A winner of a Jacob Elordi impersonator competition has claimed he doesn’t actually look like the Hollywood hunk.
Celebrity lookalike competitions have been sweeping the globe and finally made an arrival in Australia in recent weeks.
After Timothee Chalamet and Jeremy Allen White’s doppelgangers were recently crowned in the United States, and a heap of Heath Ledgers descended on Sydney, Melbourne played host to a Jacob Elordi competition over the weekend.
The winner, a young man by the name of Maxie, attended the competition outside the State Library in the Melbourne CBD and initially had no intention of entering.
Eventually, he was convinced to throw his hat in the ring due to a small number of entrants.
After his win, he told The Guardian, ‘I’d say it feels flattering, but I know it’s not real. I know I don’t look like him at all, I’m just tall.’
A winner of a Jacob Elordi impersonator competition has claimed he doesn’t actually look like the Hollywood hunk. Pictured: Jacob Elordi
The winner, a young man by the name of Maxie, The Guardian, ‘I’d say it feels flattering, but I know it’s not real. I know I don’t look like him at all, I’m just tall.’ Pictured: Maxie and a Jacob Elordi fan
Earlier this month, more than 50 Jeremy Allen White lookalikes descended on Humboldt Park in Chicago to show off their resemblance to The Bear actor.
Ben Shabad, 37, was officially crowned as the most convincing lookalike in front of the hundreds of attendees who watched the competition.
Video footage captured the massive crowd chanting the actor’s name and hoisting Ben up into the air upon his victory.
‘I’m so happy,’ Ben, a mental health therapist said.
‘This is the coolest thing I’ve done all week.’
Just weeks earlier, Timothee Chalamet sparked pandemonium among his fans in New York by unexpectedly showing up to his own lookalike contest.
Earlier this month, more than 50 Jeremy Allen White lookalikes descended on Humboldt Park in Chicago to show off their resemblance to The Bear actor. Pictured: Winner Ben Shabad
Just weeks earlier, Timothee Chalamet had sparked pandemonium among his fans in New York by unexpectedly showing up to his own lookalike contest
Miles Mitchell, a Staten Island college senior, was ultimately crowned the winner and tossed candy from a briefcase while dressed in a purple Willy Wonka outfit upon his victory
Flanked by bodyguards, the actor posed for photographs with his curly-haired doppelgangers – some of whom had dressed as his characters, including Willy Wonka and Dune protagonist Paul Atreides.
Fans had traveled from as far as St Louis, Missouri and River Falls, Wisconsin for the wacky competition, where the best lookalike won $50.
Miles Mitchell, a Staten Island college senior, was ultimately crowned the winner and tossed candy from a briefcase while dressed in a purple Willy Wonka outfit upon his victory.
The frenzied event, advertised on flyers around New York, was one of several doppelganger competitions hosted by YouTube personality Anthony Po.
Minutes after the competition began – and before the real Timothee made his entrance – police ordered the large group to disperse from Washington Square Park.
Organisers were slapped with a $500 fine for an ‘unpermitted costume contest’, and at least one doppelganger was dragged away in handcuffs as the crowd screamed: ‘Let him go!’
Witnesses and competitors told DailyMail.com the scenes that unfolded were ‘insane’.
‘The people filming it and the people reacting to the cops became another layer of spectacle. It was just absurd,’ one said.
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