Monika Lee (born December 7, 1992) is an American

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er. In 2013, she joined the cast of reality television show ''

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''.

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Lee has been cosplaying anime and especially video game characters since 2006, when she dressed as

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at the age of 13, and is a frequent collaborator with the cosplayer

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in the XX Girls group. She has been acclaimed and featured by gaming media outlets such as '' Game Informer'' and

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, as well as showcased in various other publications. Lee worked as a cosplay model at E3 2012 for Hyperkin, at E3 2013 and San Diego Comic-Con International 2013 for Blizzard Entertainment, and at

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2014 for

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and NC Soft. She was invited as a guest or host at multiple fan conventions, including Amazing Arizona Comic Con,

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, FantasyCon,

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, Montreal Comiccon, Ottawa Pop Expo, and

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. Lee is a Milton High School graduate and was the youngest of the ''

'' show's original cast of nine. As of 2013, she has been studying industrial design at the

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, whose website claimed "she has an online fan base twice the size of the student population," and was working as an intern for the licensing and business development team at Blizzard Entertainment.

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