The artists compete in three categories: brush and sponge, airbrush, and special effects. At night time there is also a special UV effects contest.
The World Bodypainting Festival is the biggest annual event of the body painting culture and community. The festival is the first of its kind in the world and has become the "Mecca of Bodypainting". It draws over a hundred artists and models, and thousands of visitors, from all over the world every year.
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Face on the body
Sarah Brandner, 20, hails from Germany. She has lived in Milan and New York, and is famous in Europe for being the girlfriend of soccer player Bastian Schweinsteiger.
Korea Body Painting Festival
Chad Does Body Painting at the Mardi Gras
Torture Garden Body Painting
