Quote Originally Posted by Jeykama View Post
That doesn't give one the excuse to rip off someone else's creation in a contest specifically asking for personal creations and call it your own. Riff of an existing style or not, if you didn't draw/style it with your own hands it's artistic plagiarism.
It all depends on how it is done tbh.
If you straight up ripped off a picture from the internet then yes, by all means disqualify.
However, when you thought you came up with something but someone else recognizes it from something else then it gets muddy.

Once again
There is no such thing as original hairstyle.