By CADITA ROUSSEAU
‘Tis the season to be ugly.
If you’re a sweater, that is.
That seemed to be the motto of residents and business owners of Manhattan’s Flatiron District on Tuesday as they staged an Ugliest Holiday Sweater Contest on 23rd Street.
Some partipants stopped at nothing to enter the contest, even stealing their grandmother’s sweater to win a two-night stay at the MAve Hotel, and gift certificates valued from $20 to $100.
Meaghan Gibson was the contestant who borrowed her grandmother’s sweater.
“Grandma wears it all the time, she thinks it is pretty,” said Gibson.
Five finalists were selected for the tongue-in-cheek contest sponsored by the neighborhood Business Improvement District.
Ashley Neverson read about the contest on-line and immediately thought, That’s for me. “I am crafty,” she said and made and decorated the sweater herself, including tassels and brashly clashing colors.
She hoped to win a free honeymoon for herself and fiance.
John Friia of Long Island happened upon the contest while Christmas shopping in the area and immediately bought what he considered an urgly sweater and entered.
“If you’re drunk and you happened to look at this sweater the color skims would make you throw up,” said Friia.
Finally with much jeering from the crowd the winner was chosen. And Friia captivated the crowd with some dance moves. Was it the sweater or his performance that worked in his favor? The Baruch College student took first prize.
Is his sweater really ugly? Judge for yourselves
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