You know both of your cosplays of Sunset Dragon Designs won you the best overall champion in the competition. First with Red and now with Toph. Congratulations!
My jaw DROPPED when you revealed the costumed on stage. It's so absolutely well-done and so SO gorgeous. Like the reveal is genuinely powerful. So inspiring and such a well-deserved win
I saw the Instagram posts, but I burst into tears 🥹. I have been watching every step of the way!!. CHICAGO!!! You're coming to my neck of the woods!! So happy for you!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Congratulations! And I think this is such a fantastic proof of how much your craft has developed over the years! I'm so glad you took the leap for this competition, as I do think a part of knowing it was solely for the cosplay would have driven you to a higher level. There also wasn't the time and energy distraction in lead up of developing the skit too. Your cosplays have always been fantastic, but with every make you have learned something new, whether as a specific skill or just an understanding of the process. Toph represents that in all the parts; even just the pants prove that! xD Imagine how yourself in the past would have approached or created those, with the defying gravity, rocks, air brushing, ombre, all the parts of it. I'm sure it would have been good and done the job, but something would have been left out or simplified in the process. But with all your growing experiences and each project, you had the resilience to get through and get every detail correct and complete.
You have always been a craftsmanship cosplayer. Red won at ALA not just because your skit was hilarious, but because the costume was beautifully made. Not to mention your tutorials have made so many people’s costumes (like mine!) possible. ❤ Miami has a Crown qualifier I want to try. I have to see what happens at Holmat first. 😅 But I’m excited to watch you compete at C2E2!
We mate thank you. ALA’s mark though is sort of 50/50, with the proviso that it doesn’t have to be lol But Red was definitely a 50/50, and it was not the best purely craftsmanship based cosplay in that competition. I’m not upset at that - red is absolutely awesome and I love her and the skit was super fun to do. But thank you! And yes! You should also apply for crown!
I was right there in the crowd the whole time, it was absolutely amazing seeing you come on stage as Toph! You honestly did the cosplay justice, there was no doubt in my mind that you'd win. The crowd's reaction to seeing you was insane, it was a well deserved win and I hope I see you at PAX next year!! Congratulations!!!! :)
I am so so happy for you, congratulations and you so very much deserve this win!! C2E2 was one of my favorite cons from this past year, I handled for my friend back stage at crown. From my experience, the greenroom vibes were excellent
Tearing up right along with you! Long time fan of you and your channel, and have following the whole Toph costume excitedly (and blown away with your skills, dedication, and craftsmanship!) so to see the final result is incredible! Plus winning top prize is awesome and so well deserved!!! Congratulations!!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉
You should be very proud of yourself. You did an amazing job of creating your Toph cosplay. You now also have the the added title of champion for your hard work. I hope this shows you that your craftsmanship is phenomenal and pushes you to take on more cosplay projects in the future. You are capable of creating more phenomenal work.
You completely deserved the win, you sewed, dyed, crafted and even made your wig and shoes. I know how it feels to not feel like your worthy and this has held me back from competing.
I'm currently working my ass off to get my costume done in time to enter the C2E2 contest! I hope to see you there! I'm dying to see the rock prop up close! :)
I was honestly surprised when they said "Toph" instead of "Kirilee", wasn't sure if it was an aussie thing to say the character name instead of entry number and cosplayer name. I would have a huge brain fart myself if that happened 😅 And the pros of going to bed at 3 am was not having to wait till I got up to see the competition and results 💪😂
Hahaha you are so wonderful! Having the character name read out rather than my name was the first time I had experienced that but I guess the audience will remember the character more than my name :)
Well, you kinda build up to it, but I still was nervous for you and screamed when they actually called out Toph the winner. Really happy for you. Very well done! Congratulations! (And nobody's eyes got teary here! Who said that?!)
I found your channel a few months ago and a big congrats to you Kirilee!! This is awesome! I was screaming for you from South Africa!❤ I can’t wait to see more of your journey next year! I’m very new to making my own cosplays and you give me so much confidence and inspire me to make so many more🥰 Well done seriously!🤩
Kirilee you do amazing work and truly do become the character you are portraying. You deserved the award! Congratulations on winning it on your 4th time in the competition. Good luck and have fun in the US next year. And I agree that the other competitors were awesome.
I'm so excited to see you continue, learn and excel as time goes on. Everyone's cosplays in the competition was stunning, but your win was well earned, and well deserved. Congratulations!
Congrats! Absolutely amazing and deserved. You've worked really hard at leveling up your skills and it shows! I get chills every time I see you do the stomp and pull the rocks up 💯💜💜💜
Congratulations! So cool to have watched the process and see you win through all of it. Also you coming out of prejudging is how i exited from pretty much all of my exams ever just always felt like I messed up 😂. Even without sound the mini skit on stage was so cool to see it all come together.
I love seeing your emotion because it shows us how really important this was and I didn't have the backstory or contacts you gave in this video. Oh my gosh I'm just so pleased for you! Well done and what a validation of all of your work leading up to this point! Super excited to see what you do in the next year!
I am also in tears seeing you win. When I saw the instagram post of the win I literally gasped just from the walk on, you embodied Toph and the rocks!!!!!!! Amazing work I’m so glad you get to compete in it again 🎉
