Mariah Mallad Taking Credit For Props Made/ Commissioned for Her
While updating her followers on her progress for her Beekeeper Mei cosplay, Mariah posted this picture of a neck piece:
She doesn’t outright claim its her work, but she also does NOT give credit to anyone who made the piece. About a day later she posts the same piece again, saying she added highlights to it. Again, there is NO credit for whoever made it, letting her followers assume it was her.
On the same day it was revealed that another cosplayer by the name of KBBQ (David) actually snapchatted this exact neckpiece saying he had made it. KBBQ and Mariah were friends and worked together on various other pieces, mostly KBBQ making many of her armors for past cosplays. Just last month they had a very public split which resulted in KBBQ removing all his social media, or so people thought.
People were unsure if this was legit, since the cap does not show any username or other proof that it was KBBQ’s snapchat. However people who are friends with KBBQ, or who are friends with people close to KBBQ did they’re own investigation. It was then confirmed by various sources that KBBQ made this piece as well as a pair of gloves.
Upon realizing that Mariah had posted a picture of the neckpiece and did not credit KBBQ, people started asking questions on her FB post. At first Mariah claims she made the pieces, but when pressured more about it full on admits KBBQ made it.
These caps are not the complete comment thread, but parts of it that show Mariah claiming she made it and then admitting KBBQ made it.
Mariah also claims she did credit him in her IG story, however others that follow her say this is a lie. I can’t confirm since I don’t follow her. However, even if she did, giving him credit in a story is not sufficient. These stories are deleted in 24 hours, while the FB/ IG posts remain up without the credit. Credit should be given across all platforms.
People have also noticed not giving a credit is somewhat of a trend for Mariah. Recently a photographer who used to work with her also revealed that the reason he stopped working with her is because she did not credit his photos, badgered him about photoshopping/ editing the photos as well as outright asking for raw photos. Will most likely make a separate post for this, as well as the falling out between her and KBBQ.
After people hounded her about this, Mariah deleted the entire comment thread about it, while the photo is still up and STILL NO CREDIT in the original post to KBBQ.
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