Alodia Gosiengfiao
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Alodia Almira Arraiza Gosiengfiao (born March 9, 1988 in Quezon City, Philippines) is a Filipina
Filipino people
The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....

 cosplay
Cosplay
, short for "costume play", is a type of performance art in which participants don costumes and accessories to represent a specific character or idea. Characters are often drawn from popular fiction in Japan, but recent trends have included American cartoons and science fiction...

er model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....

, artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...

 and host. She graduated in 2009 from Ateneo de Manila University
Ateneo de Manila University
The Ateneo de Manila University is a private teaching and research university run by the Society of Jesus in the Philippines. It began in 1859 when the City of Manila handed control of the Escuela Municipal de Manila in Intramuros, Manila, to the Jesuits...

 with a BFA Information Design
Information design
Information design is the skill and practice of preparing information so people can use it with efficiency and effectiveness. Where the data is complex or unstructured, a visual representation can express its meaning more clearly to the viewer....

 Degree. She has been called the "Cosplay Queen" of the Philippines and recognized for contributing toward raising the profile of cosplay.

She started cosplaying in 2003 at the age of 15 by joining various competitions in Metro Manila
Metro Manila
Metropolitan Manila , the National Capital Region , or simply Metro Manila, is the metropolitan region encompassing the City of Manila and its surrounding areas in the Philippines...

. Her popularity began in 2003 when she won in an event called the C3 Convention
Convention (meeting)
A convention, in the sense of a meeting, is a gathering of individuals who meet at an arranged place and time in order to discuss or engage in some common interest. The most common conventions are based upon industry, profession, and fandom...

 in 2003 as Gun Mage Rikku
Rikku
is a player character in the Final Fantasy series, and a protagonist in both Final Fantasy X and X-2.-Concept and creation:Rikku was designed by Tetsuya Nomura, who also designed other characters from Final Fantasy X and X-2. She is voiced by Tara Strong and Marika Matsumoto in the English and...

 of FFX-2
Final Fantasy X-2
is a console role-playing game developed and published by Square for Sony's PlayStation 2. It was released in 2003 and is the sequel to the best-selling 2001 game Final Fantasy X...

. Since then, she cosplayed over 40 anime, video game and movie titles, appearing in various local and international conventions as a participant,performer, judge or as a guest.

Her remarkable achievements in the cosplay community led her way to be recognized by various companies in the Philippines and hired her to endorse their products and services. She is one of the Ambassador and VJ For Animax-Asia
Animax
is a Japanese anime satellite television network, dedicated to broadcasting anime programming. A subsidiary of Japanese media conglomerate Sony, it is headquartered in in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, with its co-founders and shareholders including Sony Pictures Entertainment and the noted anime studios...

 known as the "Ani-mates", and the co-host of ABS-CBN
ABS-CBN
ABS–CBN Corporation is a Philippine-based media conglomerate. It is the Philippines' largest media and entertainment conglomerate. The corporation was the merger of Alto Broadcasting System which at that time owned by James Lindenberg and Antonio Quirino, and the Chronicle Broadcasting Network ...

's prank show called Laugh Out Loud. She also has been featured in various magazines, newspaper and TV shows locally and abroad.

Gosiengfiao also appeared on the Philippine FHM
FHM
FHM, originally published as For Him Magazine, is an international monthly men's lifestyle magazine.- History :The magazine began publication in 1985 in the United Kingdom under the name For Him and changed its title to FHM in 1994 when Emap Consumer Media bought the magazine, although the full For...

 100 Sexiest Women poll, ranking #87 in 2009 and #76 in 2010. She was named by UNO Magazine as one of the Most Influential Women in the Philippines.

In addition to her cosplay activities, for which she is most known, Gosiengfiao is also a blog
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...

ger, performer, pianist
Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...

, figure collector and BJD
Ball-jointed doll
A ball-jointed doll is any doll that is articulated with ball and socket joints. In contemporary usage when referring to modern dolls, and particularly when using the acronyms BJD or ABJD, it usually refers to modern Asian ball-jointed dolls. These are cast in polyurethane synthetic resin, a hard,...

 enthusiast.

Personal life

Alodia Gosiengfiao lives in Quezon City
Quezon City
Quezon City is the former capital and the most populous city in the Philippines. Located on the island of Luzon, Quezon City is one of the cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila, the National Capital Region. The city was named after Manuel L...

 and is fond of art, fashion, video games, photography, collecting toys and figures, gadgets and playing the piano. Her name was taken by her mother in a name book, Alodia means "love" and Almira means "princess". She is of Filipino
Filipino people
The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....

, Chinese
Chinese people
The term Chinese people may refer to any of the following:*People with Han Chinese ethnicity ....

 and Spanish
Spanish people
The Spanish are citizens of the Kingdom of Spain. Within Spain, there are also a number of vigorous nationalisms and regionalisms, reflecting the country's complex history....

 descent, her father is a Filipino-Chinese while her mother is Filipino-Spanish. Her parents are Mariglor and Ed Gosiengfiao and she has a younger sister, Ashley Gosiengfiao, who is a professional cosplayer and model as well.

Gosiengfiao attended Assumption College
Assumption College (Philippines)
The Assumption College is a private, Roman Catholic women's college in Makati City, Philippines established in 1959. It provides education from pre-school, elementary, secondary, tertiary, to graduate level...

 (Makati) from pre-school to Grade 2; Miriam College
Miriam College
Miriam College is a non-stock, non-profit Filipino Catholic educational institution for girls and young women in Quezon City, Philippines. It offers academic programs from pre-elementary to post-graduate and adult education levels that develop the learning and caring competencies of students and...

 from Grade 3 to 4th Yr High School and Ateneo de Manila University
Ateneo de Manila University
The Ateneo de Manila University is a private teaching and research university run by the Society of Jesus in the Philippines. It began in 1859 when the City of Manila handed control of the Escuela Municipal de Manila in Intramuros, Manila, to the Jesuits...

, where she graduated year 2009 with a BFA Information Design
Information design
Information design is the skill and practice of preparing information so people can use it with efficiency and effectiveness. Where the data is complex or unstructured, a visual representation can express its meaning more clearly to the viewer....

 degree. As a High school student, she was a member of the Miriam College High School Pep squad
Pep squad
Pep squads are found in high schools, middle schools and sometimes, elementary schools in the United States. The pep squad's main duty is to promote school spirit. Pep squad members make posters, cheer for school sports teams, and help with pep rallies. During games, pep squads lead cheers and chants...

.

She also works on art commissions for international clients, illustrating both digital and traditional artworks.

Cosplaying

Gosiengfiao became involved in cosplay after contact with other anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 and video game enthusiasts in an internet fan forum
Internet forum
An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. They differ from chat rooms in that messages are at least temporarily archived...

 called Animé Club. Encouraged by her friends from the forum, she started cosplaying in 2003 at the age of 15, joining various competitions in Metro Manila. Her first cosplayed character was a Priestess from Ragnarok Online
Ragnarok Online
Ragnarok Online , often referred to as RO, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game or MMORPG created by GRAVITY Co., Ltd. based on the manhwa Ragnarok by Lee Myung-jin. It was first released in South Korea on 31 August 2002 for Microsoft Windows and has since been released in many other...

 at Ragnalaunch in Glorietta
Glorietta
Glorietta is a large shopping mall in the Ayala Center in Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines. The mall is owned by the Zobel de Ayala family and its holding company, Ayala Corporation...

. She began to attract attention when she won 3rd place in the 2003 C3 Convention as Gun Mage Rikku
Rikku
is a player character in the Final Fantasy series, and a protagonist in both Final Fantasy X and X-2.-Concept and creation:Rikku was designed by Tetsuya Nomura, who also designed other characters from Final Fantasy X and X-2. She is voiced by Tara Strong and Marika Matsumoto in the English and...

 of Final Fantasy X-2
Final Fantasy X-2
is a console role-playing game developed and published by Square for Sony's PlayStation 2. It was released in 2003 and is the sequel to the best-selling 2001 game Final Fantasy X...

. This led to her and her younger sister Ashley Gosiengfiao being featured on the cover of Issue 14 of Culture Crash Magazine
Culture Crash Comics
Culture Crash was a bi-monthly Filipino comic magazine published by Culture Crash Comics and J. C. Palabay Ent., Inc.. It features different stories of anime-styled comics drawn by their staff, these include Cat's Trail, Pasig, , One Day, Isang Diwa and Kubori Kikiam...

, a Manga Magazine in the Philippines. Since then, she cosplayed a series of characters from over 40 anime, movie and video game titles including Witchblade
Witchblade
Witchblade is an American comic book series published by Top Cow Productions, an imprint of Image Comics, from 1995 until present. The series was created by Top Cow editors Marc Silvestri and David Wohl, writers Brian Haberlin and Christina Z, and artist Michael Turner.The series follows Sara...

, G.I. Joe
G.I. Joe
G.I. Joe is a line of action figures produced by the toy company Hasbro. The initial product offering represented four of the branches of the U.S. armed forces with the Action Soldier , Action Sailor , Action Pilot , Action Marine and later on, the Action Nurse...

, K-On!
K-On!
is a Japanese four-panel comic strip manga written and illustrated by Kakifly. The manga was serialized in Houbunsha's seinen manga magazine Manga Time Kirara between the May 2007 and October 2010 issues. It was also serialized in Houbunsha's magazine Manga Time Kirara Carat...

, Paradise Kiss
Paradise Kiss
, abbreviated to "ParaKiss", is a manga series written and illustrated by Ai Yazawa. It appeared as a serial in the Japanese manga magazine Zipper. Shodensha collected the chapters into five volumes...

, Evangelion
Neon Genesis Evangelion
, commonly referred to as Evangelion, is a commercially and critically successful Japanese anime series that began airing in October 1995. The series was highly influential, and launched the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise. It garnered several major animation awards...

, Final Fantasy X-2
Final Fantasy X-2
is a console role-playing game developed and published by Square for Sony's PlayStation 2. It was released in 2003 and is the sequel to the best-selling 2001 game Final Fantasy X...

. As a multi-awarded cosplayer, she is now being invited to appear at conventions or to judge competitions locally and abroad. She started judging at the age of 18.

International Appearances

Due to her constant contribution to the cosplay community in the Philippines, Gosiengfiao has been invited into various international cosplay conventions and events as a participant, performer, judge or simply to attend as a guest. In November 2009 at Suntec Convention Hall
Suntec City
Suntec City is a major multi-use development located in Marina Centre, a subzone of the Downtown Core Planning Area in Singapore.- Design :Suntec City was designed by Tsao & McKown Architects with emphasis on Chinese geomancy . The five buildings and the convention center are arranged so that they...

 in Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

, Gosiengfiao, together with her younger sister Ashley, represented the Philippines as one of the finalist for the Anime Festival Asia
Anime Festival Asia
Anime Festival Asia is an anime convention that is organized by Sozo and Dentsu. It was first organized in 2008, during which singers Ichirou Mizuki and May'n were invited as the star highlights...

 Regional Cosplay Championship. Alodia and Ashley cosplayed as Masane Amaha and Shiori Tsuzuki from the Witchblade
Witchblade
Witchblade is an American comic book series published by Top Cow Productions, an imprint of Image Comics, from 1995 until present. The series was created by Top Cow editors Marc Silvestri and David Wohl, writers Brian Haberlin and Christina Z, and artist Michael Turner.The series follows Sara...

 anime.

On July 3, 2010, Singapore, Alodia and Ashley Gosiengfiao were invited by the Mascot Parade supported by the Singapore Government to judge the cosplay competition. They both cosplayed characters from the romantic anime series Paradise Kiss
Paradise Kiss
, abbreviated to "ParaKiss", is a manga series written and illustrated by Ai Yazawa. It appeared as a serial in the Japanese manga magazine Zipper. Shodensha collected the chapters into five volumes...

. In addition to judging the cosplay competition, Alodia and Ashley also performed two songs on stage: Lonely in Gorgeous from Paradise Kiss, and Real Emotion from the hit Japanese roleplaying game Final Fantasy X-2
Final Fantasy X-2
is a console role-playing game developed and published by Square for Sony's PlayStation 2. It was released in 2003 and is the sequel to the best-selling 2001 game Final Fantasy X...

. Animax also held "Meet and greet" sessions with Alodia in Camp Pong for Singaporean anime and cosplay enthusiasts.

On July 21–24, 2010, Gosiengfiao attended the annual San Diego Comic-Con for a cosplay gathering at Kotobukiya booth. She landed a big role in the San Diego Comic-Con documentary directed by Morgan Spurlock
Morgan Spurlock
Morgan Valentine Spurlock is an American documentary filmmaker, humorist, television producer, screenwriter and journalist best known for the documentary film Super Size Me...

 (Supersize Me) and produced by Legendary Pictures
Legendary Pictures
Legendary Pictures is an American film production company, whose parent company, Legendary Entertainment, is based in Burbank, California and was founded by Thomas Tull in 2004...

. The documentary team followed 5 different people from around the world to document what they did at the San Diego Comic Convention in the US - line up includes an artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...

, comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...

 enthusiast, cosplayer, etc. Part of the team was Stan Lee
Stan Lee
Stan Lee is an American comic book writer, editor, actor, producer, publisher, television personality, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics....

, the father of Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

. This led to a meeting with Legendary Pictures
Legendary Pictures
Legendary Pictures is an American film production company, whose parent company, Legendary Entertainment, is based in Burbank, California and was founded by Thomas Tull in 2004...

 CEO/founder Thomas Tull and vice president
Vice president
A vice president is an officer in government or business who is below a president in rank. The name comes from the Latin vice meaning 'in place of'. In some countries, the vice president is called the deputy president...

 Alex Garcia, regarding their new upcoming movie called Warcraft. After this meeting,Gosiengfiao was featured in a very popular US-based website Kotaku
Kotaku
Kotaku is a video games-focused blog. It is part of Gawker Media's "Gawker" network of sites, which also includes Gizmodo, Deadspin, Lifehacker, io9 and Jezebel. Named to CNET News' Blog 100, Kotaku is consistently listed in the top 40 of Technorati's Top 100...

. Blizzard Entertainment
Blizzard Entertainment
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. is an American video game developer and publisher founded on February 8, 1991 under the name Silicon & Synapse by three graduates of UCLA, Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham and Frank Pearce and currently owned by French company Activision Blizzard...

, maker of Warcraft
Warcraft
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is a real-time strategy game , developed by Blizzard Entertainment and published by Blizzard and Interplay Entertainment. The MS-DOS version was released in November 1994 and the Macintosh version in late 1996. Sales were fairly high, reviewers were mostly impressed, and the...

, got in touch with Alodia regarding business and an endorsement deal for their new game, Star Craft 2. She also won the "Hall Costume Award", an award given by the Costume Designers Guild to convention members who wear exceptional get-ups inside the venue.

On October 31, 2010, Gosiengfiao together with Animax
Animax
is a Japanese anime satellite television network, dedicated to broadcasting anime programming. A subsidiary of Japanese media conglomerate Sony, it is headquartered in in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, with its co-founders and shareholders including Sony Pictures Entertainment and the noted anime studios...

 and Hong Kong Tourism Board
Hong Kong Tourism Board
The Hong Kong Tourism Board is a Government-subvented body founded in 2001. The Board replaced the Hong Kong Tourist Association established in 1957...

 held an event "Hong Kong Halloween Treats Party". Hong Kong Halloween Treats Party is the culmination of a one-and-a-half-month long campaign by Hong Kong Tourism Board and Animax to promote Hong Kong across South-East Asia as the dream Halloween
Halloween
Hallowe'en , also known as Halloween or All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly holiday observed around the world on October 31, the night before All Saints' Day...

 destination. Cosplayers from all over Asia gathered to celebrate the event.

On November 13, 2010, Alodia was back again in Singapore for the Animé Festival Asia 2010 in Suntec Convention Hall, this time she was invited as a Celebrity Judge for the AFA Regional Cosplay Championship. The same event Alodia and Ashley attended as a finalist and representative of the Philippines way back 2009. Gosiengfiao graced the event along with the Japanese celebrity guests namely Ichirou Mizuki
Ichirou Mizuki
, better known by his stage name , is a Japanese vocalist, lyrist, composer, voice actor and actor best known for his work on theme songs for anime and tokusatsu. For over 40 years, he has recorded over 1200 songs for Japanese film, television, video and video games. He is referred to by fans and...

, May'n
May Nakabayashi
, born , is a Japanese J-Pop artist managed by the Horipro talent agency and under the Victor Entertainment label. She was formerly under the Universal Music label.-Career:...

, SCANDAL, JAM Project
JAM Project
JAM Project is an anime music genre "supergroup" based in Japan, originally founded on July 19, 2000 by famous 1970s theme song artist Ichirou Mizuki...

, angela
Angela (band)
Angela is a Japanese pop band that's best known for theme songs of anime television shows. The main members are atsuko and KATSU. Their signature upbeat tunes and rich arrangements is a dazzling mix of electronica, dance, rock, swing jazz and ska...

, Kana Hanazawa
Kana Hanazawa
a voice actress represented by Office Osawa talent agency. She is notable for voice acting leading roles for a number of anime television shows and other anime-related media in Japan.-Anime voice roles:Leading roles in bold2003...

, Milky Holmes and the Cosplayers Kaname and Aira.

On November 27, 2010, Gosiengfiao’s Rei Ayanami
Rei Ayanami
is a fictional character from the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise, a Japanese anime from Gainax. She is the First Child and pilot of the Evangelion Unit 00....

 Grimrock version cosplay made its first appearance at the 2010 Supanova Pop Culture Expo in Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...

 Australia, she was invited to guest judge the Madman National Cosplay Championship as part of the Supanova Cosplay Festival.

Endorsements, Media and Press

Her remarkable achievements in the cosplay community led her way to be recognized by the mainstream media and various companies in the Philippines. Currently she is endorsing a whitening skin care product; a health food and beverage product; a Japanese Sushi
Sushi
is a Japanese food consisting of cooked vinegared rice combined with other ingredients . Neta and forms of sushi presentation vary, but the ingredient which all sushi have in common is shari...

 bar; a toy collector and figurine distributor in the Philippines; a large video game company based in Japan; a clothing line; and Japanese snack. She also became one of the brand ambassador of a Philippine telecommunication company.

Past endorsements include many video game companies such as Level-Up Games, E-Games
IP E-Games
IP E-Games, also known as E-Games, is the leading online game publisher in the Philippines under IPVG Corporation . IP E-Games is also an F2P-based-company, meaning every one can play their titles freely.- Published titles :* Ran Online...

, Kelphil's Shade and SEGA
Sega
, usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...

's Love and Berry
Oshare Majo: Love and Berry
is a cross between an arcade game and collectible card game from Sega, targeted toward girls usually between ages six and twelve years. The game was first shown in amusement arcades on October 30, 2004, and becoming very popular among the target market in late 2005 through 2006. Game machines were...

. She was part of the Official Muse Guild for the Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) Mu Online
Mu Online
MU Online is a 3D medieval fantasy MMORPG, produced by Webzen, a Korean gaming company.-Gameplay:MU Online was created back in December 2001 by the Korean gaming company Webzen. Like in most MMORPGs, players have to create a character among five different classes and to set their foot on the MU...

. She was also a game moderator for another MMORPG called Khan Online. Gosiengfiao was chosen as the Rose-It Girl during the Level Up Games’ ROSE Online
ROSE Online
ROSE Online, or Rush On Seven Episodes Online is a Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game previously published by Korean company Gravity Corporation and developed by its subsidiary, Triggersoft...

 event and was given the title of "Community Manager" and a one-year contract with Level Up Games. As the official model and endorser of IPVG-EGames Zhu Xian Online
Jade Dynasty (video game)
Jade Dynasty is a free to play MMORPG game created by Perfect World.The game is currently in its third expansion,Path of Glory...

 game in 2009, Gosiengfiao, an avid gamer, hold her first Fans Day during the Domination 3 Event on April 2009.

Gosiengfiao is the Animax’s first ever Levi’s
Levi Strauss & Co.
Levi Strauss & Co. is a privately held American clothing company known worldwide for its Levi's brand of denim jeans. It was founded in 1853 when Levi Strauss came from Buttenheim, Franconia, to San Francisco, California to open a west coast branch of his brothers' New York dry goods business...

 Kawaii
Cuteness in Japanese culture
Since the 1970s, cuteness, in Japanese the noun , has become a prominent aspect of Japanese popular culture, entertainment, clothing, food, toys, personal appearance, behavior, and mannerisms...

 girl winner in the last episode of Mad Mad Fun, which was announced on air on October 27, 2007. In 2010, Alodia together with Ashley Gosiengfiao and model Steph Henares was chosen by Animax to be their Ambassador and VJ, known as the Ani-Mates. It was the first time Animax has chosen a cosplayer as one of its VJ's. Gosiengfiao's cosplay and hosting stints in various events and Animax paved the way for her first project in ABS-CBN. She is now seen as a Host in ABS-CBN's prank show titled L.O.L Laugh Out Loud
Laugh Out Loud (TV Series)
Laugh Out Loud was a weekly comedy gag show that aired Saturday nights on ABS-CBN. After excessive scientific studies it was realized that watching this show give you cancer....

 with Luis Manzano
Luis Manzano
Luis Philippe S. Manzano , also known by his nickname Lucky, is a Filipino actor, TV host, VJ and model. He is the son of award-winning actors Edu Manzano and Vilma Santos, from whom he inherited his Chinese features.Manzano started his career as a commercial model for clothing brand, HUMAN...

 every Saturday night.

She has been featured in several magazines such as Candy Magazine, Meg Magazine, Preview Magazine, GAME! Magazine, Digital Photographers Philippines Magazine and newspapers like Philippine Daily Inquirer
Philippine Daily Inquirer
The Philippine Daily Inquirer, popularly known as the Inquirer, is the most widely read broadsheet newspaper in the Philippines, with a daily circulation of 260,000 copies. It is one of the Philippines' newspapers of record...

, Manila Bulletin
Manila Bulletin
The Manila Bulletin , is the Philippines' largest broadsheet newspaper by circulation, followed by the Philippine Daily Inquirer. It bills itself as "The Nation's Leading Newspaper", which is its official slogan...

 & Manila Times
Manila Times
The Manila Times is the oldest existing English language newspaper in the Philippines. It is published daily by The Manila Times Publishing Corp. with editorial and administrative offices at 371 A...

. She was also invited to appear as guest on TV shows like MogTV, QTV 11, Front Act, Matanglawin
Matanglawin (TV program)
Matanglawin is a weekly science-environmental show hosted by Kim Atienza and Ryan Bang, and it is aired on ABS-CBN every Sundays at 9:30 AM, with replays on Sundays at 7:00 AM on ABS-CBN News Channel. The show premiered on March 24, 2008 as a late-night program before it was moved to its current...

 and Mel and Joey
Mel and Joey
Mel & Joey is a Filipino television talk and lifestyle show that airs every Sunday evenings by GMA Network.It replaced the previous talk show, Partners with Mel Tiangco, where Mel Tiangco hosted when Jay Sonza ran for election to the Senate of the Philippines under the party, Aksyon Demokratiko,...

. Other than local media, Gosiengfiao has also been featured in newspapers and magazine in different countries such as Japan, Singapore and United States. She was also Part of the book called OTACOOL: Worldwide Otaku
Otaku
is a Japanese term used to refer to people with obsessive interests, particularly anime, manga or video games.- Etymology :Otaku is derived from a Japanese term for another's house or family , which is also used as an honorific second-person pronoun...

 rooms and OTACOOL2: Worldwide Cosplayers by Danny Choo

She was also featured on a TV show in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

 “Culture: Japan” featuring her costumes, artworks, comic books and figure collections which was also shown in Animax
Gosiengfiao ranked #76 in the Philippine FHM 100 Sexiest Women poll for 2010, and rank #87 in 2009 . She was named by UNO Magazine as one of the Most Influential Women in the Philippines.

List of Cosplayed Characters

Cosplayed Characters
Year Character Event Features/Achievements/Awards
2003 Priestess of Ragnarok Online
Ragnarok Online
Ragnarok Online , often referred to as RO, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game or MMORPG created by GRAVITY Co., Ltd. based on the manhwa Ragnarok by Lee Myung-jin. It was first released in South Korea on 31 August 2002 for Microsoft Windows and has since been released in many other...

 
  • "Ragnalaunch: Glorietta 4 Activity Center" - Cosplay Competition Participant
2003 Rikku
Rikku
is a player character in the Final Fantasy series, and a protagonist in both Final Fantasy X and X-2.-Concept and creation:Rikku was designed by Tetsuya Nomura, who also designed other characters from Final Fantasy X and X-2. She is voiced by Tara Strong and Marika Matsumoto in the English and...

: Magic Gunner of Final Fantasy X-2
Final Fantasy X-2
is a console role-playing game developed and published by Square for Sony's PlayStation 2. It was released in 2003 and is the sequel to the best-selling 2001 game Final Fantasy X...

 
  • "Culture Crash Comics Convention" - Cosplay Competition Participant
  • 3rd place
  • People’s Choice Award
  • Featured on Culture Crash Magazine
  • 2004 Isis of Ragnarok Online
    Ragnarok Online
    Ragnarok Online , often referred to as RO, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game or MMORPG created by GRAVITY Co., Ltd. based on the manhwa Ragnarok by Lee Myung-jin. It was first released in South Korea on 31 August 2002 for Microsoft Windows and has since been released in many other...

     
  • "Ragnarok World Championships 2004: Folk Arts Theater" - Cosplay Competition Participant

    • Alberta Craftsmanship Award
    2004 Chii of Chobits
    Chobits
    is a Japanese manga created by the Japanese manga collective Clamp. It was published by Kodansha in Young Magazine from February 2001 to November 2002 and collected in eight bound volumes....

     
  • "ToyCon 2004: Megatrade Hall,Megamall" - Cosplay Competition Participant
  • 3rd place
  • 2005 Creature Pink of Gunbound Online
    GunBound
    GunBound is a free-to-play, turn-based, room-to-room, multiplayer online game with many similar features to the popular Worms game series....

     
  • "Animé Explosion: Megatrade Hall" - Cosplay Competition Participant
  • 1st place
  • Most Innovative Award
  • Best Props Award
  • 2005 Quistis of Final Fantasy VIII
    Final Fantasy VIII
    is a role-playing video game released for the PlayStation in 1999 and for Windows-based personal computers in 2000. It was developed and published by Square as the Final Fantasy series' eighth title, removing magic point-based spell-casting and the first title to consistently use realistically...

     
  • "Final Fantasy: The Gathering" - Guest
  • 2006 Alexiel of Angel Sanctuary
    Angel Sanctuary
    is a shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Kaori Yuki. Originally serialized in Hana to Yume from February 1995 to February 2001, the chapters were collected and published in twenty tankōbon volumes by Hakusensha; the first volume was released in 1997 and the final volume was published in...

     
  • "ToyCon 2006: Megatrade Hall,Megamall" - Cosplay Competition Participant
  • 1st place Group Cosplay
  • 2006 Goddess Arua of ROSE Online
    ROSE Online
    ROSE Online, or Rush On Seven Episodes Online is a Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game previously published by Korean company Gravity Corporation and developed by its subsidiary, Triggersoft...

     
  • "National Cosplay Competition: Megatrade Hall" - Cosplay Competition Participant
  • Online Voting Winner
  • 2007 Shall of Dream of Doll 
  • "Cosplay Photoshoot"
  • 2007 Misa Amane
    Misa Amane
    , also known as the second Kira is a fictional character in the Death Note anime, manga, and film series.-Conception and development:Tsugumi Ohba, writer of Death Note, decided to create Misa to be the second Kira before the serialization began...

     of Death Note 
  • "Mangaholix Mangamania Convention 2007" - Cosplay Competition Guest Judge
  • 2008 Lili Rochefort of Tekken 5
    Tekken 5
    is the sixth installment in the popular Tekken series. It also marks the tenth anniversary of the series. It was updated for the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 3 as Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection and succeeded by Tekken 6.- Story :...

     
  • "Mangaholix Mangamania Convention 2008" - Guest
  • Featured on QTV The Beat
  • 2008 Japanese Mini Kimono
  • "Harajuku Fashion Competition: UP: Diliman
    University of the Philippines
    The ' is the national university of the Philippines. Founded in 1908 through Act No...

    "
    - Cosplay Competition Guest Judge
  • 2008 Shana of Shakugan No Shana
    Shakugan no Shana
    , also known simply as Shana, is a Japanese light novel series written by Yashichiro Takahashi, with illustrations by Noizi Ito. The series includes 25 novels released between November 2002 and October 2011 published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint...

     
  • "TV5
    Associated Broadcasting Company
    The Associated Broadcasting Company, Inc is a television network in the Philippines, with main broadcast facilities and transmitter located at 762 Quirino Highway, San Bartolome, Novaliches, Quezon City. The network was previously known as the , Associated Broadcasting Company remains the legal...

     in RAN Online
    Ran Online
    RAN Online is a free, 3D MMORPG. The concept is based around several schools competing for control. Developed by Min Communications of Korea, RAN Online has become one of the most played MMORPGs in Malaysia, China, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan and the Philippines...

     Global Tournament 2008"
    - Cosplayed for TV5
  • "Collecticon 2008" - Maxicollector Toys and Collectible Store Ambassador
  • 2008 Alice Cullen of Twilight 
  • "Cosplay Photoshoot"
  • 2008 I-no of Guilty Gear 
  • "ToyCon 2008: Megatrade Hall,Megamall Day 1"
  • "Kyo Ritu Art Studio: Ali Mall 2009" - Cosplay Competition Guest Judge
  • 2008 Pink Haired Schoolgirl
  • "ToyCon 2008: Megatrade Hall,Megamall Day 2" - Guest
  • 2008 Elven Fairy
  • "Cosplay Photoshoot: Eco Park"
  • Featured in OTACOOL2: World Wide Cosplayers Book
  • Gothic Lolita Haruhi Suzumiya of Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 
  • "Cosmania 2008" - Maxicollector Toys and Collectible Store Ambassador
  • "Otakuzine: Otaku Expo 2010" - Cosplay Competition Judge and Maid for the Ozine Maid Cafe
  • "Singapore Animax Meet&Greet / Press Con 2010"
  • "Animé Festival Asia 2010:Suntec Convention Hall, Singapore Day 1" - Guest
  • "AniGaiden Cosplay - Magayon Festival 2011, Albay" - Judge
  • Featured in Straits Times: Singapore 11/11/10 issue
  • Featured in Sunday Inquirer Magazine 7/18/10 issue
  • Featured in Playworks Magazine: Singapore August 2010 Issue
  • 2009 Bi Yao of Zhu Xian Online
    Jade Dynasty (video game)
    Jade Dynasty is a free to play MMORPG game created by Perfect World.The game is currently in its third expansion,Path of Glory...

     
  • "E-Games Zhu Xian Online Launch" - Brand Ambassador for Zhu Xian Online
  • 2009 Caster of Zhu Xian Online
    Jade Dynasty (video game)
    Jade Dynasty is a free to play MMORPG game created by Perfect World.The game is currently in its third expansion,Path of Glory...

     
  • E-Games Domination 3 "Alodia Fans Day" - Cosplay Competition Judge and Special Guest
  • 2009 Pink Kimono Girl of Magna Carta
    Magna Carta: Crimson Stigmata
    Magna Carta: Crimson Stigmata is a PlayStation 2 RPG released in 2004 in South Korea by Softmax, and in Japan by Banpresto. It is the sequel to the 2001 CRPG, Magna Carta: The Phantom of Avalanche, and the second installment in the Magna Carta series...

     
  • "Cosplay Photoshoot"
  • Featured in Sunday Inquirer Magazine(Cover) 7/18/10 issue
  • 2009 Red Gothic Lolita
  • "ToyCon 2009: Megatrade Hall,Megamall Day 1"
  • 2009 Elf Girl
  • "ToyCon 2009: Megatrade Hall, Megamall Day 2" - Cosplay Competition Guest Judge
  • 2009 Black Mage of Final Fantasy
    Final Fantasy
    is a media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi, and is developed and owned by Square Enix . The franchise centers on a series of fantasy and science-fantasy role-playing video games , but includes motion pictures, anime, printed media, and other merchandise...

     
  • "Cosplay Fusion; Power Plant Mall" - Cosplay Competition Guest Judge and Organizer
  • 2009 The Baroness
    Baroness (G.I. Joe)
    The Baroness is a character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline by Hasbro, originally appearing in the first issue of the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero comic series by Marvel Comics in June, 1982. The Baroness is a villain, usually associated with G.I. Joe's enemy, Cobra.Baroness...

     of G.I. Joe
    G.I. Joe
    G.I. Joe is a line of action figures produced by the toy company Hasbro. The initial product offering represented four of the branches of the U.S. armed forces with the Action Soldier , Action Sailor , Action Pilot , Action Marine and later on, the Action Nurse...

     
  • "G.I. Joe Cos-trip event: Power Plant Mall, Rockwell" - Guest
  • "Collecticon 2009: Robinsons,Ermita Manila" - Guest
  • "Cyberzone Cosplay Tour 2, SM Marikina" - Cosplay Competition Guest Judge
  • "San Diego Comic-Con 2010 Day 1" - Guest
  • Featured in FHM 2009-2010
  • Featured in Mog TV: Sept 11, 2009 episode
  • Featured in The Straits Times: Singapore, 11/11/10 issue
  • Featured in Sunday Inquirer Magazine 7/18/10 issue
  • 2009 Rikku
    Rikku
    is a player character in the Final Fantasy series, and a protagonist in both Final Fantasy X and X-2.-Concept and creation:Rikku was designed by Tetsuya Nomura, who also designed other characters from Final Fantasy X and X-2. She is voiced by Tara Strong and Marika Matsumoto in the English and...

    : Thief of Final Fantasy X-2
    Final Fantasy X-2
    is a console role-playing game developed and published by Square for Sony's PlayStation 2. It was released in 2003 and is the sequel to the best-selling 2001 game Final Fantasy X...

  • "Cosplay Photoshoot" - for Jay Tablante
  • Featured in Les Femme Fatales Cosplay Exhibit
  • 2009 Morrigan Aensland
    Morrigan Aensland
    is a video game character from the Darkstalkers series of fighting games developed by Capcom. She is voiced by Yayoi Jinguji in many of her video game appearances, except in Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds where she was voiced by Rie Tanaka....

     of Dark Stalkers 
  • "Cosplay Photoshoot" - for Jay Tablante
  • Featured in Les Femme Fatales Cosplay Exhibit
  • Featured in Digital Photographer Philippines Magazine
  • 2009 Water Fairy
  • "Cosplay Photoshoot: Singapore" - for Zhang Jingna
    Zhang Jingna
    Zhang Jingna is a photographer known widely on DeviantART as .Born in the suburbs of Beijing to a sporting family, Jingna moved to Singapore at the age of eight, where she attended Haig Girls' School....

  • Masane Amaha of Witchblade
    Witchblade (anime)
    is an anime series based on the American comic book by the same name. Instead of an adaptation of the original story, the producers decided to create an entire new setup, with all new characters. This co-production between Japanese studio Gonzo and American publisher Top Cow, who owns the rights...

     
  • "AFA Regional Cosplay Championships 2009" - Finalist representing the Philippines
  • "San Dego Comic-Con 2010 Day 3" - Guest
  • AFA '09 Finalist
  • San Diego Comic-Con 2010 Costume Designers Guild:Hall Costume Award
  • Featured in Les Femme Fatales Cosplay Exhibit
  • 2009 Mirai Suenaga of Culture Japan
    by Danny Choo
    • "Animé Festival Asia 2009; OTACOOL, Singapore" - for OTACOOL: Worldwide Otaku rooms book launch
    • "MORPH Ateneo Cosplay Competition 2010" - Cosplay Competition Guest Judge
    2010 Yakuza Girl
  • "Cosplay Photoshoot"
  • 2010 White Queen of Alice in Wonderland
    Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)
    Alice in Wonderland is a 2010 American computer-animated/live action fantasy adventure film directed by Tim Burton, written by Linda Woolverton, and released by Walt Disney Pictures...

     
  • "Alice in Wonderland Tea Party: Power Plant Mall"
  • "Cosplay Photoshoot" for Jay Tablante
  • Featured in Les Femmes Fatales Exhibit
  • Featured in Digital Photographer Philippines Magazine #35
  • 2010 Yui Hirasawa  of K-On!
    K-On!
    is a Japanese four-panel comic strip manga written and illustrated by Kakifly. The manga was serialized in Houbunsha's seinen manga magazine Manga Time Kirara between the May 2007 and October 2010 issues. It was also serialized in Houbunsha's magazine Manga Time Kirara Carat...

     
  • "Animax-Asia
    Animax
    is a Japanese anime satellite television network, dedicated to broadcasting anime programming. A subsidiary of Japanese media conglomerate Sony, it is headquartered in in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, with its co-founders and shareholders including Sony Pictures Entertainment and the noted anime studios...

     K-On! Cosplay Outing: TriNoma
    TriNoma
    TriNoma is a large shopping mall in Quezon City, Philippines, owned by property development firm Ayala Land Inc...

    "
  • 2010 The Chinese Empress
  • "Chowking
    Chowking
    Chowking is a Philippine-based chain that pioneered the Asian quick-service restaurant concept in the Philippines. The concept combines a Western fast-food service style with Chinese food. Chowking predominantly sells noodle soups, dim sum, and rice toppings...

     25th Anniversary"
    - Guest
  • 2010 Neko Girl
  • "Cosplay Photoshoot"
  • Featured in OTACOOL2 World Wide Cosplayers Book
  • 2010 Ayano Kannagi of Stigma of the Wind 
  • "Animax VJ" - Ani-Mates
  • Featured in Sunday Inquirer Magazine 7/18/10
  • 2010 Kagome Higurashi of InuYasha
    InuYasha
    , also known as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It premiered in Weekly Shōnen Sunday on November 13, 1996 and concluded on June 18, 2008...

     
  • "ToyCon 2010: Megatrade Hall, Megamall" - Maxicollector and Animax Ambassador
  • "Animax Meet&Greet/Press Con: Singapore" Animax Event Ambassador
  • "Hong Kong Halloween Treats Party" - Animax and Hong Kong Tourism Board Event
  • 2010 Amanda Werner of Blassreiter
    Blassreiter
    is a 2008 Japanese anime from the animation studio Gonzo and the multimedia studio Nitro+. The title is pseudo-German and literally means "Pale Rider"...

     
  • "SM Cyberzone National Cosplay Competition: Grand Finals" - Cosplay Competition Guest Judge and Performer
  • "Hong Kong Halloween Treats Party" - Guest, together with Animax-Asia and Hong Kong Tourism Boad
  • "Toyota's Thanksgiving Media Party" - Host
  • 2010 Doronjo of Yatterman
    Yatterman
    is a Japanese anime television series broadcast from January 1, 1977 to January 27, 1979, comprising 108 episodes. It is the second and longest show in the Time Bokan series by Tatsunoko Productions...

     
  • "TV5 Grand Relaunch" - Cosplay Performance
  • 2010 Random Lolita Girl
  • "Animé Festival Asia 2010: Suntec Convention Hall, Singapore Day 2" - Cosplay Competition Guest Judge
  • 2010 Rei Ayanami
    Rei Ayanami
    is a fictional character from the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise, a Japanese anime from Gainax. She is the First Child and pilot of the Evangelion Unit 00....

     of Evangelion
    Neon Genesis Evangelion
    , commonly referred to as Evangelion, is a commercially and critically successful Japanese anime series that began airing in October 1995. The series was highly influential, and launched the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise. It garnered several major animation awards...

     
  • "Supanova: Madman Cosplay Championships: Brisbane Australia" - Cosplay Competition Guest Judge
  • 2010 Miwako Sakurada of Paradise Kiss
    Paradise Kiss
    , abbreviated to "ParaKiss", is a manga series written and illustrated by Ai Yazawa. It appeared as a serial in the Japanese manga magazine Zipper. Shodensha collected the chapters into five volumes...

     
  • "Animax Meet&Greet/Press Con/Mascot Parade:Singapore" - Guest and Performer
  • "TV5 Noontime variety show PO5" - Cosplay Performance
  • "San Diego Comic-Con 2010 day 2" - Guest
  • Featured in Channel News Asia’s Primetime Morning: Singapore
  • 2010 Elizabeth Middleford of Black Butler 
  • "Animax VJ" - Ani-Mates
  • 2011 Yuki-Onna of Nura:Rise of the Yokai Clan
    Nurarihyon no Mago
    Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan, known in Japan as is a manga series written and illustrated by Hiroshi Shiibashi. The series was first published in Shueisha as a oneshot in 2007. The manga has been continuously serialized in the Japanese manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Jump since March 2008 and has...

     
  • "Animax VJ" - Ani-Mates
  • 2011 Hildegard Valentine of Shadow Hearts: From the New World
    Shadow Hearts: From The New World
    is a console role-playing game developed by Nautilus and published by XSEED Games in 2005. It is the third official game in the Shadow Hearts series....

     
  • "Globe Tattoo Goes to Tokyo" - Guest
  • "Singtel: Sony Ericsson Xperia Play
    Sony Ericsson Xperia Play
    The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, codenamed Zeus, is a handheld game console smartphone produced by Sony Ericsson. Under the Xperia smartphone brand running Android 2.3 Gingerbread, the device is the first device to be part of the PlayStation Certified program which means that it can play PlayStation...

    , Singapore"
    - Endorser
  • 2011 Mario
    Mario
    is a fictional character in his video game series, created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. Serving as Nintendo's mascot and the main protagonist of the series, Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his creation...

     of Super Mario Bros.
    Super Mario Bros.
    is a 1985 platform video game developed by Nintendo, published for the Nintendo Entertainment System as a sequel to the 1983 game Mario Bros. In Super Mario Bros., the player controls Mario as he travels through the Mushroom Kingdom in order to rescue Princess Toadstool from the antagonist...

     
  • "Cyberzone Technolife Affair and Fans day"
  • 2011 Haruhi Suzumiya
    Haruhi Suzumiya
    is the general name for a series of light novels written by Nagaru Tanigawa and illustrated by Noizi Ito which were subsequently adapted into other media. The story follows the title character Haruhi Suzumiya, a high school girl who can unconsciously change reality, and her strange antics with her...

     of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 2 
  • "Animax VJ" - Ani-Mates
  • "Kidlat Awards, Boracay" - Guest Speaker and Host
  • 2011 Black Mage Rikku
    Characters of Final Fantasy X and X-2
    The tenth game of the Final Fantasy series, Square's bestselling console role playing game Final Fantasy X revolves around a summoner and her guardians aiming to defeat a creature known as "Sin" in the fictional universe of Spira. The characters were designed by Tetsuya Nomura...

     of Final Fantasy X-2
    Final Fantasy X-2
    is a console role-playing game developed and published by Square for Sony's PlayStation 2. It was released in 2003 and is the sequel to the best-selling 2001 game Final Fantasy X...

     
  • "ToyCon 2011: Megatrade Hall, Megamall" - Cosplay Nation Movie Filming
  • "CLAS:H Cosplay: Indonesia" - Guest Judge

  • Art Awards

    Art Awards
    • 1st Place Unedited Category, My Toy Photo Contest, Collecticon 2008, October 5, 2008
    • 8th Place Anima Fanart Contest; Artbook to be published on March 2008
    • Ateneo Numina: "E-Vogue" Digital Art Finalist; Rockwell Powerplant Mall; January 26, 2008
    • 1st Place Digital Art; U Got Game X3M XPO; Market! Market! Activity Area; September 22, 2007
    • Deviant Art Daily Deviation; DeviantArt.com; September 14, 2005
    • 1st Place Modern Filipina; Ateneo Siklab Fashion Design Week; September 9, 2005
    • 2nd Place Freestyle; Ateneo Siklab Fashion Design Week; September 9, 2005
    • 3rd Place Ateneo Apparel; Ateneo Siklab Fashion Design Week; September 9, 2005
    • 1st place; Ragnarok Online War of Emperium On-The-Spot Drawing Contest; Glorietta 4 Activity Center; April 3, 2004
    • 2nd place Digital Art Contest; Tinta Sinta Pinta, MCHS; SY 2003-2004
    • 1st place On-The-Spot Poster-Making Contest; Science Week, MCHS; SY 2003-2004
    • 2nd place On-The-Spot Poster-Making Contest; Peace History Week, MCHS SY 2003-2004
    • 1st place On-The-Spot Poster-Making Contest; 25th Year Anniversary of Miriam College High School; SY 2001-2002

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