Wake up seven days a week with the Cascades Reader. Get local news, event information, podcasts, discounts and more. Sign up now!

Sign up

We’re finally on the map Bend! Local body painting artist Natalie Fletcher is the first Skin Wars champion! 

On tonight’s final episode of the GSN reality show, Fletcher came in first of the three finalists (the others being Dutch Bihary and Shannon Holt) securing a prize of $100,000, a year-long supply of body paint and a featured guest artist slot at body-painting trade show IMATS. Judges RuPaul (OMG YES! That RuPaul!), Rebecca Romijn (OMG Mystique!) and body painting icons Craig Tracy and Robin Slonina awarded Fletcher the prize. 

Here is a video of her winning moment from the PACKED Doubletree Hotel #inBend! Natalie is there in the middle with her boyfriend Todd, although you can barely see her through her friends and family celebrating. 

The Source Weekly will have a follow up with Fletcher online soon. Congratulations to our favorite local body painter! We can’t wait to see what you do next! We can’t stop using exclamation points!

This article appears in Sep 18-25, 2014.

MAKE LOCAL JOURNALISM HAPPEN

One-time Monthly Annually

One-time

$25

$50

$150

Other Donation amount

$

Monthly

$10

$20

$85

Other Donation amount per month

$

Annually

$120

$500

$1,000

Other Donation amount per year

$

We're stronger together! Become a Source member and help us empower the community through impactful, local news. Your support makes a difference!

Donate Now

Republish This Story

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license.

Close window

Republish this article

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Local Artist Natalie Fletcher WINS Skin Wars!

by Brianna Brey, The Source - Bend, Oregon
September 24, 2014

<h1>Local Artist Natalie Fletcher WINS Skin Wars!</h1> <p class="byline">by Brianna Brey, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />September 24, 2014</p> <p>We're finally on the map Bend! Local body painting <b>artist <a href="http://www.artbynataliefletcher.com" target="_blank">Natalie Fletcher</a> is the first <a href="http://skinwars.gsntv.com" target="_blank">Skin Wars </a>champion!&nbsp;</b></p> <p>On tonight's final episode of the GSN reality show, Fletcher came in first of the three finalists (the others being Dutch Bihary&nbsp;and&nbsp;Shannon Holt) securing a&nbsp;prize of $100,000, a year-long supply of body paint and a featured guest artist slot at body-painting trade show<a href="http://www.imats.net" target="_blank"> IMATS</a>. Judges RuPaul (OMG YES! That RuPaul!), Rebecca Romijn (OMG Mystique!) and body painting icons Craig Tracy and Robin Slonina awarded Fletcher the prize.&nbsp;</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo_2.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo_2.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-21678" /></a></figure> <p> <b>Here is a video of her winning moment from the PACKED Doubletree Hotel #inBend! </b>Natalie is there in the middle with her boyfriend Todd, although you can barely see her through her friends and&nbsp;family&nbsp;celebrating.&nbsp;</p> <div class="wp-block-group newspack-embed-container aligncenter"> </div> <p> <i><br /> <b><a href="http://www.bendsource.com" target="_blank">The Source Weekly</a></b></i><b> will have a follow up with Fletcher online soon. Congratulations to our favorite local body painter! We can't wait to see what you do next! </b>We can't stop using exclamation points!</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/local-artist-natalie-fletcher-wins-skin-wars-2396662/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=21635&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/local-artist-natalie-fletcher-wins-skin-wars-2396662/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

Copy to Clipboard

1

Trending

Embattled Winery Proposal North of Bend Gets Deschutes County Approval March 30, 2026Clayton Franke

Burger Week is Here!April 1, 2026The Source Staff

Thousands Gather at Bend’s No Kings Protest March 29, 2026Jesse Coronado

New 6-Story Housing Development Coming to West BendApril 1, 2026Jesse Coronado