User:Kawaiiringo/sandbox

Kawaii Ringo (real name Felicia Livingston) is a cosplayer, model, and costume designer based in the United States. She has been cosplaying since 2005 and has successfully competed in several costume competitions over the past couple of years. Such as winning best in show in a few midwest cons and placing in the top 25 of the Otaku House Cosplay Idol in 2012 for North America.

She is the founder/leader of KiRa-KiRa Springfield and a part of the Heroes Alliance where she does many charity events in various costumes. Ringo is best known for her Princess Zelda costumes from The Legend of Zelda series, but she has a wide variety of other costumes. It includes characters from DC and Marvel comics, Disney, anime, manga, and other video games.

In the summer of 2015, Ringo was diagnosed with Thyroid cancer. She had surgery to remove the entire thyroid, a parathyroid gland, and seventeen lymph nodes. A couple weeks after surgery, she had radiation treatment. She is not yet cancer free, but she is on her way there.

Outside of cosplay, Ringo is an avid gamer and alternative fashion model. Her favorite clothing style would be the Japanese street fashion, Lolita. Her favorite video game series would be The Legend of Zelda. She is a huge Nintendo fan, but also enjoys playing games on the Play Station systems and her PC.