Get Ready, Ladies - You Could Be "Miss Wicker Park"

By Karl Klockars in Arts & Entertainment on May 7, 2010 9:40PM

Ladies, if you're trying to figure out how you're going to kill some time this weekend, consider putting together your submission package to become the next "Miss Wicker Park." If you're female, unmarried, between the ages of 21 and 36 (Cougars need not apply, apparently), and living in Chicago or any of the collar counties, you can throw your tiara into the ring for the chance to win a thousand bucks and the title of Miss WP as well as all the privileges that go along with it. If it's preferred seating at Big Star or Violet Hour, we might sign up ourselves.

So, why Wicker Park? The site's rules state that "despite how in some ways it trends toward the superficial, it's...a very diverse neighborhood that attracts people with style, awareness, and personality." It's that kind of "energy" that they want to highlight with the contest, whatever that means. The voting process is basically a popularity contest that requires registration to the site, and as of right now besides a couple roller derby and "scene" contestants, it appears to be fairly non-Wicker-Park-y Beautiful People.

Barring categories like Best Use of Nautical Stars Or Doves in a Tattoo, Most Skilled Riding of a Fixed-Gear Bicycle, or Deepest Knowledge of Pitchfork, it's hard to tell what specifically makes this Miss Wicker Park. And since there's no real neighborhood requirement for participation, it could be Miss Lincoln Park, Miss Pullman or even Miss Schaumburg Downtown for A Night At Cans. But hey, a thousand bucks is a thousand bucks. Think they can get Thax to be a guest judge? Yeah, probably not.