Barry, Nathan,\u00a0and a friend<\/span>Maddy Rotman<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n Barry informed me that the winner of the competition wore Rollerblades\u2014a nice nod to the actual Kennedy, who was frequently papped blading around Tribeca. But that mysterious man was gone by the time I arrived, blading into the sunset with his grand prize of $250 and a new pickup line\u2014\u201cYou know, I won a JFK Jr. look-alike contest.\u201d<\/p>\n Maybe he\u2019ll use it next Saturday when he goes barhopping in the West Village, in search of his Carolyn. There were plenty of Bessette imitators in the crowd, including Jen Humis and Delaney Driscoll, who said they came to the event looking to bag a JFK Jr. of their very own. \u201cWe\u2019re here outsourcing, on the scene, taking a look around,\u201d joked Humis. \u201cBoots on the ground.\u201d Unfortunately, their boots were late; they missed the competition because they were too busy drinking a pitcher of mimosas to arrive on time. \u201cWe saw a few,\u201d Driscoll said of the competitors. \u201cIt was a flop, but whatever.\u201d<\/p>\n Jen Humis and Delaney Driscoll<\/span>Maddy Rotman<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n Carolyn\u2019s influence on the women of the West Village is so strong that some of them weren\u2019t even aware that they were dressed like her. \u201cI don\u2019t know her, guys. I\u2019m sorry,\u201d said one apparent acolyte named Clarice\u2014wearing a headscarf, a black sweater, a nude knee-length skirt, and sunglasses. \u201cI just had a bad hair day. I put a scarf on to get rid of that.\u201d But Clarice\u2019s friend Abby was very familiar with Bessette: \u201cShe\u2019s classy, elegant, icon, queen, timeless.\u201d One woman who asked to remain nameless elected not to have her photo taken because her boyfriend didn\u2019t know she was at the event \u201csurrounded by hot guys.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"Image](\"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/69aefba70c7d90d16f6d2807\/master\/w_1600%2Cc_limit\/VF0326_JFK-JR-Contest_05.jpg\"\/)
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