High Heel Racing, Men’s Division
Manolo says, the Manolo has long reported on the Eastern European mania for the sport of sprinting in the high heels. And now, finally, it has arrived in the United States.
The demand to see Hannah Montana, the TV alter ego of 14-year-old singer Miley Cyrus, has made the show the hottest ticket of the year, with seats reselling at an average of $240 — topping the Police, Bruce Springsteen or Van Halen.
With the 54-date “Best of Both Worlds Tour” kicking off in St. Louis, Missouri, on Thursday, local radio station Y98 offered dads the chance to be their daughter’s hero by putting on heels and racing 50 yards to win four tickets.
“We got a couple of hundred phone calls from people asking questions about where to get high heeled shoes big enough for husbands and about 150 men turned up in high heels,” Mark Edwards, director of programming at Y98, told Reuters.
He said the field for the “high heel derby” was narrowed down to 50 runners and won on Wednesday by Matt Austin, who was competing on behalf of his boss who has a young daughter.
This is not fair! The Manolo will now have to call upon the sport’s governing body to investigate whether or not it is legal to use “ringers” to compete!
P.S. From the Manolo’s internet friends at Wizbang Pop
October 22nd, 2007 at 4:33 pm
I swear, men will ALWAYS find a use for duct tape..
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October 22nd, 2007 at 5:04 pm
The fellow who appears to be in the lead–those are not the truly challenging stilettos he is wearing, not even really high heels at all, at all. Nor are the contestants to his left, except the fellow w/white shoes, yet it is after the Day of the Labor… I’d be rooting for the fellow w/the stylishly wrapped duct tape & the pointy-toe heels. THAT is the stuff of heroes!
October 22nd, 2007 at 7:22 pm
What’s amazing to me is that thay found high heels in their size.
October 22nd, 2007 at 7:40 pm
I think the duct tape part should be against the rules. You should have to wear the true high heeled shoes without any ‘modifications’.
October 22nd, 2007 at 9:53 pm
Duct tape? Big chunky heels? I’ll add this to my list of things that men just can’t do as well as women.
October 23rd, 2007 at 11:15 am
Haha!
When will the usual squeals of “Sexism! Sexism!” start popping up?
October 24th, 2007 at 3:29 pm
Those of us here in DC have been holding/attending high heel races for years!
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October 25th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
This just goes to show once again that there is nothing dads won’t do for their girls. And I agree with VeddyVeddyBadAng. Let’s hear all about exploitation. Right.
October 25th, 2007 at 4:20 pm
That is cheating, should be against the rules to use duct tape. They should wear real high heels too, like in the women competition.