Carmilla Jo's Cosplay Corner

Everyone is excited to get back to a "normal" life once we're all vaccinated. However, conventions aren't coming back just yet. We still have a long way to go before we can even attend conventions and cosplay events again. CARMILLA JO is a Bay Area-based cosplayer and model. Growing up with a love for fantasy and animation, she has evolved as not just a model and cosplayer, but also as a costume designer and creative producer. By taking creative control in her works, she has yielded numerous publications and magazine cover features. As an award-winning cosplayer, her costuming takes inspiration from anime, manga, video games, history, corsetry, and nostalgic cartoons. She plans to continue improving in the craft of cosplay and costuming in the years to come, in addition to collaborating with fellow ambitious creatives for more elaborate and other-worldly photoshoots and projects. Official website: CarmillaJo.com [https://carmillajo.com/] Instagram: @CircusofMissJo [https://www.instagram.com/circusofmissjo/] Facebook: Carmilla Jo [https://www.facebook.com/CarmillaJoModel/] TikTok: Carmillajo [https://www.tiktok.com/@carmillajo?] --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/app]Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/carmillajo/support [https://anchor.fm/carmillajo/support]

#StopAsianHate isn’t just a trend. Anti-Asian hate crimes have always been happening, and has gained mainstream media attention in the past few months, especially with the shooting in Atlanta last week. In this podcast episode, Carmilla Jo speaks up about her experience of growing up and seeing herself represented by the iconic Cartoon Network hero Samurai Jack, and how that has influenced her in cosplay. CARMILLA JO is a Bay Area-based cosplayer and model. Growing up with a love for fantasy and animation, she has evolved as not just a model and cosplayer, but also as a costume designer and creative producer. By taking creative control in her works, she has yielded numerous publications and magazine cover features. As an award-winning cosplayer, her costuming takes inspiration from anime, manga, video games, history, corsetry, and nostalgic cartoons. She plans to continue improving in the craft of cosplay and costuming in the years to come, in addition to collaborating with fellow ambitious creatives for more elaborate and other-worldly photoshoots and projects. Official website: CarmillaJo.com [https://carmillajo.com/] Instagram: @CircusofMissJo [https://www.instagram.com/circusofmissjo/] Facebook: Carmilla Jo [https://www.facebook.com/CarmillaJoModel/] TikTok: Carmillajo [https://www.tiktok.com/@carmillajo?] --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/app]Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/carmillajo/support [https://anchor.fm/carmillajo/support]

Ebby has been cosplaying for almost 11 years now. She focuses on cosplaying from different magical girls series such as Sailor Moon, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Cardcaptor Sakura, and Creamy Mami. She believes that representation is important, ESPECIALLY in the cosplay community. Throughout her cosplay journey, she wants to continue to inspire cosplayers; both new and veterans in the community. Also spreading cosplay positivity, by sharing other cosplayers and helping others when needed. And lastly,  being a cosplay advocate using her platform to talk about issues that go on in the cosplay community eg. elitism, racism, and sexual harassment. Her hobbies include: sewing, learning Spanish, being an animal enthusiast, and watching One Piece. @chibimagigirl (Twitter) @chibimagicalgirl (Instagram) @chibimagicalgirl (TikTok) Petite Ebby Cosplay (Facebook) chibimagicalgirl (Ko-Fi) Photo credits: Sailor Princess Tiana Fanart based by: Drachea Rannak Photography: @ghostboykenny (Twitter) @kennyletelier (Instagram) CARMILLA JO is a Bay Area-based cosplayer and model. Growing up with a love for fantasy and animation, she has evolved as not just a model and cosplayer, but also as a costume designer and creative producer. By taking creative control in her works, she has yielded numerous publications and magazine cover features. As an award-winning cosplayer, her costuming takes inspiration from anime, manga, video games, history, corsetry, and nostalgic cartoons. She plans to continue improving in the craft of cosplay and costuming in the years to come, in addition to collaborating with fellow ambitious creatives for more elaborate and other-worldly photoshoots and projects. Official website: CarmillaJo.com [https://carmillajo.com/] Instagram: @CircusofMissJo [https://www.instagram.com/circusofmissjo/] Facebook: Carmilla Jo [https://www.facebook.com/CarmillaJoModel/] TikTok: Carmillajo [https://www.tiktok.com/@carmillajo?] --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/app]Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/carmillajo/support [https://anchor.fm/carmillajo/support]

Racism. No one likes talking about it. It can be just as polarizing as politics, but it's a topic that doesn't benefit anyone if it's swept under the rug. Building off her series of TikToks addressing racism, Carmilla Jo shares her thoughts on cosplaying characters from different races and how we can improve as a community and as individuals within the colorful world we live in. CARMILLA JO is a Bay Area-based cosplayer and model. Growing up with a love for fantasy and animation, she has evolved as not just a model and cosplayer, but also as a costume designer and creative producer. By taking creative control in her works, she has yielded numerous publications and magazine cover features. As an award-winning cosplayer, her costuming takes inspiration from anime, manga, video games, history, corsetry, and nostalgic cartoons. She plans to continue improving in the craft of cosplay and costuming in the years to come, in addition to collaborating with fellow ambitious creatives for more elaborate and other-worldly photoshoots and projects. Official website: CarmillaJo.com [https://carmillajo.com/] Instagram: @CircusofMissJo [https://www.instagram.com/circusofmissjo/] Facebook: Carmilla Jo [https://www.facebook.com/CarmillaJoModel/] TikTok: Carmillajo [https://www.tiktok.com/@carmillajo?] --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/app]Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/carmillajo/support [https://anchor.fm/carmillajo/support]

Chris “Papa Bear” English began his journey into cosplay with a small con in 2013 and has been hooked ever since. Fueled by the love for the craft, and a passion to spread diversity and inclusion, Papa Bear has been heavily involved in the cosplay community as a member of Costumers with a Cause which is a costume charity organization Co-founder of Chicago P.O.C. Cosplayers, and Cosawesome studios. Papa Bear has gone on to be featured on the SyFy Channel, was the official mascot for C2E2, cosplay affiliate for Wizard World, been a guest speaker at various conventions, lead cosplay programmer, internationally published, competed and judged in multiple cosplay events, won multiple awards and has no plans on slowing down. Official Website: https://papabearstudios.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/papabearcosplay CARMILLA JO is a Bay Area-based cosplayer and model. Growing up with a love for fantasy and animation, she has evolved as not just a model and cosplayer, but also as a costume designer and creative producer. By taking creative control in her works, she has yielded numerous publications and magazine cover features. As an award-winning cosplayer, her costuming takes inspiration from anime, manga, video games, history, corsetry, and nostalgic cartoons. She plans to continue improving in the craft of cosplay and costuming in the years to come, in addition to collaborating with fellow ambitious creatives for more elaborate and other-worldly photoshoots and projects. Official website: CarmillaJo.com [https://carmillajo.com/] Instagram: @CircusofMissJo [https://www.instagram.com/circusofmissjo/] Facebook: Carmilla Jo [https://www.facebook.com/CarmillaJoModel/] TikTok: Carmillajo [https://www.tiktok.com/@carmillajo?] --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/app]Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/carmillajo/support [https://anchor.fm/carmillajo/support]