See the best of the best of the Pacific Northwest's cosplay with the winners of the 2025 Cosplay Central Crown Championships at Emerald City Comic Con.

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 Emerald City Comic Con 2025 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