event of Saturday night. A larger venue was provided and the audience grew to 1,000, up from 600 in 2005. The 2006 show featured 27 entries, half of them being themed groups, totaling 61 costumes crossing the stage.

The Master of Ceremonies was the always-entertaining artist & writer Phil Foglio of Studio Foglio, and the trophy judges were CFQ Magazine publisher Mark Altman, costuming book writer & publisher Dawn Devine, and the multi-faceted writer with too many credits to list, Peter David. Live intermission entertainment was provided by Mr. Erik Lobo of the syndicated TV show Cinema Insomnia, with creative assistance from Ericson Yee.

In addition to trophies bestowed to the most impressive costumes, five companies provided their own cash and merchandise prizes to entries that they selected.

WonderCon offers its sincere thanks to all the contestants in the show for the many smiles and great fun they provided for the audience, and to the professionals who donated their time as M.C., judges, award presenters, and intermission entertainment.

2006 Trophy Winners

Best In Show trophy: "Duel On Utapau", worn by Jinyo Hui and Yuriy Platoshyn, made by Jinyo, with stage assistance by Kristin Laughtin.

"Spy Vs. Spy"
Made & Worn by Mette Hedin & Bryan Little
Winner: Judges' Choice Award, DC Comics award
B. Brown © SDCC

Best Re-creation trophy: "Shrek", made and worn by Matthew O'Connor.

Best Workmanship trophy: "Blin'dasa & Ananke, Bats", made and worn by Alexis Rudd & Chris Trahman.

Best Presentation trophy: "Big Damn Heroes", made and worn by Tom Noe, Breanna Palermo, Glenn Martin, Carolyn Staehle, Kim Pudliner, Sandra Derian and Jean Martin, with assistance from Cordelia Willis.

Best Novice trophy: "Nightcrawler", worn by Eric Day, made by Ashley White.

Honorable Mention for Most Outrageous was given to "The Holograms vs. The Misfits", made and worn by Cordelia, Dany, Darieum, Jennifer, Jeff, Kelly, Sionna, Stephanie, Cathleen, and Tina of The Starlight Project.

Honorable Mention for Most Beautiful was given to "Link & Zelda, from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess", made and worn by Pikmin Link & Jaina Solon, with assistance from Jinyo.

Company awards:

ADV Films award: The "#1 producer and distributor of anime in North America" presented to the best anime entry a thin pack platinum DVD collection of Neon Genesis Evangeleon, and, the first volume of the first-ever English dub of anime classic Macross, to "Ayane & Kasumi", made and worn by Rikku Winter and Lynn Mauss.

Century Guild award: This Fine Art company presented the choice of either $200 cash, or $500 credit at their booth for the best costume portraying elements of fantasy or Art Nouveau, to "Blin'dasa & Ananke, Bats", made and worn by Alexis Rudd & Chris Trahman.

DC Comics award: A very special collectible Sandman 10th Anniversary statue from DC Direct was awarded to the best re-creation of a DC Comics character "Spy vs. Spy", made and worn by Mette Hedin & Bryan Little.

CFQ Magazine award: A year's free subscription to CFQ and Femme Fatale magazines, plus a collection of special back issues, plus the new Special Edition DVD of Free Enterprise: Extended Cut, was awarded to the best science fiction movie or TV character "Runaway Bounty", made and worn by Tom, Rosino, & Carlo LeGan.

Lucasfilm Ltd. award: There were 8 Star Wars entries in the show, of which 3 got special recognition. "Duel On Utapau", worn by Jinyo Hui and Yuriy Platoshyn, received first prize of a giant one-of-a-kind Yoda aisle banner from Star Wars Celebration III. Second place "Aayla Secura & Clone Troopers," made and worn by Pamela Simpson, Jon Jones, Darren Wright, Brian Shaubmayer, & Chris Williams, received a Star Wars snow globe with an AT-AT Walker inside, plus a tin of Ralph MacQuarrie art collectable cards. Third place "Runaway Bounty," made and worn by Tom, Rosino, & Carlo LeGan, received a vintage Wicket the Ewok cookie jar from the Lucasfilm archives.