Harry Types Clones Descend on London for Newest Celeb Lookalike Contest

One other day, one other superstar lookalike contest.

On Saturday, November 9, a whole lot of individuals bearing a resemblance to Harry Types descended upon Soho Sq. within the West Finish of London for a lookalike contest devoted to the previous One Route member.

Not like different superstar lookalikes contests held in current months, no arrests had been made in London on Saturday. “We’ve zero tolerance for nastiness,” contest organizer Katrina Mirpuri, advised the gang in the beginning of the occasion, as reported by The Guardian. “My mum is right here and he or she’ll let you know off if you happen to begin being nasty.”

The competition drew a crowd of about 500 individuals who filmed a lot of the competition on their telephones as 13 contestants modeled themselves on a park bench. 22-year-old singer and guitar participant Oscar Journeaux finally took house the 50 pound prize for greatest lookalike. In the meantime, a person holding a kilo of sugar and a small watermelon took house the prize for the worst Harry — a four-pack of beer.

Mirpuri was impressed to placed on the competition after studying about related occasions held in each New York Metropolis and Dublin, Eire for actors Timothée Chalamet and Paul Mescal, respectively. “New York, Dublin — we one-up you,” Muripuri stated through the London occasion. “Harry Types is a London legend.”

She advised the Observer, “I felt like London was lacking out. Harry is an iconic man and he’s a Londoner now, he’s lived right here lengthy sufficient.”

Not like Types, Chalamet, 28, attended his personal lookalike contest when it was held in New York’s Washington Sq. Park on October 27, which drew a whole lot of Twin-othées from across the nation, wearing a number of the Wonka actors most iconic appears to be like, from his movie characters to his crimson carpet type. Chalamet snuck into the gang sporting a baseball cap and black masks, however wound up posing for footage with a few of his lookalikes.

The competition was later dispersed by the New York Metropolis Police Division as a consequence of a scarcity of a proper allow, based on NBC.

“I anticipated to be taken out in handcuffs, so [the outcome] was significantly better than I believed,” occasion organizer Anthony Po solely advised Us Weekly on the occasion after he was slapped with a $500 effective. “My bodyguard right here, Roberto, he took the effective. So I’m going to be paying him.”

Despite the fact that the occasion was damaged up by police, 21-year-old Miles Mitchell nonetheless managed to take house the $50 prize dressed as Chalamet’s character in Wonka. “[It’s surreal] that I ended up successful,” Mitchell advised Us. “It’s so loopy. There have been so many individuals that basically did seem like him, so it was actually loopy.”

As for Dublin’s occasion, which was to seek out town’s Mescal lookalike, was held on Thursday, November 7, with the primary place prize going to Jack Wall O’Reilly, who was awarded 20 kilos, or “three pints,” as was written on the comically giant examine given to the winner.

Wall O’Reilly advised the Irish Independent on the time, “I’m very proud, it’s been buzz,” including that he gained “the genetic Paul Mescal lottery.”