![]() ![]() One Twitter user urged commenters to "Vote for Rowan! This kid grew his hair out for 3 years just for this!" Another endorsed votes for contestant Lincoln, saying "he's going to donate all the proceeds to help with the victims of the shooting."Īnother joked that maintaining a mullet is "not a look, it's a lifestyle," while some others made quips about just how down-home "American" mullets are. ![]() As a former owner of a mullet I know how difficult they can be to tame and keep under control," said Facebook user Joey Baker. Though Rustin of Arkansas, Landry of Oklahoma, William of Ohio and Epic of Texas were the four kids featured in the original viral tweet, all of the contestants seem to have made fans out of many netizens. "The Kids Contest has officially went viral! Wow!" reads a post from Wednesday, "These kids are having a blast and we love it." ![]() The youngest contestants, though, are already "having a blast," according to The USA Mullet Championships' official Facebook page. "It's definitely growing.People that didn't get into the contest, they wish they would have gotten into it," said Begola. The championships, which have swelled to over 1,000 participants in 2022, have also invited those with worthy heads of hair to attend live events in multiple states across the U.S., in partnership with competitive eating organization Major League Eating. "It was just kind of lightening in a bottle from there," said Begola, "the mullet was, like, crazy and now we're at the point where it's all over the place and it's getting more mainstream." ![]() It quickly exploded, however, from a 103-person gathering at Begola's store to something much larger, leading organizers to take to the national stage. The event, which started in Begola's shop Fenton, Michigan shop Bridge Street Exchange, originally drew in-state only competitors. Voting is open online until August 19 for the Kids and Teen Division, while those interested in joining the Men's Open should plan to submit their registrations soon. Courtesy of Kevin Begola There Will Be WinnersĪs far as the USA Mullet Championships winners, fans will have to wait a little longer for results. According to the event founder, the competition has grown from just over 100 participants to more than 1,000. Voting for the kids's contest is open until August 19. "Originally, I was like 'man, there's a lot of people with mullets still out there rocking them after all these years,' so I wanted to find those people." "I knew that the mullet was kind of coming back and I wasn't quite sure what was going to happen," Begola told Newsweek. Kevin Begola, founder and president of the championships, said he's noticed this trend since he launched the competition in 2020. Research gathered by Cosmetify determined that the mullet saw a 142 percent increase in searches in 2021, making it the most searched hairstyle of the year, with 15.5 million hits. Though the USA Mullet Championships touts its own online Hall of Fame, which includes well-recognized figures like Billy Ray Cyrus, the TV character Kenny Powers (portrayed by Danny McBride), Blake Shelton and Patrick Swayze, younger generations have also noticed a surge of interest in the "neck warmer" style. Of the 2,000 men surveyed, 20 percent chose the mullet as a superior option to other old-school styles, including "curtain bangs" and "undercuts," putting the iconic '80s look a leg above the rest. In fact, a 2021 study by OnePoll on behalf of Sports Clips Haircuts found that one in five men are ready for the mullet to make a comeback. The business-in-the-front, party-in-the-back hairstyle earned its official name in 1994, thanks to the Beastie Boys song "Mullet Head," and though the classic Kentucky Waterfall may have fallen out of fashion by the late '90s, the time-honored rebel's 'do has certainly not been forgotten. Obsessed with the kids who made the finals of the USA Mullet Championships and their absolutely fucked up names /UQb936vXas- michelle hanley AugMullet Mania ![]()
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