Cosplay Central Crown Championships

Cosplay Central Crown Championships

Every year, cosplayers from around the world show off their creations at conventions - and the best of the best chase glory in the Cosplay Central Crown Championships. From Australia to South Africa, and across Europe, master-level cosplayers head to their local conventions to compete for the chance to represent their regions and a round-trip ticket to the global finals.

The Crown Championships is a celebration of cosplay artistry. The competition is judged on the cosplayers' design skills and the construction of the costume before they take to the stage to proudly show off their creations to the world in front of a packed audience. The costumes selected for the final are extremely complex, highly detailed, and executed with precision. Each of the finalists are already champions in their home nation, so you can be sure to see some incredible costumes from passionate creators.

How to Join the Championships

Selecting events are free to set the format, rules and criteria of their independent qualifier, make sure to check your local event’s rules carefully before taking part. All finalists selected to take part in the Global Final are bound by the rules as published.

Qualifier Events for the 2027 Final

Australia

PAX Australia

 

9 - 11 October, 2026

Baltic Region

Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia

Unicon 

14-16 August 2026

France

Paris Manga & Sci-Fi Show By TGS

3 – 4 October 2026

Germany

Mag-C


23 – 24 Jan 2027 

Hungary
and neighbours

MondoCon Spring 

17-18 October 2026 

Italy

Romics


8 - 11 April 2027

Nordic Region
Denmark, Sweden, Finland & Iceland

Comic Con Denmark X J-Popcon

7 - 8 November 2026 

Poland

Magnificon Expo


12 -13 December 2026

Portugal

Coimbra BD


30 April - 2 May 2027

South Africa

Comic Con Africa 


24 – 27 September 2026 

Spain

Japan Weekend Madrid


26-27 September 2026

UK

MCM Birmingham
Comic Con

7-9 August 2026

USA

C2E2

30 April – 2 May 2027

Note: For the USA - regional selections are held at ECCC, Florida Supercon, NYCC and C2E2, with the overall National Champion being selected at C2E2 – please see the individual show websites for details of the regional selections.

Meet the 2026 Finalists

Find out more about the incredible cosplayers selected to represent their region in their profiles below!



Past Crown Champions

The 2026 Champions


2026 Crown Champion of Cosplay
Elf Darling Cami (Nordic Region)

2nd Place
Giorgia Costumes (Australia)

3rd Place
Prince of Snark Cosplay (USA)

2025

Henchwench

(Australia)

2024

Matthew Barry

(UK)

2023

Nerds Gone Mild

(USA)

2022

Amazonian Cosplay

(UK)

2020

Jinxie Cosplay

(South Africa)

2019

CowbuttCrunchies

(USA)

2018

Jacquistuffnthings

(USA)

2017

Okkido Cosplay

(Hungary)

2016

Major Sam

(Australia)