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Who is the best cosplayer in the Pacific Northwest? We have an answer (several of them, in fact), as the winners of the Cosplay Central Crown Championships event at the Emerald City Comic Con 2025 Main Stage powered by Xfinity have been announced. 24 finalists from across the US Northwest and Canada competed for this year's grand prize - a literal crown, money, and a round-trip ticket to compete in the overall USA National Finals next year. 

Chosen by celebrity judges Chibling Props, Kirilee Cosplay, and Li Kovacs, the ECCC 2025 Cosplay Central Crown Championships qualifier winners are...

• First Place Regional Champion: Prince of Snark Cosplay as Ulmo Lord of Waters from The Silmarillion, winning $1,000 and a trip to C2E2 2026 to compete in the USA National Finals of Cosplay Central Crown Championships
• Second Place: Press X Props as Big Daddy from Bioshock, winning $500 and a medal
• Third Place: Whitley's Whimsies as Dragon Maleficent from Disney's animated Sleeping Beauty, winning $250 and a medal
• Armor category winner: Fox of Dragon and Fox Cosplay as Yasuke from Assassin's Creed: Shadows, winning a medal from Hoku Props
• Needlework category winner: Kiraki Cosplay as Ciel Phantomhive from Black Butler, winning a medal from Hoku Props
• FX category winner: Komickrazi Studios as Skeksil, winning a medal from Hoku Props

And you can watch the awards ceremony, as well as all of their performances, here: 

Here is a list of all the participants in tonight's Cosplay Central Crown Championships at Emerald City Comic Con 2025:

• Komickrazi Studios as Skeksil
• Press X Props as Big Daddy from Bioshock
• Paige from Turn The Paige Cosplay as Queen Amidala from Star Wars Episode 1
• GumiV4 Cosplay as Princess Azula from Avatar: The Last Airbender
• Echoed Cosplay as Sarah Williams from Labyrinth
• Pathfinder Cosplay as Laudna from Critical Role: Bells Hells
• Whitley's Whimsies as Dragon Maleficent from Disney's animated Sleeping Beauty
• LyddiDesign Costumes as Queen Rennala from Elden Ring
• Nearly Departed Cosplay as Agatha Harkness from Agatha All Along
• Prince of Snark Cosplay as Ulmo Lord of Waters from The Silmarillion
• Staressco as Hades from Disney's Hercules
• Shannon Makes Or Breaks as She-Ra from She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
• Kiraki Cosplay as Ciel Phantomhive from Black Butler
• AbbyCat Cosplay as Stede Bonnet's Extra Cursed Suit from Our Flag Means Death
• Disneydonewright cosplay as Ariel from The Little Mermaid
• Sew Say We All as Satine from Star Wars Clone Wars and Moulin Rouge
• Cameron Nielsen as Edith Cushing from Crimson Peak
• Alison Jean as Nevermore Academy from Wednesday
• Cos Casey as Guts from Berserk
• Ghost Apple as Halsin from Baldur's Gate 3
• Caleb Hou as Faramir Captain of Gondor from Lord of the Rings
• General Celes Cosplay as Fjord from The Mighty Nein
• Lady Vixus Cosplay as Phira Tel'ahnvae from Forgotten Realms series by R.A. Salvatore
• Fox of Dragon and Fox Cosplay as Yasuke from Assassin's Creed: Shadows

Here are the winners of Emerald City Comic Con 2024's Cosplay Central Crown Championships.

And if you are thinking about attending Emerald City Comic Con next year, get a Popverse ECCC Superfan membership to get guaranteed first access to tickets, premium access to the celebrity photo ops & autographs, automatic reservations for Main Stage panels, access to an exclusive lounge, and more.