American singer Tinashe Jorgensen Kachingwe, known mononymously as Tinashe attends the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards at Barclays Center on September 12, 2021 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Andrew Kelly/Reuters)

Nikita Dragun attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Caitlin Ochs/Reuters)

A guest poses against a video installation displayed at the Moncler catwalk show during Milan Fashion Week Spring 2019 in Milan, Italy, September 19, 2018. (Photo by Stefano Rellandini/Reuters)

American singer Tinashe attends the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., September 12, 2023. (Photo by Andrew Kelly/Reuters)

American singer-songwriter Chappell Roan attends the MTV Video Music Awards in Elmont, New York, U.S., September 11, 2024. (Photo by Andrew Kelly/Reuters)

There isn’t exactly a college out there for face painting so Elsa Rhae Pageler‘s talent is as raw as it comes. Perhaps what’s even more amazing is that the video editor and producer from Kansas City graduated with a degree in Film and Media Studies and only does face painting and airbrushing as a side job. An application may take anywhere from 1 to 3 hours and apart from outside gigs, she features video tutorials on her YouTube channel showing how she paints herself to recreate video game and fictional characters. Photo: “Face Palm”. (Photo by Elsa Rhae Pageler)

“Ada Wong is a fictional character in the Resident Evil horror franchise by Capcom, introduced as a supporting character in the video game Resident Evil 2 in 1998. She is widely regarded as one of the most popular female characters in the series, alongside Jill Valentine and Claire Redfield, as well as one of the most attractive female characters in video games”. – Wikipedia

Photo: “Ada Wong” (Resident Evil Cosplay). Model: Giulia Valenti. (Photo by Massimiliano Pellegrini)

(L-R) Recording artists Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj perform onstage during the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on August 24, 2014 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images)