Sesquicentennial event features beard contest

Posted 3/9/23

One of the features of the Mineola Sesquicentennial Celebration will be a beard contest during the Spring Fling events on Saturday, May 20.

Categories include the longest, thickest, most …

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Sesquicentennial event features beard contest

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One of the features of the Mineola Sesquicentennial Celebration will be a beard contest during the Spring Fling events on Saturday, May 20.

Categories include the longest, thickest, most artistic or creative and people’s choice.

An overall winner will be selected from the four category winners, who will be crowned the Beard Master of the Universe.

Registration fee is $5, and beard insurance can be purchased for an additional $5, to avoid having to get the beard shaved if not a winner. The price of the insurance goes up after the contest starts.

Participants can register at 1:30 p.m. and have two hours before the contest to drum up people’s choice votes, which are $1 each.

The rules are as follows:

Beard contestants do not have to be Mineola citizens to compete or win the contest; however, winning contestants are encouraged to participate at the Mineola Biennial Beard contest.

No age, race or gender restrictions.

Length of beard measured from the centerline of the chin, vertically.

Not allowed to pull beard hairs straight to measure length, must be measured insitu or as it is in its natural surroundings.

Beard can be brushed out prior to length or thickness contest.

Straighteners of any kind are permissible before the contest starts.

Thickness measured visually and tactilely if required.

Chemicals/beard softeners are allowed before the contest.

Artistic beards to be determined visually depending on the judges preferences.

The prizes include the following:

Semifinalists:

One container of “Hell’s Half Acre” – Mineola beard balm

 One certificate stating the category that they have won, signed by Mineola Mayor Jayne Lankford

 $25 cash

Overall winner:

 One certificate certifying the individual as “Beard Master of the Universe, Mineola Sesquicentennial 2023”

 One “Beard Master of the Universe beard beer drinking stein”

 One free beer per week for 52 weeks on the presentation of the “Beard Master of the Universe beard beer drinking stein” courtesy of Cowburners BBQ Restaurant on Johnson St. in Mineola.

 $50 cash