Maria DiAngelis

In 2000, Harris Comics decided on a novel approach to picking the latest model to wear the "red and gold" Vampirella costume, they went public with the selections!

First asking for potential models to send in their resumé, then whittling it down to the top 12, and then running a media campaign on their web site inviting the fans to vote for their favourite(s).

Dealers were sent a Model Search CD with a Quicktime Movie showing the models being photographed and interviewed, and a nice rock music backed promo for the new series. This CD is quite rare as many dealers threw it away as they could not play it (it was formatted for Apple Mac only and Windows based PCs wouldn't run it).

The Vampirella site featured Movies of all the short listed girls, including the eventual winner - Maria Di Angelis. Information about the contest and the winner was published by Harris in the Vampirella Model Search Special - September 2001.

The 2000 series of Vampirella Monthly had a model cover for almost every issue, and the combination of Mike Mayhew art and Maria on the cover helped this series become one of Harris Comics' best.

In fact, no other Vampirella model has featured on so many covers (so far!).

* Vampirella Model Search Special #1 regular cover * Vampirella Model Search Special #1 limited wraparound cover * Vampirella Series 2000 #01 photo cover * Vampirella Series 2000 #02 photo cover * Vampirella Series 2000 #03 photo cover * Vampirella Series 2000 #04 photo cover * Vampirella Series 2000 #05 photo cover * Vampirella Series 2000 #06 photo cover * Vampirella Series 2000 #07 photo cover * Vampirella Series 2000 #08 photo cover * Vampirella Series 2000 #09 photo cover * Vampirella Series 2000 #10 photo cover * Vampirella Series 2000 #11 photo cover * Vampirella Series 2000 #12 photo cover * Vampirella Series 2000 #13 photo cover * Vampirella Series 2000 #14 photo cover * Vampirella Series 2000 #15 photo cover * Vampirella Series 2000 #16 photo cover * Vampirella Series 2000 #17 photo cover * Vampirella Series 2000 #18 photo cover * Vampirella Series 2000 #19 photo cover

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