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Alpha Phi Hosts Male Beauty Pageant

  • Christina Bognet '10
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Last night, my sorority (Alpha Phi) hosted our annual male beauty pageant, King of Hearts.  All proceeds benfited our national philanthropy - Cariac Care,  and Walker Memorial was PACKED. :)

Some quick facts about greek life: MIT currently has 27 fraternities and 6 sororities, with our newest sorority joining the greek scene at MIT just this year (Pi Beta Phi). Around 30% of females and 50% of males are in a sorority or fraternity, respectively, although the statistics are much higher for those of us on West Campus; the majority of my friends are greek. Alums, I wonder, was greek life this big when you were an MIT student?

Anyway - the contestants at King of Hearts were fantastic! To see a list of them and some of their interests, you can check out this website: http://web.mit.edu/alpha-phi/

The judges consisted of a representative from each sorority, as well as our chapter's president. The guys wow'd them through swimsuit, evening wear, talent, and interview categories. The  first runner up was a yo-yo enthusiast (although that doesn't even begin to explain his talent...) and the winner of KOH was a Nu Delta, who performed a rendition of Beyonce's Single Ladies music video along with two of his fraternity brothers. I've posted the video below - sorry for the terrible videography skills - I was very literally laughing too hard to keep my camera positioned.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2_01-xlc0Q]

Comments

Mary

Tue, 09/28/2010 10:43am

Great to see MIT students have a sense of humor and all for a great cause. Just a pity the video is not visible on this page anymore. is this an annual event? how about some more pics so we can share in the fun?!

Milagros Loyst

Sun, 07/18/2010 9:45am

Excellent stuff.

Katie Maloney

Mon, 04/13/2009 1:21pm

Too funny! It's good to hear about MIT students having a good time - for a good cause with a BIG sense of humor