Ms. /co/ 2019

Ms. /co/ 2019 was the second edition of the annual Ms. /co/ntest and the board's third overall character tournament. It ran from September 13 to 23, with 359 nominees fighting to become one of the 128 girls who will duke it out in another single-elimination bracket to determine the board's new queen.

Spinel, the tournament's top seed, became the champion after defeating Raven from Teen Titans in the final match by a score of 976-790. Her presence in the contest has generated copious amounts of controversy, with some anons believing that her victory should be put an asterisk (*) next to it due to her "flavor of the month" status, with the implication that her championship is illegitimate. However, the official bracket image states that: To this day, her wiki page is still locked from being created and edited without special permissions.
 * "In under no context will an asterisk be added to a /co/ winner."

How to nominate?

 * To nominate a character, a user must include their name, picture, and source. All three characteristics must be present or it will be ignored.
 * Each valid nomination must garner at least five (5) replies in order to qualify for the contest. These replies are only counted if they are all within a single thread, and do NOT carry over to other threads.

Eligibility Criteria

 * Must originate from /co/ media (Western cartoons and comics) or have a substantial amount of /co/ material
 * Puppets are allowed (ex. Sesame Street, Muppets)
 * If two or more separate versions of the same character are nominated, and they have enough qualifying votes to advance into the main bracket, only the version with the most number of votes will advance.

Restrictions

 * Characters that are clearly not /co/ are not allowed (ex. /a/nime, live-action /tv/ and films)
 * Elite Eight Rule: Characters who have appeared in the Elite Eight last year are not allowed to compete in this edition. They will be eligible for nomination in next year's contest.


 * Jenny Rule: Previous Ms. /co/ champions are permanently retired, and will be barred from entering in future Ms. /co/ntests.


 * Franchise Limit: For franchises with many female characters, only the top 5 girls with the highest votes in the qualifier poll can advance into the main bracket. However, there is no restriction on how many girls one can nominate from a single franchise.
 * Note: Franchise limit DOES NOT apply to Marvel, DC, and Disney characters.

Qualifying Results
A total of 356 girls were successfully nominated into the qualifier poll.

The full list of nominees (arranged by alphabetical order) can be found in the Pastebin link here. Qualifying results were originally posted in the Pastebin link here.

Advanced
Tiebreakers are decided through alphabetical order of names.

Did not qualify
This list will only cover those ranked 129-200, including characters snubbed by franchise limit.

Did not Appear
Below is a list of characters who appeared in last year's bracket, but were not nominated (or didn't get enough replies) for this edition.

Useful links
Dropbox link for OC artwork Ms. /co/ Booru Gallery

4chan thread links
Yuki.la archive:


 * First chat thread + start date announced
 * Nominations: Part 1, Part 2
 * Second chat thread
 * Qualifer poll: Part 1, Part 2
 * Bracket roster reveal
 * Round 1: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
 * Round 2: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
 * Round 3: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6
 * Sweet 16: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7
 * Quarter-finals: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6
 * Semi-finals: Part 1 (OP breaks down), Part 2 (Stats anon takes over), Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7 (results)
 * Finals: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9
 * Champion reveal thread
 * Afterparty thread
 * Unofficial recap thread (all bracket contestants ranked 1 - 128)
 * Rules discussion / Feedback thread