VAMPIRES, ghouls and zombies of all shapes and sizes stalked, danced and put on their most entertaining performances to impress the judges and audience at the Halloween Costume Contest held at the Mines Shopping Fair on Sunday.
Members of the public were invited to participate in the contest by dressing themselves in their scariest and most creative Halloween costumes.
Dancing ghouls: Mika and friends entertaining the judges and audience with their hip-hop routine The late Michael Jackson’s Thriller was a popular tune as participants performed to its track or took inspiration from the creatures featured in its music video.
Participants were judged based on three criteria – costume, presentation and props.
The contest was organised by the shopping mall’s management and sponsored by Skin Food beauty brand.
Up for grabs were Skin Food hampers worth RM600, RM400 and RM300 respectively for the first, second and third place winners.
The judges comprised Skin Food (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd marketing executive Marsha Lim and Mines Shopping Fair marketing communications executive Rachel Lee.
Scary creature: Peh took inspiration from Jack the Reaper for his character called JR Reaper, and won third place for his efforts Lim described the contest as “very interesting”, and said she was very impressed with the efforts taken by the participants, especially the children, to dress up for the contest.
“It required some style and creativity, not to mention guts to do what they did,” Lim said.
“My favourites were the top two winners because they were entertaining in their respective ways and their performances included interaction with the crowd.”
Halloween-themed: Kwa Yoke Sim joined in the fun and distributed candies to the audience during her routine. It was not surprising to discover that the Halloween Costume Contest’s top three winners shared a common love for horror movies of both Asian and Western genres.
Contest winner Sia Kha Keong, 18, decided to inject elements of humour into his routine by being a mummy that danced to the Village People’s YMCA.
“The idea of dressing up as a mummy was an on-the-spot decision. I just bought some white fabric and got the other participants to help wrap my body and face.
“I think my win will inspire me to take part in similar competitions in the future,” said the car upholstery installer.
On what he intended to do with his prize, Sia said he would share it with his family.
Second place winner Chaw Kai Yen based her ghostly Chinese character and act on a horror movie from Hong Kong.
“My costume is actually a red cheongsam belonging to my mum,” said the 18-year-old SEGi University College mass communications student.
“It’s a very old yet well-preserved dress because my mum took great care of it. And we’re both the same size!”
Chaw completed her ensemble with a red umbrella, and makeup with some assistance from her boyfriend.
Desmond Peh, 18, took inspiration from Jack the Reaper for his character called JR Reaper.
“I saw this creepy mask at Berjaya Times Square, bought it, then came up with the rest of the outfit,” said the sales promoter who took home the third prize.
“My mum helped sew my robe and make my weapon, which took about a night to complete. I’m planning to give her my prize as a thank you gesture.”
Peh added that he wanted to kick off his show by standing next to the judges to give them a good scare.
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