North American Body Painting Championship

Mehron Makeup is proud to be a Sponsor of the North American Body Painting Championship live from the Flamingo Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV February 12-14, 2010, a Mark Reid Showcase and Events Production. Over Fifty Body Painting Artists are registered to compete for $24,000 in cash prizes and the First Place Trophy in Body Painting. The Competition will encompass two Body Painting disciplines, Brush and Sponge makeup Application and Airbrush Makeup Body Painting. The Theme for the Preliminary Round in each of the categories will be "Around the World", a freestyle theme that will allow the Body Painting Artists to reach to their depths and create anything that their artistic souls can conjure up. After a selection by the judges, the Finals will have a bit more restrictive Theme, "Evolution" which will demand that the Body Painting Artists limit their creation to anything that has evolved in the last 1.4 Billion Years.

The judging will be conducted by Alex Barendregt, Founder and Organizer of the World BodyPainting Festival in Seeboden, Austria, along with Raphaelle and Gary Fieldhouse, both International Instructors living in Wales where Raphaelle keeps his two World Bodypainting Championships. One of the preeminent judges from the Seeboden Festival, Flippo Ioco will also be sitting in judgment at the North American Body Painting Championships in Las Vegas. Rounding out the panel of judges at this premier of the North American Body Painting Championships are three former World BodyPainting Champions and International Instructors in the Art of Body Painting, Craig Tracy, Nick Wolfe and Brian Wolfe. This prestigious panel of judges means that the Artists vying for the North American Body Painting Championship will have to reach to the depths of their creative abilities.

To get the creative juices flowing and to relieve the tension for the Body Painting Artists, Models and Judges, Mehron Makeup will be presenting an Opening Night After Party at Rio, All-Suite Hotel at 10:00 PM with a Voo Doo Theme, which will feature Master Body Painter Mark Reid. All North American Body Painting Championship participants are welcome to attend, network, relax and get in the Voo Doo spirit.

There is still time to book a flight and grab a room for this first ever Live North American Body Painting Championship and be a witness to live Art created on the Body Canvas by Body Painting Makeup Artists from around the World. If you can't attend there is a Live Web Cast being planned. Stay tuned to the Mehron Blog during the month of February for photos from the talented artists who enter this Las Vegas Body Painting Competition.