Not surprisingly, the best ones look mostly to be Japanese.

Guess what? Models with professionally tailored costumes looks better than basement dwelling social rejects in costumes made out of felt and old bedsheets.

If a character is pretty and skinny, naturally a pretty skinny person will have the better cosplay. Cosplay isn’t just about making the best costume, it’s about looking like the character. Stop being so butthurt over pretty people getting attention.

So…it’s just hot people vs. ugly people then? Nice.

The best of these are truly excellent. The Worst force me to add an “ew!”

What we’ve learned today: Be an attractive girl, and use “cosplay” as just an excuse to wear skimpy outfits.

Or “Let’s all laugh at fatties and uglies and venerate the hotties”.

Moral of the story - here are the most important factors ranked from most to least:
1. Whether or not you are an attractive female
2. Whether or not you are overweight
3. Quality i.e. cost of the costume materials used
4. Professionalism of the photographer
5. Accuracy of the costume (i.e. what most people would assume to be most relevant) Not judging, it just evokes a cynical way of looking at things that probably takes some of the fun out of cosplay.

Lulz. Fat people are bad at Cosplay.

#6 should be reversed. :-P

Where were all these hot-ass geek girls back when I actually went to conventions? There was always one girl paid to wear a chainmail bikini, and that was it.