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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

♥ NABPC North American Body Painting Champtionships

This year was the first annual year of the NABPC. We were extremely honored to be a part of a such a huge championship which ties off from the World Body Painting Championship that is held in Austria every year.
I always wanted to be a part of this amazing event, but with it being in Austria, never knew how I would get there.
Luckily they branched off and created NABPC and came to Vegas! I only found out about the competition a few weeks ago and unfortunately had to sign up as an airbrush artist as all the sponge/brush slots were full. I do airbrush, but not to the extent of a full body with no hand details allowed. I'm a very hands on artist, and have only been airbrush a few years. These talented airbrush artist have been doing it 10+ years, compared to me. So with a few short weeks, no ideas as to what to do and rules and regulations, I was extremely nervous.
Four days before the event I scratched my original idea and came up with a new one which I had only 2 days to complete. I went in with very little info and immediately realized how little I was prepared once I saw all my competitors. People like Alex Hansen, Nick Herrerah, Mark Reid, the Wolfe brothers! Ahhhhh!!!! These are some huge body paint idols for me!
None the less, I made it through the event, with the help of my amazing model encouraging me the whole time. Next was the judging, then the stage presentation. Wait, judging and stage presentation??? Why didn't I think about any of that? Like I said, not prepared at all.
Everyone was super helpful, and kind and sweet to me the entire day. I believe they all sensed I was the newbie here.
After that long stressful day on little sleep and no food, I made it to the finals! It was the best day of my life and the craziest, but I would never change a thing! Next year I go to OWN, prepared to the fullest!!! Here is a little video I made of the day:

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