Organic, powered by word of mouth, and so far uncorrupted by corporate sponsors, a new wave of doppelgänger competitions might just be too good to last. Idolizing celebrities is so pervasive in pop culture that it is considered a high compliment for a friend or stranger to tell you that you resemble a famous athlete, singer, or actor.
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Shannon Cudd, Fast Company
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 8:31pm
Topics: idolizing
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- The celebrity look-alike contest trend continues: Glen Powell and Gordon Ramsay are latest stars to surprise their doppelgängers.
Who organized it: Georgia Parolski and Ruchika Sharma, who thought the celebrity look-alike contest trend needed a political twist with the late President Kennedy’s grandson as the subject. Contestants answered trivia questions and dressed in button-down shirts and ties to channel the Vogue political correspondent.
11/25/2024 - 10:29 am | View Link - Jack Schlossberg Reacts to the Jack Schlossberg Look-Alike Contest
Glen Powell called into his own lookalike contest in Austin, Texas on Sunday to give the winner a very special prize: a cameo in his next film. But no, not for the winner himself — since Powell’s parents frequently show up in his films, the “Twisters” and “Top Gun: Maverick” actor offered the opportunity to … The singer split from Piqué in 2022.
11/25/2024 - 2:07 am | View Link - More
- What's going on with all the celebrity lookalike contests?
On Saturday 30 November, The Edge radio station is holding a Jason Momoa lookalike contest at Auckland's Mission Bay, with a winning prize of $1000. It's unclear exactly what the criteria is for these celebrity lookalike contests, but one thing is certain: they've been an exercise in pure, joyously human absurdity, and a rare example of a ...
11/26/2024 - 4:27 pm | View Website - Why celebrity lookalike contests are everywhere now : NPR
Celebrity lookalike contests, apparently. In recent weeks, pop culture doppelgangers have descended on parks and public squares from New York to San Francisco to London to battle it out for the ...
11/26/2024 - 11:19 am | View Website - Celebrity lookalike contests are popping up everywhere, and the stars ...
From New York to London, celebrity lookalike contests are popping up everywhere. With the stars themselves joining in on the fun, there's now more to life than just looking like a famous person, it seems. A day before the Powell event, British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay surprised the winner of his lookalike contest with a signed frying pan at ...
11/26/2024 - 9:10 am | View Website - All the Celebrity Look-alike Contests and Winners
Vibe: The UK hopped on the look-alike bandwagon with a contest for former boyband breakout Harry Styles. Journalist Katrina Mirpuri organized the event, which saw a dozen shaggy-haired hopefuls ...
11/26/2024 - 7:02 am | View Website - Celebrity lookalike contests are taking over the internet. But they ...
Max Braunstein won the Glen Powell lookalike contest held in Austin, Texas on November 24, 2024, and was awarded $5 and a cowboy hat. Days later, more young men, this time dressed in pussy-bow ...
11/25/2024 - 2:16 am | View Website - More
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