{"id":337963,"date":"2026-07-12T22:44:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T22:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/337963\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T22:44:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T22:44:05","slug":"erling-haaland-lookalike-contest-draws-big-crowd-in-miami-winner-takes-home-match-tickets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/337963\/","title":{"rendered":"Erling Haaland lookalike contest draws big crowd in Miami, winner takes home match tickets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KABC logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/origin-kabc.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sunday, July 12, 2026 10:16PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Haaland lookalike contest draws big crowd, winner gets match tickets\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">MIAMI (KABC) &#8212; Fans put their resemblance to soccer star Erling Haaland to the test before Norway&#8217;s World Cup quarterfinal in Miami, competing in a celebrity lookalike contest inspired by the Norwegian striker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Seventeen contestants took part in the competition, showing off their best Haaland impersonations ahead of the match.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">One contestant explained why he entered the contest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;Well, I think Haaland is one of the most beautiful men alive and I thought I&#8217;m one of the most beautiful men alive so we must look alike.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A Norway supporter was declared the winner after a crowd vote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The top prize was two tickets to Norway&#8217;s World Cup quarterfinal against England.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">While the winner got a chance to watch Haaland in person, he did not get to see his lookalike advance. England beat Norway 2-1, ending Haaland&#8217;s World Cup run and securing a spot in the semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KABC Television, LLC. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sunday, July 12, 2026 10:16PM MIAMI (KABC) &#8212; Fans put their resemblance to soccer star Erling Haaland to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":337964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[139081,139080,123,125,124],"class_list":["post-337963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-competing-in-a-celebrity-lookalike-contest-inspired-by-the-norwegian-striker","tag-fans-put-their-resemblance-to-soccer-star-erling-haaland-to-the-test-before-norways-world-cup-quarterfinal-in-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}