Charlie Boice from Georgia has been crowned this year’s “Papa” Hemingway at a lookalike contest. The 56-year-old retired air traffic controller won the annual competition at Sloppy Joe’s Bar in Florida—a place Hemingway often visited during his time in Key West in the 1930s—on his 15th attempt.
Dressed in a wool fisherman’s sweater in a bid to imitate photographer Yousuf Karsh’s famous portrait of the world-famous American writer, Boice looked extremely happy as he was declared winner. He was chosen as winner by the judging committee made up of former “Papa” Hemingways, all of whom look strikingly similar. Speaking to CBS Miami, Boice said: “Winning the Hemingway Look-Alike Contest is fantastic. I feel like a champion. Hemingway was a champion.”
During the contest, the 122 competitors had to take to the stage and attempt to convince the judges that they were the most similar to the “Papa” character of Hemingway, who won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1954 but committed suicide in 1961. Many did so by performing poetry or singing.
The competition, which helps to raise money for a Hemingway Look-Alike Society-administrated college scholarship fund, is a highlight of the annual Hemingway Days festival honoring the author. Just before the competition, an unusual event Running of the Bulls took place with the lookalikes. The video made by Florida Keys News Bureau shows the white-bearded men chanting and singing as they march through Key West’s historic downtown with several life-sized, but fake, bulls.
Also on Saturday, a California community college professor won the Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition, which attracted as many as 857 American and international entries. Riba Taylor of Palm Springs won the first award with her story titled “Between My Ribs”. Lorian Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway’s granddaughter, said Taylor displayed deep sympathy in her story to the woman who lost her lover, a life changed and the power of memory.
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