Forget the gold —o n Sunday, August 24, Chicagoans will compete for the chrome (dome) at the inaugural Bald-Off competition.

We may have reached the saturation point for celebrity lookalike contests , so this bald and beautiful event is coming in the nick of time to keep us entertained. Leaving the event open to people rocking a bald cap feels a little like cheating, but we'll let it slide since we're about to have a whole fleet of Mr. (and Ms.) Cleans to look at when the contest starts at 6pm at Lincoln Park’s Self-Portrait sculpture in the AIDS Garden.

TikTok’s @chicago.bald.off has been teasing the event with videos showing a flier around town that reads: “This is not a drill. This is a COMPETITION” to find both the “Baddest Baldie” and “Baldest Baddie” in Chicagoland. And yes,

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