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ASU costume coordinator to compete for 'most gifted wrapper'

Whether she’s wrapping people or presents, Melissa Montoya has mastered the fine art of cloaking with costumes and paper.

Her love affair with wrapping began in high school when she worked summers and holidays wrapping presents for a small boutique. Now she’s taking her skills to a higher level by competing for a $10,000 prize in the Scotch Brand Most Gifted Wrapper Contest, Dec. 2, in New York City. She was chosen as one of eight finalists from hundreds of entries competing for the 2011 “gifted wrapper” title.

Montoya is a costume coordinator in the School of Theatre and Film, part of ASU's Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts – an intriguing position that requires her to take costume designers' sketches and turn them into costumes. Churning out costumes for ASU theater productions is a challenging line of work that requires Montoya and her colleagues to sew every kind of costume, from a seven-foot wide dress to attire worn in outer space.

Source: Arizona State University

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