What: An abstract showing of makeup artistry painted on live mannequins. (19-plus event, no cover)

Where: Lavish Night Club (238 Dundas St.)

When: Friday, December 9. Doors open at 9, show starts at 11 p.m.

Who: Joshua R. Waller's makeup creations.

Models Outfitted By: Megin's Leggins and Nidia Martinez

Hair Styling: Joclyn Millard and Marissa Guichelaar

What is perfection and who gets to decide what is perfect? Are there really concrete beauty guidelines and rules that we must follow to be considered perfect? Are we not all beautiful in our own ways? The reality is that our imperfections are what truly make us beautiful. Imperfection really is perfection.

The media likes to portray what they deem to be "perfect" as a skinny woman with an airbrushed complexion who has "plastic-like" features. In other words, perfection (in the eyes of the media) is a mannequin. But why would we want to idolize something that is an inanimate object? This became the main inspiration behind The Imperfect Mannequin; the idea of taking something that is deemed so "perfect" and destroying it, deconstructing it until it is finally imperfect.

The night will consist of a runway show combined with an art showing of live mannequins (real people). The extreme makeup artistry incorporates beauty, body art and special effects to truly represent imperfection and to make you view "beauty" in a different light. Fourteen creations will walk the runway and in their statuesque poses, will stand as art pieces throughout Lavish.

All models will be outfitted in Megin's Leggins, beautifully crafted and vibrant leggings, as well as Fanshawe's own Nidia Martinez's theatrical and breathtaking garments. All the imperfect creations are completed with the hair design done by the extremely talented Joclyn Millard and Marissa Guichelaar of Cutz Salon Professionals.

With a night filled with such surreal creativity and imagination, it is the perfect event to not only be inspired but a place to meet other industry professionals (photographers, models and artists of all talents). Anyone in the artistic industry knows that the people you network with is the most important aspect to moving forward and gaining more experience.

After the show is over there is of course an after party featuring Lady Finesse, spinning the best in the top 40s/remixes/house. On top of that, live makeovers and body art will be happening! So if you come with a clean canvas, you have a chance to become an imperfect mannequin as well!

One of the most beautiful women who ever lived, Marilyn Monroe, stated, "Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring." Step out of the guidelines, and enter the world of The Imperfect Mannequin.