{"id":84778,"date":"2026-01-12T17:55:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T17:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/84778\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T17:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T17:55:07","slug":"pennsylvania-contest-celebrates-much-maligned-but-enduring-mullet-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/84778\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania contest celebrates much-maligned but enduring mullet | Features"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HARRISBURG, Pa. \u2013 A contest that celebrates the much-maligned but enduring mullet hairstyle will get underway Monday at the Pennsylvania Farm Show.<\/p>\n<p>The short-in-the-front, long-in-the-back coiffure, once the province of Canadian hockey players and hair metal bands, was expected to attract dozens of competitors for the day&#8217;s \u201cmane\u201d attraction. Categories included children under 5, throwback mullets and the patriotic Flow of Freedom Award.<\/p>\n<p>kAmq6? q2C=6J[ f[ @7 #65 {:@?[ !6??DJ=G2?:2[ 2CC:G65 2E E96 6G6?E H:E9 9:D A2C6?ED EH@ 9@FCD 29625 @7 E96 6G6?E H62C:?8 2 %\\D9:CE 762EFC:?8 9:D ?2&gt;6 2?5 E96 H@C5D \u201c|&amp;{{t% {xut e\\f[\u201d 2 ?@5 E@ 3@E9 9:D 92:CDEJ=6 2?5 E96 3277=:?8=J A@AF=2C k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^2A?6HD]4@&gt;^2CE:4=6^e\\f\\H@C5\\@7\\J62C\\5:4E:@?2CJ4@&gt;\\7h_deb_7ad`44gheh`__gdb5f6ec42fhQmJ@FE9 42E49A9C2D6]k^2m w6 D2:5 96V5 366? H@C&lt;:?8 @? 9:D &gt;F==6E 7@C EH@ J62CD]k^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAm%9@F89 &gt;F==6ED =:&lt;6=J 92G6 366? 2C@F?5 =@?86C E92? E96C6 92G6 366? 32C36CD[ E96 ~I7@C5 t?8=:D9 s:4E:@?2CJ 4:E6D 9:A 9@A =686?5D E96 q62DE:6 q@JD 7@C 96=A:?8 A@AF=2C:K6 E96 E6C&gt; &gt;F==6E H:E9 E96 D@?8 \u201c|F==6E w625\u201d @? E96:C `hhc C64@C5:?8[ \u201cx== r@&gt;&gt;F?:42E:@?]\u201d pD E96 G6?6C23=6 5:4E:@?2CJ ?@E6D[ :EVD 2 E6C&gt; E92E \ud83d\ude00 D=2?8[ 9F&gt;@C@FD \u201c2?5 7C6BF6?E=J 56C@82E@CJ]\u201dk^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAm%96 4@?E6DE[ \ud83d\ude15 :ED E9:C5 J62C[ \ud83d\ude00 @?6 @7 E96 76H 2E E96 72:C @A6? E@ A6@A=6 H9@ =:G6 @FED:56 !6??DJ=G2?:2]k^Am<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HARRISBURG, Pa. \u2013 A contest that celebrates the much-maligned but enduring mullet hairstyle will get underway Monday at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84779,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[991,12585,11564,139,28,30,29],"class_list":["post-84778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-features","tag-latest_news","tag-lifestyles","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}