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| Mello of Death Note by Ashley Gosiengfiao. Photography by Tricia Gosingtian |
A girl is not usually a huge video game and anime addict, but for Ashley Gosiengfiao, she really love being one and according to her it's cool to dress up as her favorite characters. Aside from Cosplay, she's a photographer, her biggest passion is photography. However, she sees herself cosplaying only until her late 20s. Nowadays, she attends an average of five to six cosplay events per year to judge competitions and do autograph signings.
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| Lu Xue Qu of Zhu Xia Online by Ashley Gosiengfiao. Photography by Terence Angsioco |
After winning her first competition back in 2003 during the C3Con, she took a break from cosplaying to concentrate on school, music and sports. She never joined a competition but did some judgings and guestings when she came back to the scene two years after. She joined the Anime Festival Asia ‘09 as her comeback wherein her sister Alodia and she were chosen to represent the Philippines for the regional competition held in Singapore. That was the most special event for her.
Her favorite character is Shiori Tsuzuki of Witchblade out of the 11 characters that she cosplayed because according to her, the production of the costume was very complex, and they actually incorporated LED lights onto her humongous crescent-shaped weapon and headdress. Her dream cosplay would be Asuka Kazama from Tekken 5. As an Asian Cosplayer, she don't like to cosplay Aeris Gainsborough from Final Fantasy VII, because as much as she loves the game, she dislikes her character. She likes Tifa Lockheart loads better.
