1991 Winner: Bob Anderson
Just like Romeo and Juliet, the love story of Bob and Freda Anderson features a romantic balcony scene. Stunning enough for a Hollywood movie, the setting is Waikiki. Bob Anderson gazed at Hawaii’s splendors from his fourth floor balcony when his eyes fell on an even more engaging spectacle―a beautiful woman sunbathing at the hotel’s […]
1992 Winner: George Burley
“It’s just absolutely electrifying, thrilling and unlike any feeling in the world when your name is called,” the 1992 winner said of the moment he heard his name declared winner of the Hemingway Look-Alike Contest. “The prizes were great, and the international exposure was unbelievable. Media from Seattle to Spain, Japan, and Canada interviewed me. […]
1993 Winner: Frank Meitz
He looks like a Hemingway brother. She sings like a jazz diva. Welcome to the world of Frank and Maxine Meitz. The couple met when Frank, living in Chicago, journeyed to Cleveland for a management consultant assignment. The leaders of his company suggested he check out a talented singer performing with the house band at […]
1994 Winner: John Peterson
Sadly, John passed away on Sunday, October 30, 2011
1995 Winner: Bill Fountain
Bill Fountain claims to be the youngest of all the Ernest look-alike entrants who have won the trophy, achieving his goal at the age of only 46, a young blood compared to the normal 50- and 60-year-old Papa winners. Five years as a wannabe paired with a simultaneous period of patience led to this victory […]
1996 Winner: Roger Hegemier
Roger Hegemier’s wife, Marilyn, might have pondered thoughts of ripping a sweater off the back of an unsuspecting college kid in efforts to support her husband’s bid to win the Hemingway Look-Alike Contes “She has always been a great supporter,” praised Roger, the 1996 Papa pick. Marilyn’s eyes bulged when she saw the collegian walk […]
1997 Winner: Bart Barton
The man from Cumberland Furnace, Tennessee, survived the heat of the Hemingway Look-Alike competition and the steamy sidewalks outside Sloppy Joe’s Bar to become the coolest guy of all in 1997 when he won. Born in Hart, Michigan, on April 1, 1934, Bart later worked with the Michigan State Police for ten years. Considering the […]
1998 Winner: Don Duncan
Reasons for entering the Hemingway Look-Alike Contest range from spousal encouragement to suggestions from complete strangers, but Don Duncan surely claims the most unusual and compelling one. “If you don’t enter that contest, you’re fired!” was the blunt statement from his boss at a solar equipment sales company in Sarasota, Florida. “He’s a big Hemingway […]
1999 Winner: Rick Kirvan
“You either win, or you don’t win. And there are 149 losers every year.” Just so happened that 1999 was Rick Kirvan’s year to win. Rick moved to Key West and became a bartender at Rick’s Bar/Durty Harry’s across Duval Street from Sloppy Joe’s. Every workday, he has customers stopping to stare, amazed at his […]
2000 Winner: Carlie Coley
Carlie Coley knows a thing or two about having patience to achieve a goal. Five years might seem like a long time to spend before gaining the Hemingway Look-Alike Contest’s top honor, but he’s a patient soul. One of his avocations is growing pine trees and selling the wood a couple of decades later. “You […]