A French cosplayer was barred from wearing a £2,700 costume in the finals of a competition after she faced allegations of ‘blackface’. The real competition was occurring on LAN servers across the exhibition as brave volunteers rushed to beat the special forces soldiers, superman costume for adults playing the classic multiplayer shooter Counter-Strike. But her costume has been banned from the event – which pits the winners of events from 25 European countries against one another – after a social media backlash that accused Ms Livanart of being insensitive.
