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Phi Phi O'Hara Is Recreating 31 Harry Potter Characters — Its Magical
She's definitely cementing her status as the reigning queen of cosplay.
It is the season of the witch baby, and Phi Phi O'Hara is celebrating for 31 straight days.
The former RuPaul's Drag Race and All Stars contestant has embarked on a "magical" new project that will see her recreate 31 characters from Harry Potter films over the span of October. Yeah, you read that right: one character recreation a day, in addition to her no doubt busy schedule. Six days in and she's off to a pretty amazing start.
The queen kicked the series off with Professor Dolores Umbridge, before knocking out Professor Slughorn, Moaning Myrtle, Rita Skeeter, Peter Pettigrew, and Draco Malfoy. Though some fans requested that she do Belatrix Lestrange as a part of the series, she pointed out that she had already done the witch a month earlier.
"Hope you love the next 30 characters!" she wrote to Instagram. "I will have male, female, and fantasy characters from the film. Including extra content of how prosthetics, costumes and props were made." The project, and its range of looks, will go a ways in cementing O'Hara as the reigning cosplay queen of her time.
On Twitter, she gave extra details on the makeovers. She explained how she used Dermablend to cover up her own tatoos for her Malfoy transformation and how she distressed a vintage suit to make it look gnawed on for her Pettigrew look. She even sculpted and made the prosthetics to turn her into the jowled Slughorn.
\u201cDistressed a vintage suit and made the belt look like is was gnawed on by a rat\u201d— Jaremi (@Jaremi) 1570278761
\u201cI did sculpt and make the prosthetic myself.....and just shoved a bag of cotton in my suit for the stomach hahaha\u201d— Jaremi (@Jaremi) 1570029056
All the while, she's still hard at work on other projects: this weekend she also made an appearance at New York City Comic Con. Never a bad idea for a queen to survey her kingdom.
Mikelle is the former editorial director of digital for PrideMedia, guiding digital editorial and social across Out, The Advocate, Pride.com, Out Traveler, and Plus. After starting as a freelancer for Out in 2013, he joined the staff as Senior Editor working across print and digital in 2018. In early 2021 he became Out's digital director, marking a pivot to content that centered queer and trans stories and figures, exclusively. In September 2021, he was promoted to editorial director of PrideMedia. He has written cover stories on Ricky Martin, Miss Fame, Nyle DiMarco, Jeremy O. Harris, Law Roach, and Symone.
Mikelle is the former editorial director of digital for PrideMedia, guiding digital editorial and social across Out, The Advocate, Pride.com, Out Traveler, and Plus. After starting as a freelancer for Out in 2013, he joined the staff as Senior Editor working across print and digital in 2018. In early 2021 he became Out's digital director, marking a pivot to content that centered queer and trans stories and figures, exclusively. In September 2021, he was promoted to editorial director of PrideMedia. He has written cover stories on Ricky Martin, Miss Fame, Nyle DiMarco, Jeremy O. Harris, Law Roach, and Symone.
