Elizabeth Holmes Lookalike Contest Draws Crowds to San Francisco's Lafayette Park: Stanford Resident Sierra Stingl Wins
At Lafayette Park in San Francisco, California, about two dozen contestants dressed as Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and a separate group imitating comedian Nathan Fielder competed on the afternoon of Saturday, November 7, before a crowd of several hundred spectators. According to the New York Post and San Francisco local outlet SFist, the lookalike contest drew more than 1,000 RSVPs on the event platform Partiful. Sierra Stingl, a plastic-surgery resident at Stanford University, won the Holmes category, while San Francisco podcaster Alex Kesin won the Fielder category.
Most contestants wore Holmes's signature black turtleneck, headphones and tightly pulled-back hair, and one contestant tossed fake $100 bills into the crowd. Dressing the part was not enough to win: contestants also faced a staring contest and a dance-off, with the Holmes entrants asked to deliver a mock startup pitch and the Fielder entrants asked to present their own marketing strategies. The two winners earned the title of “most A24-approved,” along with a crown, headphones and bragging rights.
The contest was organized by the team behind the social account @threegirlsinsf following the release of the A24 documentary “You Can See Everything,” directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim and centered on Holmes and the company she founded, Theranos. Co-host Miranda Stern told KRON4 the team had expected only a few friends to show up and did not expect a turnout like this, while co-host Tanvi Kaur said the team's mission was to bring back San Francisco's weird, creative spark and audacity. Attendee Jade Adu told KRON4 she had seen many celebrity lookalike contests on TikTok and other social platforms and wanted to see one in person.
Holmes had claimed Theranos technology could run hundreds of medical tests from just a few drops of blood, but investigations later exposed serious problems with the company's technology and business practices. The company dissolved in 2018, and Holmes was sentenced in 2022 to more than 11 years in federal prison after being convicted of defrauding investors. GSM has previously reported on the documentary's box-office run; the park contest shows that buzz spilling over into an offline community event.
Related: [Video Holmes Documentary 'You Can See Everything' Opens to $15 Million, the Biggest Documentary Debut in Over Two Decades]
Source: New York Post
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