Cammy White has become one of the most popular characters in Street Fighter since her debut in Super Street Fighter 2: The New Challengers back in September 1993 at the arcades. Compared to Dee Jay, T. Hawk, and Fei Long, the other “New Challengers” from that game, only Cammy would be part of the base rosters for all of Street Fighter 4 (as an unlockable fighter), Street Fighter 5, and Street Fighter 6 consecutively.
When Cammy first made her debut, her backstory described her as being a 19-year-old special forces agent from England that had some sort of mysterious past tied to M. Bison and Shadaloo. Notably, this was one of the very few times within the Street Fighter lore where a character explicitly had their age revealed as it’s usually left ambiguous. Typically, we’re only told the month and day of each character’s birthdate.
It turns out that Cammy was suffering from amnesia. In other words, even she was unsure of how her past was connected to M. Bison.
Cammy’s ending where she confronts M. Bison didn’t provide much in the way of answers. Needless to say, it was pretty clear that M. Bison was lying upon claiming that he and Cammy used to be lovers.
Though Cammy would appear in Street Fighter Alpha 2 as an unlockable character, her appearance in that game isn’t considered to be canon. Instead, we wouldn’t get actual answers until Street Fighter Alpha 3, released in the arcades on June 29, 1998.
Back then, Cammy acted as an assassin known as “Killer Bee.” She would eventually discover that she was a clone of M. Bison. Cammy was destined to be M. Bison’s replacement body once his Psycho Power became too much for his current body.
Luckily for Cammy, she was able to escape this fate before joining up with Delta Red. What’s interesting is that Cammy’s preference thong leotards was retained with the outfit she’s now mostly commonly known for. Supposedly, this preference stems from the flexibility, mobility, and speed that this attire provides for Cammy while fighting.
In Street Fighter 2 and Street Fighter 4, Cammy wears a turtleneck, sleeveless, green thong leotard that bears the Delta Red insignia. She’s also wearing a red beret, red socks, red gauntlets, and black boots. Her blonde hair has been braided and reaches down to her back.
Different from how she appears in Street Fighter 5, she also has camouflaged paint plastered on her legs. There aren’t any straps and holsters wrapped around her, though this was part of one of her earlier designs that would make it to her Street Fighter 5 iteration.
Regardless, it’s clear that Cammy’s outfit is one that encapsulates power and boldness from its user. As such, we just had to highlight Mosomenzari’s Cammy cosplay from her Instagram page.
Check it out below: