'Papa' clone wins after 12 years
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July 26, 2011, Tuesday
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A WHITE-BEARDED, 64-year-old Florida man has won the annual Ernest Hemingway look-alike competition at a Florida Keys bar once frequented by the author.
Matt Gineo of Jensen Beach, dressed in a wool fisherman's sweater to emulate photographer Yousuf Karsh's famous portrait of Hemingway, bested 120 other entrants after an unprecedented tie-breaker vote. It was Gineo's 12th try.
"This was something that I had in my heart to do, but I didn't know how many years it would take," Gineo said.
Gineo, a biomedical engineer, said he shares Hemingway's fondness for sport fishing and writing.
Saturday night's "Papa" Hemingway Look-Alike Contest at Sloppy Joe's Bar is a highlight of Key West's annual Hemingway Days.
Two dozen finalists garbed in sportsmen's attire, culled from 121 contestants, were judged by past winners. Other finalists included Arne Inge-Mathisen of Gjettum, Norway, who wore a black armband to commemorate the victims of Friday's attacks.
The annual Hemingway Days festival, which ended on Sunday, honors the legacy of the writer, who lived here in the 1930s. The six-day festival included a marlin tournament, a "running of the bulls" spoof and a story contest won by Darci Bysouth of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Matt Gineo of Jensen Beach, dressed in a wool fisherman's sweater to emulate photographer Yousuf Karsh's famous portrait of Hemingway, bested 120 other entrants after an unprecedented tie-breaker vote. It was Gineo's 12th try.
"This was something that I had in my heart to do, but I didn't know how many years it would take," Gineo said.
Gineo, a biomedical engineer, said he shares Hemingway's fondness for sport fishing and writing.
Saturday night's "Papa" Hemingway Look-Alike Contest at Sloppy Joe's Bar is a highlight of Key West's annual Hemingway Days.
Two dozen finalists garbed in sportsmen's attire, culled from 121 contestants, were judged by past winners. Other finalists included Arne Inge-Mathisen of Gjettum, Norway, who wore a black armband to commemorate the victims of Friday's attacks.
The annual Hemingway Days festival, which ended on Sunday, honors the legacy of the writer, who lived here in the 1930s. The six-day festival included a marlin tournament, a "running of the bulls" spoof and a story contest won by Darci Bysouth of Edinburgh, Scotland.
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