Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Junior Misses dive into raw oysters
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Texas' Junior Miss Aida Jobe said she loves eating competitions.
She said she took a shot at the local record for hot wings at an eatery back home. She came in third after eating 12 wings in under four minutes -- and that was without water or ranch or bleu cheese dressings.
On Monday, during the America's Junior Miss annual raw oyster eating contest Jobe downed 23 raw ones. Her top competition was Nebraska's Junior Miss Erin Baker and Virginia's Junior Miss Sara Rose.
was a tie between Nebraska, Virginia and Texas because we all had so many," Jobe said.
She said her secret was that she didn't think about it.
Jobe and a few other Junior Misses had no problem cracking open the saltine crackers and squirting on hot sauce for a midday throwdown.
Russell Mauceri said he's been working at Wintzell's Oyster House downtown since October, and Monday was the busiest he's ever been manning the restaurant's oyster bar.
"That was the first time I had so many people up there," Mauceri said. "Everything was going so fast that you couldn't keep up with who was winning."
The oysters didn't go down as easy for some others.
The majority of the girls peered at the critters with looks of disgust. There was even a "this is so scary" yelled by one Junior Miss as she saw her first-ever raw oysters.
Kansas' Junior Miss Kendra Brown said the competition was her first chance to taste the delicacy.
"I'm from Kansas, so it's a good chance this would be the only time I get to try it," Brown said. "I tried one, and it went down well."
The 49th annual AJM finals will feature the 50 girls competing for a share of $121,000 in total cash scholarships and the title of America's Junior Miss. Preliminary rounds begin Wednesday at the Mobile Civic Center Theater.
New Mexico's Junior Miss Rachel Boyd said this was her first time eating oysters. She ate 10.
"I didn't even taste it," she said after she finished her first oyster. "I just kind of set my mind to it and said, 'I'm going to do this.'"
Nevada's Junior Miss Alicia Westmoreland said she had only eaten one oyster before the AJM competition. She had five on Monday.
"I liked it, but they didn't have (an oyster bartender) down here to give me more, so I couldn't compete," Westmoreland said.
Next up for the group is a dress rehearsal exclusively for Gulf Coast residents to be held tonight at the Mobile Civic Center Theater at 6 p.m.
Bob Donlon, owner of Wintzell's, said the restaurant has been a part of the AJM since the scholarship program's inception in 1958. Though last year's oyster-eating contest was held at Ed's Seafood Shed on the Causeway.
Donlon said Wintzell's, an AJM category sponsor, gives all the girls T-shirts, and the competition participants receive beach towels.
"It turns out to be a lot of fun," Donlon said. "They really seem to enjoy it."
Texas' Junior Miss Aida Jobe said she loves eating competitions.
She said she took a shot at the local record for hot wings at an eatery back home. She came in third after eating 12 wings in under four minutes -- and that was without water or ranch or bleu cheese dressings.
On Monday, during the America's Junior Miss annual raw oyster eating contest Jobe downed 23 raw ones. Her top competition was Nebraska's Junior Miss Erin Baker and Virginia's Junior Miss Sara Rose.
was a tie between Nebraska, Virginia and Texas because we all had so many," Jobe said.
She said her secret was that she didn't think about it.
Jobe and a few other Junior Misses had no problem cracking open the saltine crackers and squirting on hot sauce for a midday throwdown.
Russell Mauceri said he's been working at Wintzell's Oyster House downtown since October, and Monday was the busiest he's ever been manning the restaurant's oyster bar.
"That was the first time I had so many people up there," Mauceri said. "Everything was going so fast that you couldn't keep up with who was winning."
The oysters didn't go down as easy for some others.
The majority of the girls peered at the critters with looks of disgust. There was even a "this is so scary" yelled by one Junior Miss as she saw her first-ever raw oysters.
Kansas' Junior Miss Kendra Brown said the competition was her first chance to taste the delicacy.
"I'm from Kansas, so it's a good chance this would be the only time I get to try it," Brown said. "I tried one, and it went down well."
The 49th annual AJM finals will feature the 50 girls competing for a share of $121,000 in total cash scholarships and the title of America's Junior Miss. Preliminary rounds begin Wednesday at the Mobile Civic Center Theater.
New Mexico's Junior Miss Rachel Boyd said this was her first time eating oysters. She ate 10.
"I didn't even taste it," she said after she finished her first oyster. "I just kind of set my mind to it and said, 'I'm going to do this.'"
Nevada's Junior Miss Alicia Westmoreland said she had only eaten one oyster before the AJM competition. She had five on Monday.
"I liked it, but they didn't have (an oyster bartender) down here to give me more, so I couldn't compete," Westmoreland said.
Next up for the group is a dress rehearsal exclusively for Gulf Coast residents to be held tonight at the Mobile Civic Center Theater at 6 p.m.
Bob Donlon, owner of Wintzell's, said the restaurant has been a part of the AJM since the scholarship program's inception in 1958. Though last year's oyster-eating contest was held at Ed's Seafood Shed on the Causeway.
Donlon said Wintzell's, an AJM category sponsor, gives all the girls T-shirts, and the competition participants receive beach towels.
"It turns out to be a lot of fun," Donlon said. "They really seem to enjoy it."
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