Do you look like (insert male celebrity here)? Can you use €50? A lookalike contest could be in your future.
After a competition organized by YouTuber to find the man from New York City who most looked like him Timothy Chalamet went viral on social media (leading to a major event attended by Timmy himself), copycats are popping up all over the world. From one Paul Mescal lookalike competition in Dublin to a Developer Patel lookalike contest in San Francisco, it’s never been a better time to be someone who looks (kinda, somewhat) like a handsome, famous guy.
The entirely grassroots movement appears to be happening completely organically and is a rare example of a viral internet moment translating into an IRL event. Here’s everything you need to know in this edition of TL; DR.
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After a competition in New York City to find the man who most looked like Timothee Chalamet went viral, similar events are popping up worldwide to crown lookalikes for a variety of other handsome male celebrities.
Wait, I need more. What is the background here?
If Glamour Reported last month, the NYC Timmy contest first began spreading as a viral Partiful invite online and via posters hanging around the city IRL (it turns out the contest was the brainchild of YouTuber Anthony Po).
The event — which offered a trophy and $50 to the most Timmy kid of them all — became the rare phenomenon where an Internet meme had the same impact in real life. The lookalike competition attracted many visitors and led to four arrestsand Chalamet himself passed by.
Since then, grassroots movements to crown similar doppelgängers have spread across the country and the world.
This past week alone there was a Harry Styles lookalike contest in London…
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A Dev Patel lookalike contest that attracted ‘hundreds’ San Francisco…
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And a Paul Mescal lookalike contest, where hopefuls came dressed in his signature short shorts:
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And in case you’re wondering, there’s no major entity in charge of these competitions, and there’s no set way to determine a winner other than, it seems, the cheers and thirst of the assembled crowd.
So these are truly democratic elections at the grassroots, which are essentially pure anarchy. That’s… maybe what we need right now?
What does the internet think?
Of course, everyone is obsessed.
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