{"id":163657,"date":"2026-03-15T01:41:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T01:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/163657\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T01:41:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T01:41:07","slug":"bronx-bad-bunny-lookalike-contest-awards-500-to-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/163657\/","title":{"rendered":"Bronx Bad Bunny Lookalike Contest Awards $500 to Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"w-full font-normal font-inter text-[16px] leading-[1.75] text-black break-words antialiased max-w-[720px] mx-auto mb-5 px-[20px] lg:px-0\">Fans of <a class=\"font-normal text-[#007daf] transition-none hover:underline hover:text-black\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/bad-bunny\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bad Bunny<\/a> gathered in <a class=\"font-normal text-[#007daf] transition-none hover:underline hover:text-black\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/bronx\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the Bronx<\/a> over the weekend for a lookalike contest celebrating the global superstar\u2019s influence and impossibly good looks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"w-full font-normal font-inter text-[16px] leading-[1.75] text-black break-words antialiased max-w-[720px] mx-auto mb-5 px-[20px] lg:px-0\">The event, held Saturday afternoon (March 13) outside 7th Street Burger in the South Bronx, was organized in partnership with Bronx Native and drew a crowd eager to see who could best channel Benito himself. The winner walked away with a $500 cash prize, while the <a class=\"font-normal text-[#007daf] transition-none hover:underline hover:text-black\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nycforfree.co\/events\/bad-bunny-lookalike-contest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">first 50 attendees were treated to free burgers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"w-full font-normal font-inter text-[16px] leading-[1.75] text-black break-words antialiased max-w-[720px] mx-auto mb-5 px-[20px] lg:px-0\">Participants arrived dressed in outfits inspired by some of Bad Bunny\u2019s most recognizable looks. Several contestants recreated styles seen throughout his career, including the red shirt and white pants combination and an all-white ensemble paired with a brown trapper hat and gloves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"w-full font-normal font-inter text-[16px] leading-[1.75] text-black break-words antialiased max-w-[720px] mx-auto mb-5 px-[20px] lg:px-0\">The eventual winner, contestant No. 5, stood out with a performance outfit modeled after the look Bad Bunny wore while performing in front of and inside the \u201ccasita\u201d set during his <a class=\"font-normal text-[#007daf] transition-none hover:underline hover:text-black\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/a\/alex-ocho\/bad-bunny-reunites-j-balvin-mexico-city-tour-finale\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Deb\u00ed Tirar M\u00e1s Fotos World Tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"w-full font-normal font-inter text-[16px] leading-[1.75] text-black break-words antialiased max-w-[720px] mx-auto mb-5 px-[20px] lg:px-0\">Rather than relying solely on appearances, contestants were also asked to perform Bad Bunny songs for the audience. Fans in attendance helped decide the winner by voting for the impersonator who best captured the energy and persona of the Puerto Rican star.<\/p>\n<p class=\"w-full font-normal font-inter text-[16px] leading-[1.75] text-black break-words antialiased max-w-[720px] mx-auto mb-5 px-[20px] lg:px-0\">One unexpected moment came from contestant No. 12, who wasn\u2019t attempting to resemble Bad Bunny at all. Instead, the participant was the viral internet personality known as \u201cFake Drake,\u201d recognized for impersonating Drake.<\/p>\n<p class=\"w-full font-normal font-inter text-[16px] leading-[1.75] text-black break-words antialiased max-w-[720px] mx-auto mb-5 px-[20px] lg:px-0\">Despite the surprise appearance, the focus remained on celebrating Bad Bunny\u2019s influence on music and fashion. The contest blended humor, performance, and community energy, turning a stretch of East 149th Street into a mini tribute to one of the biggest stars in global music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fans of Bad Bunny gathered in the Bronx over the weekend for a lookalike contest celebrating the global&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163658,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-163657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}