What Is A Leather Contest?
Despite the denial and perpetual indignance on the part of contest organizers, Leather contests are directly equivalent to beauty pageants.
The first event is a "Meet and Greet", held the night before the contest, where the contestants meet the judges. This is usually held in the bar that will be hosting the contest.
The next morning/afternoon, there's an interview with the judges - each contestant appears before a military-style board and answers questions for 15-30 minutes. There's also a microphone check and a run through of the fantasy (more on that later.)
The contests start early-evening so that it can be cleaned up and out of the bar by 11pm, when the bar's business starts to boom. Bars host contests because they bring in people who (the bar owners hope) will remain in the bar after the contest.
The contest starts with a brief walk-on of the contestants where they're introduced by the MC - first chance for the audience to see the contestants.
The contest is divided into sections which have names like "Leather Image" and "Pecs and Personality" but they generally boil down into the following:
Formal - equivalent to the evening gown competition. Wear as much cowhide as possible and wander around the stage while the MC reads the bio that you submitted to the contest organizer.
Speech - go on stage in a leather outfit and give a 2-3 minute memorized speech.
Swimsuit - go on stage in very little clothing. Sadistic contest organizers may "liven things up" with a surprise question segment. Judges write questions, one of which is randomly selected and asked of the contestant while he's posing in a leather codpiece. Questions like, "If you were a carnival ride, what ride would you be and how tall would people need to be to ride you?"
Talent - the leather equivalent is the fantasy sequence. Because the contest is held in a bar, there are lots of restrictions on nudity and acts that can be performed/simulated on stage. Because of those restrictions, a serious fantasy doesn't play well on stage. The best ones are funny/sexual, e.g. the woman who comes on stage and, in a parody of a Gallagher show, fists a watermelon. Another parodied Brokeback Mountain, featuring two men amidst a herd of inflatable sheep.
The first event is a "Meet and Greet", held the night before the contest, where the contestants meet the judges. This is usually held in the bar that will be hosting the contest.
The next morning/afternoon, there's an interview with the judges - each contestant appears before a military-style board and answers questions for 15-30 minutes. There's also a microphone check and a run through of the fantasy (more on that later.)
The contests start early-evening so that it can be cleaned up and out of the bar by 11pm, when the bar's business starts to boom. Bars host contests because they bring in people who (the bar owners hope) will remain in the bar after the contest.
The contest starts with a brief walk-on of the contestants where they're introduced by the MC - first chance for the audience to see the contestants.
The contest is divided into sections which have names like "Leather Image" and "Pecs and Personality" but they generally boil down into the following:
Formal - equivalent to the evening gown competition. Wear as much cowhide as possible and wander around the stage while the MC reads the bio that you submitted to the contest organizer.
Speech - go on stage in a leather outfit and give a 2-3 minute memorized speech.
Swimsuit - go on stage in very little clothing. Sadistic contest organizers may "liven things up" with a surprise question segment. Judges write questions, one of which is randomly selected and asked of the contestant while he's posing in a leather codpiece. Questions like, "If you were a carnival ride, what ride would you be and how tall would people need to be to ride you?"
Talent - the leather equivalent is the fantasy sequence. Because the contest is held in a bar, there are lots of restrictions on nudity and acts that can be performed/simulated on stage. Because of those restrictions, a serious fantasy doesn't play well on stage. The best ones are funny/sexual, e.g. the woman who comes on stage and, in a parody of a Gallagher show, fists a watermelon. Another parodied Brokeback Mountain, featuring two men amidst a herd of inflatable sheep.
posted by Northwest Leather Sir 2006 at 12:40 PM
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