Matchfit Advanced Theatrical, Special Effects, Hair and Media Makeup Finals 2013

Last week my friend Taylor and I competed in a semi-final heat for Matchfit's Advanced Theatrical, Special Effects, Hair and Media Makeup competition. The theme we were given was Children's Characters, and rather than do a predictable character, I chose Maleficent, from Disney's Sleeping Beauty. After all the fuss of the other competitors not showing up, we still did the heat as though they had and were marked 38 marks out of 40. A few days later we found out we'd done enough to get through to the finals at Bradford College.

Finals were yesterday, and... We won 1st Place!!!! I've never been so proud of myself in my entire life, and I don't think I've stopped smiling since!

We were against 4 other colleges including Bradford, Leeds, Grimsby and Calderdale. All the entries did super, but in the end the judges decided that 3rd place went to Bradford (they had done a Zebra type character) and that 2nd place went to Leeds (they also chose a villain, but did Ursula and it was so fab!) and then of course that 1st place went to us from Rotherham College.

This is our final look, modelled by the lovely Sarah Anderson (who also does the same course as us). We split the work between us as we only had 2 and a half hours do finish our complete look. The makeup was done by me, with my own original design. The body art was done by Taylor, and the hair was a joint effort to complete the look. The horns are hair pieces that were made by us and added on the competition floor.







I honestly am over the moon with the final result and I think we definitely came out of judging feeling confident. We sold it to the judges as much as we could and it obviously paid off! I'm so proud of us both and couldn't have asked for a better partner or model. It has given me so much confidence in my own work and to go forward for other competitions, so I am super grateful to anyone that supported me throughout!

Thanks for reading!
RubyXO