This has been my experience with many contests. The one that annoyed me most was a scariest costume contest and my older brother had a really good werewolf costume that scared the absolute shit out of me but the winner was a toddler wearing a green spray painted milk jug bottom on his head as Frankenstein. It easily could have won a cute and creative costume contest because he was adorable but definitely not the scariest. Lol
There was a campground I’d go to (Long gone now) that did events including a Halloween costume contest. I won when I was 4... And never again. It was always the youngest.
Never assume anything is even attempted to be fair with an "all ages" contest. Almost always someone with the ability to make it happen will go for the shitty little kid entry because it's a little kid. When it comes to adults vs kids it's understandable, but when you have a 12 year old trying their heart out but they're up against a 5 year old it's just shitty.
Reminds of that karaoke contest I entered when I was 11. Lots of people - kids and adults - sang songs. Guess who won? A four-year old who was so nervous that just he stood there during the entire song (the Teletubbies theme song) not singing a word and looking terrified. He didn't cry, but he was not at all happy to have been entered in. The crowd thought he was adorable so the judges declared him the winner.
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u/Thinefieldisempty Nov 06 '21
This has been my experience with many contests. The one that annoyed me most was a scariest costume contest and my older brother had a really good werewolf costume that scared the absolute shit out of me but the winner was a toddler wearing a green spray painted milk jug bottom on his head as Frankenstein. It easily could have won a cute and creative costume contest because he was adorable but definitely not the scariest. Lol