{"id":126809,"date":"2024-11-17T07:23:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T00:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126809"},"modified":"2024-11-17T07:23:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T00:23:11","slug":"jeremy-allen-white-lookalike-contest-winner-crowned-at-humboldt-park-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126809","title":{"rendered":"Jeremy Allen White lookalike contest winner crowned at Humboldt Park event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>On Saturday, more than 50 Jeremy Allen White lookalikes descended on the sledding hill in Humboldt Park to compete for $50 and a pack of Marlboro Red cigarettes. <\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of spectators cheered and applauded as each contestant stepped forward to show their resemblance to the actor, known for portraying Chef Carmy Berzatto on the Chicago-based show, \u201cThe Bear.\u201d Many wore aprons, sported curly hair and brought their own cigarettes because his character is known for smoking.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the contestants were white men, but some women and people of different ethnic backgrounds got in on the fun.<\/p>\n<p>There was even a toddler White lookalike.<\/p>\n<p>But the winner, determined by the level of applause, went to 37-year-old mental health therapist Ben Shabad of Glenview. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so happy,\u201d said Shabad, who was given a crown and hoisted into the air in the middle of the crowd. \u201cThis is the coolest thing I\u2019ve done all week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Organized by Albany Park roommates Kelsey Cassaro and Taylor Vaske, the<b> <\/b>contest follows several other celebrity lookalike competitions in other states. Earlier this month, there were Harry Styles and Dev Patel contests in London and San Francisco, respectively. And in October, actor Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet crashed his namesake contest in Lower Manhattan. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople were online saying, \u2018Why doesn\u2019t Chicago have one?\u2019 said Cassaro, who is 29. \u201cAnd I was like, \u2018I think it should be Jeremy Allen White if we do it.\u2019 And I also think a lot of Chicago dudes look like him.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\" data-crop=\"large-2x1-notfixed\">\n<figure class=\"Figure\"><a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"image-800000\" name=\"image-800000\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"\/>\n        <picture data-crop=\"large-2x1-notfixed\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cst.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/3b12fd9\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/6122x4083+0+0\/resize\/840x560!\/format\/webp\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F96%2F35%2F2339b9f047daa9ec9a7520b25247%2Fjeremy-111724-24.jpg 1x,https:\/\/cst.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/9f8c804\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/6122x4083+0+0\/resize\/1680x1120!\/format\/webp\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F96%2F35%2F2339b9f047daa9ec9a7520b25247%2Fjeremy-111724-24.jpg 2x\" data-lazy-load=\"true\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSI1NjBweCIgd2lkdGg9Ijg0MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=\"\/><source width=\"840\" height=\"560\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cst.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/89c2d1a\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/6122x4083+0+0\/resize\/840x560!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F96%2F35%2F2339b9f047daa9ec9a7520b25247%2Fjeremy-111724-24.jpg\" data-lazy-load=\"true\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSI1NjBweCIgd2lkdGg9Ijg0MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"JEREMY-111724-24.jpgOrganizers Taylor Vaske (left) and Kelsey Cassaro kneel for a photo during a Jeremy Allen White lookalike at contest in Humboldt Park on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. Over 50 participants came out to take home the crown of the most Jeremy Allen White lookalike, most dressing as his character Carmen 'Carmy' Berzatto from the series \u201cThe Bear\u201d.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cst.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/89c2d1a\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/6122x4083+0+0\/resize\/840x560!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F96%2F35%2F2339b9f047daa9ec9a7520b25247%2Fjeremy-111724-24.jpg 1x,https:\/\/cst.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/18ed3e6\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/6122x4083+0+0\/resize\/1680x1120!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F96%2F35%2F2339b9f047daa9ec9a7520b25247%2Fjeremy-111724-24.jpg 2x\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/cst.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/89c2d1a\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/6122x4083+0+0\/resize\/840x560!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F96%2F35%2F2339b9f047daa9ec9a7520b25247%2Fjeremy-111724-24.jpg\" data-lazy-load=\"true\" bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSI1NjBweCIgd2lkdGg9Ijg0MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=\"\/><\/p>\n<\/picture>\n<div class=\"Figure-content\"><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\">\n<p>Organizers Taylor Vaske (left) and Kelsey Cassaro kneel for a photo during a Jeremy Allen White lookalike at contest in Humboldt Park on Saturday. <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><span class=\"line\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"Figure-credit\">\n<p>Anthony Vazquez\/Sun-Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Cassaro and Vaske, 31, originally planned the Jeremy Allen White event as a joke, posting a flyer on social media and along North Milwaukee Avenue in Logan Square. They copied the $50 prize from the Chalamet event and added the cigarettes. When the competition picked up traction online, they said they knew they had to make it happen.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike Chalamet, White did not show up to the competition. Cassaro and Vaske said they did not expect his presence, nor did they anticipate the big turnout.<\/p>\n<p>The lookalikes included fans of both \u201cThe Bear\u201d and White\u2019s previous show, \u201cShameless,\u201d which was also filmed in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Contestant Michael Dudka, an actual chef, said he began getting attention in public for resembling White before he even knew who the actor was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was kind of frightened when they were running up to me,\u201d said Dudka, 35, of Glen Ellyn, who works for Pie Life Pizzeria. <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\" data-crop=\"large-2x1-notfixed\">\n<figure class=\"Figure\"><a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"image-bc0000\" name=\"image-bc0000\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"\/>\n        <picture data-crop=\"large-2x1-notfixed\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cst.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/4e4e99a\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/6122x4083+0+0\/resize\/840x560!\/format\/webp\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fc5%2Fd8%2F6df63bf94db0ac72b897e66e8b74%2Fjeremy-111724-23.jpg 1x,https:\/\/cst.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/61c7147\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/6122x4083+0+0\/resize\/1680x1120!\/format\/webp\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fc5%2Fd8%2F6df63bf94db0ac72b897e66e8b74%2Fjeremy-111724-23.jpg 2x\" data-lazy-load=\"true\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSI1NjBweCIgd2lkdGg9Ijg0MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=\"\/><source width=\"840\" height=\"560\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cst.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/fce0b86\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/6122x4083+0+0\/resize\/840x560!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fc5%2Fd8%2F6df63bf94db0ac72b897e66e8b74%2Fjeremy-111724-23.jpg\" data-lazy-load=\"true\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSI1NjBweCIgd2lkdGg9Ijg0MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"JEREMY-111724-23.jpgMichael Dudka stands for a photo during a Jeremy Allen White look a like at contest at Humboldt Park, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. Over 50 participants came out to take home the crown of the most Jeremy Allen White lookalike, most dressing as his character Carmen 'Carmy' Berzatto from the series \u201cThe Bear\u201d.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cst.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/fce0b86\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/6122x4083+0+0\/resize\/840x560!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fc5%2Fd8%2F6df63bf94db0ac72b897e66e8b74%2Fjeremy-111724-23.jpg 1x,https:\/\/cst.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/f997bbb\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/6122x4083+0+0\/resize\/1680x1120!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fc5%2Fd8%2F6df63bf94db0ac72b897e66e8b74%2Fjeremy-111724-23.jpg 2x\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/cst.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/fce0b86\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/6122x4083+0+0\/resize\/840x560!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fc5%2Fd8%2F6df63bf94db0ac72b897e66e8b74%2Fjeremy-111724-23.jpg\" data-lazy-load=\"true\" bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSI1NjBweCIgd2lkdGg9Ijg0MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=\"\/><\/p>\n<\/picture>\n<div class=\"Figure-content\"><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\">\n<p>Michael Dudka, an actual chef, was a contestant in the Jeremy Allen White lookalike contest. <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><span class=\"line\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"Figure-credit\">\n<p>Anthony Vazquez\/Sun-Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dudka said he was encouraged to enter the contest by his 64-year-old father, Paul Dudka, who heard about it on the radio and was excited to spend time in the Humboldt Park neighborhood, where he used to live.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really just here for him,\u201d Dudka said of his dad. \u201cWe don\u2019t get out too much. He wanted to do it, so I said, \u2018All right, if it makes you happy, let\u2019s go.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Columbia College Chicago student Claire Filipiak said she entered the contest for the fun of it; after all, she has blue eyes and curly hair like White. And she is a fan of \u201cThe Bear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love it,\u201d said Filipiak, 20, who lives in the college dorms. \u201cThere\u2019s so many reasons: the cinematography. The story is really good. All the swearing is really fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She was joined in the competition by her 20-year-old friend, Skylar Youngberg, also a Columbia College Chicago student, who snagged their aprons from the pet shop where she works.<\/p>\n<p>They said they were hoping to spend the prize money on food from either a hot pot or ramen restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>Before the competition began, contestant David Moulin, 26, of Wicker Park, was being coached by his friend, Juan Ortiz, on how to properly hold his cigarette.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis hair was a lot longer about two weeks ago, so it would have been ideal, but he cut it without knowing,\u201d said Ortiz, 25, of the Gold Coast. \u201cBut we got the apron. And we had him work out a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Attendees Josephine Krieger, 22, and Alexis Kline, 20, of Roscoe Village, said they first watched White on \u201cShameless.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love when shows are centered around places that I grew up in,\u201d Kline said.<\/p>\n<p>Krieger snapped pictures of the lookalikes with a vintage digital camera, and they both gushed over White\u2019s looks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s like a Roman god to me,\u201d Kline said.<\/p>\n<p>But for winner Ben Shabad, the flattery was based more on White\u2019s talent than his good looks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just impressed by his acting ability, and the shows that he\u2019s been in have been really good,\u201d Shabad said, \u201cso I take it as a compliment that people think I look like him.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '425672421661236',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/entertainment-and-culture\/2024\/11\/16\/glenview-therapist-wins-jeremy-allen-white-lookalike-contest-in-chicago\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, more than 50 Jeremy Allen White lookalikes descended on the sledding hill in Humboldt Park to compete for $50 and a pack of Marlboro Red cigarettes. 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