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OTL San Diego Miss Emerson Contest Over The Line Girls History

June 7, 2016 by kevinwilkerson 2 Comments

Miss Emerson contest Over-The-Line San Diego
The Miss Emerson contest attracts beauties from San Diego for the coveted crown.




 

By Chelsea Hunter, PubClub.com PubClubette

The Ms. Emerson competition…the undeniable zenith of the hazy days filled with sand, sweat, and beer at the annual Over-the-Line (OTL) tournament each year held at Fiesta Island in San Diego.

It’s what pulls men away from the dusty game courts with vortex-like power over to the competition area where ladies deftly tiptoe up the steps of the stage (some in heels, others in tattered Rainbow flips) and each one barely covered in tiny shreds of neon and patterned elastic fabric with wistful hopes of being crowned as the next Ms. Emerson.

The competition began years ago as a way to choose the spokesmodel for the OMBAC committee. The contestants are judged based on their interviews with a panel of five judges (selected OMBAC committee members). The 2019 Miss Emerson will be crowned on Saturday, July 20.

The Winner Represents The OTL At OMBAC Events

In addition, their poise, grace, past accomplishments, and stage presence comes into play in the judges’ final decision of which young lady will represent the OMBAC committee in the most favorable manner over the course of the following year.

I got the rare chance to speak with one of the OMBAC judges of the 2010 competition. He informed me that only five committee members are allowed to judge each year and they rotate on and off the panel.

OTL Miss Emerson San Diego
The OTL’s Miss Emerson is at San Diego’s St. Paddy’s Day party.

He said with a big grin on his sun-soaked face, “I am the first member that has been allowed to judge twice in a row.”

He went on to explain, “Ms. Emerson needs to be a great representative for OMBAC but she’s really just a little sister to 450 big brothers. She also needs to be able to put up with all of our childish behaviors that we’ll never grow out of and be cool with it.”

Seeing as this is no small accomplishment, winning the competition is a point of pride for the participants. Each year, Ms. Emerson competitors of years past return to dust off their sashes and rush the island to grace the stage once again with their tanned skin and brightly colored bikinis to prove they’ve still got it.

One recent  year was an unusual treat as the stage was graced by the presence of JoJo Gaines…the very name itself commands attention like that of a grandiose gladiator competitor doesn’t it?

On the contrary, JoJo is a soft-spoken, stunningly beautiful 60-year-old woman with style and class who also happens to be the Ms. Emerson winner of the 1977 competition.

OTL Miss Emerson San Diego
Judges join the Miss Emerson finals on stage during the OTL.
OTL Miss Emerson San Diego
Miss Emerson sure has beauty, but the OTL contest is more than being a hot body.
OTL Miss Emerson San Diego Stephanie Woods
PubClubette Chelsea – herself a pageant winner – with Miss Emerson Stephanie Woods.

I was able to talk with JoJo and asked her what has changed from when she competed. She humbly replied, “Well when I competed, I didn’t have to answer any hard questions. They just picked me!”

She continues to come to the tournament every year, keeping the tradition alive, enjoying the camaraderie, and reveling in the silliness that inevitably ensues when competitors and observers are allowed to drink for seven hours straight in the blazing summer heat.

Eight other competitors of years past joined JoJo on the stage including Tony Hammer (’83 winner), Karen Welker (’86), Michelle Reyes (’96), Catherine Karnes (‘01), Tamara, Zelenka (’02), Jennifer Hoffman (’05), Karina Ashegoyan (’09 runner-up), and Carlin Palenske (2000) even strutted the stage with her beautifully pregnant belly.

A man only known as “Chops” heads the competition.

Nicknamed for his enormous Elvis-style sideburns, white and wirey, the unmistakable “chops” fringe off the sides of his face framing his warm smile somewhere in the center if you’re able to catch a glimpse of it through the brush.

As the creator of the competition, Chops not only designs and paints the backgrounds of the competition stage each year, but he designed and maintains the plaques on the highly revered “Titty Trophy.”

The “Titty Trophy” is bestowed upon the winner of the competition each year and bears the names of past winners engraved on small brass plaques with two squishy, jiggly, flesh-colored rubber boobies perched atop the tower of names.

The lucky contestant who wins the title of Ms. Emerson can look forward to an exciting year with the OMBAC committee and expect to see pictures of her involvement included in the Over-the-Line program the following year.

As a representative of the committee they are expected to attend all of the OMBAC sponsored events throughout the following year (which includes the many charity events that OMBAC represents).

So as you can see the Ms. Emerson title, while it is unavoidably decided amongst the dust clouds, beer-breath, drunken shouting, sweat and belches…is actually also a top-honor title to earn at this fun-filled tournament of the ages.

#MissEmerson
#OTL
#overtheline



Filed Under: Events Tagged With: OTL, Over The Line, San Diego

Comments

  1. Maria says

    January 8, 2020 at 6:20 pm

    When are auditions held, I was hoping I could partake in the pageant 🙂

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    • kevinwilkerson says

      January 8, 2020 at 6:31 pm

      Hi Maria. You can contact the organizers at this e-mail address: [email protected]. Tell them PubClub sent you! Oh, and we’re always on the lookout for PubClubettes. E-mail us at: [email protected].

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