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SPAIN, Liz
SPAIN, Liz. (Alberquerque, NM-- ). Fashion designer. Educated in the DUBUQUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, Spain moved to Ames, Iowa following high school graduation in 2002 and enrolled in Iowa State University. She received her B.S. in Apparel Merchandising, Design and Production in 2008. She has since been designing and creating costumes for a local game company, Flying Frog Productions, in Seattle, WA.
Her awards include the Iowa State University 26th Annual Fashion Show-1st Place Urbanwear, 1st Place 2D/3D, 3rd Place Designer Collections. In addition she has received: Anime Detour Masquerade 2007 - Best in Skill Category: Journeyman Award, GenCon Costume Competition 2006 - Best in Category: Anime Award, Best in Show Runner-up, Anime Central Masquerade 2005 - Costume Merit Award (Judge's Choice), Anime Iowa Masquerade 2004 - Prestige Award (Best in Show), Anime Reactor Masquerade 2003 - Judge's Choice Award, and Anime Iowa Masquerade 2003 - Judge's Choice Award. In 2005 she was a guest judge of the Anime Iowa Masquerade.