page_title: Mileena
section_title: Cultural impact
hierarchical_section_title: Mileena / Cultural impact
caption_attribution_description: English: Mileena cosplayer (Rosanna Rocha) at the 2014 Amazing Arizona Comic Con at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.
context_page_description: Mileena is a player and occasional boss character from the Mortal Kombat series of fighting games. A dual sai-wielding assassin, she acts as the evil twin and magenta palette swap of Princess Kitana in Mortal Kombat II in 1993. She has been promoted throughout the Mortal Kombat games as its semi-ironic sex symbol, especially since Mortal Kombat: Deception when she began a pattern of wearing more revealing outfits.
  The series' 2011 reboot made her even more psychologically unstable, not to mention cannibalistic, and her resemblance to her sister has greatly diminished. In the backstory of Mortal Kombat X, Mileena is the sole surviving heir of Shao Kahn and vies for the Outworld throne with the warlord Kotal Kahn. Despite some criticism for her character designs, Mileena has become one of the most popular characters in the series.
context_section_description: Mileena has made several homage cameo appearances outside of the Mortal Kombat franchise, including in the comic book series Gen13 in 1995, in the episode "Another Bad Thanksgiving" of the animated series The Cleveland Show in 2010, and in a comedy sketch by Animation Domination High-Def in 2015. In the 1996 martial arts film Book of Swords, there is a nod/tribute to Mileena in a minor role by Katalin Zamiar herself. Furthermore, Mileena might have served as an inspiration in some other cases.
  The "celebrities" who have cosplayed as the character have included Canadian film maker Sylvia Soska at Fantastic Fest 2011, the Fourth Vice-Miss Poland (Teenagers) 2013 Adrianna Schneider, professional wrestler and model Eden Stiles (Brandi Runnels) for Halloween in 2013, American model and media personality Adrianne Curry at San Diego Comic-Con 2013 and later at Fan Expo Canada 2014, American MMA fighter Roxanne Modafferi at Invicta Fighting Championships weigh-ins, and Polish boxer Ewa Brodnicka at a before-fight gala in 2017, among others. Some people even named their children after Mileena, which became popular in 2015.
caption: Similar to Kitana and Jade, Mileena became a popular subject of cosplay. Pictured, Rosanna Rocha dressed as Mileena from Mortal Kombat at 2014's Amazing Arizona Comic Con
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