you could always make another "comeback" and compete at your local shopping mall again
right?
that story just blew me away when you told it , who admits to competing at a shopping mall?
It was a real but Unsanctioned contest called the 1986 Mr Cannon Village .
It was held in the outdoor center stage area of the Cannon Village outlet mall, Kannapolis, NC ( 30 min N of Charlotte) . Me and 2 other dudes competed along with 1 girl in the female div.
John Consider had just won the NPC- NC and was the one and only judge.
One thick but smooth blonde dude got drunk during the 2 hr break between judging and posing finals.
He passed out and slept it off somewhere LOL ( 100% serious on that).
The one guy left was pretty thick, and his most muscular was impressive. So I did a lot of ab shots when we posed down. Plus, his posing sucked and he looked big and clumsy during his routine.
FYI, our posing music was on the outlet mall speakers. Shoppers were walking buy and most were like, wtf are those meatheads doing there
I got the win when the one judge thought I looked in better condition and handed up my name on a post it note .
The MC was some asst. manager of the outlet mall and announced me on a bull horn.
I got my trophy which was 18" tall and had 1986 Mr Cannon Village inscribed on it.
I also got a gift basket with several gift cards from the outlet stores in the mall.
Since it was early Saturday evening, I walked around and collected the prizes.
I was blown away at how impressed some of the store staff was about it.
I posed with a bunch of ladies and was asked to sign store flyers for them.
LOL, it was this half-assed contest that was the equivalent of winning Mr Howard's basement.
BUT, armed with that title , trophy and gift cards, I was a local celebrity.
Amazing how image and perception can change how women look at you.
