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The Healthy Harlequin, masked culinary superheroine, débuts at Comic-Con


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October 11, 2014/11.02



Cosplay is very much part of the 2010s lexicon and culture, and what better way to get reminders about staying fit and healthy than to bring the message right to the media people use today?
   The Healthy Harlequin, who officially launched at Comic-Con at New York this week, will present short videos and images via Instagram and other media with recipes, tips and techniques about healthy eating.
   And she hasn’t just emerged on the scene. We’ve been following Healthy Harlequin, the new masked superheroine, over the many months leading up to this launch, and there’s an entire a comic book origin story to how she came into being.
   The Healthy Harlequin told Lucire that ‘putting on a mask can make you more bold, more outgoing,’ and her aim is ’empowering people (mainly women) to get back in the kitchen … but to take health in their own hands.’
   She added in a release, ‘I’m fighting bad health’s lies with truth, body positivity, and tasty treats.’
   ‘She’s like your smart, sassy older sister teaching you what’s up in the kitchen—she just happens to be a superhero,’ according to Faith Kates, owner of Next Models, which represents Healthy Harlequin.
   ‘She’s not afraid to make a mess in the kitchen, and that’s fun to watch,’ says Scott Feldman, founder of chefs’ agency Two-Twelve Management, which represents Top Chef’s Tom Colicchio and The Kitchen’s Geoffrey Zakarian.
   What we love: she’s body-positive and unapologetically flawed so we can relate to her—and her advice is good for our health.
   Her lessons include how to remove the beans from a vanilla pod to making creamy nut milks, and each episode builds on the last.
   Follow HealthyHarlequin on Instagram, HarlequinHealth on Twitter, her Tumblr site (where you can watch her first episode), or visit the website at www.healthyharlequin.com.


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