A parade of students in costume ranging from Katniss Everdeen to Elvis Presley impersonators strutted across the Pruis Hall stage Monday night.
In the Homecoming Royalty Fashion Show, the king and queen candidates graced the stage in a wild variety of costumes to go along with the "play your cards right," Las Vegas theme for Homecoming.
The main event of the evening was the announcement of the top 10 royalty court for Homecoming Week, which was announced at the end of the show.
About 575 people attended, said Heather Closson, royalty chairwoman.
This year, a new addition to the show included the award for crowd favorite, chosen from a top three based on cheers during the show. Lambda Chi Alpha's Lizz Frick and Justin Friend dressed as Little Bo Peep and a black sheep stole the crowd's heart over Alpha Tau Omega's Shayla Smith and Chad Griewank as a bath pouf and soap bar as well as the Black Student Association's Kelli Bennett and Christopher Moore's Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne.
Frick said creating Friend's elaborate sheep costume took a lot of effort.
"We worked really hard on the costume, I had to stuff Justin for an hour," she said. "It's good to know we got something out of the work. [Monday night] was so much fun, totally worth it."
The second award given out was best dressed, decided by the judge vote, which went to Brayton/Clevenger's Kathryn Brewer and Patrick Crouch. Brewer did not walk across the stage, she was carried around Crouch's neck, dressed as the baby carried by Allen in "The Hangover."
Closson said the fashion show was a success.
"I felt it went really well," Closson said. "We almost filled Pruis."
The top 10 announced Monday must now attend all of the Homecoming events prior to king and queen coronation at Air Jam, in addition to a mandatory interview. They will be treated "as royalty" at the Homecoming events and given preferential seating.
Roughly half of the king and queen decision is based on the popular vote that took place online. This year, Closson said, 4,250 students voted. The other half is determined by the interview, which is judged by a group of alumni and professors.
"I think everybody had a great time," Closson said. "The crowd was really getting into it."
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