The Votes are in! See the winners of the 2025 Best of the Beach contest

2025 Best of the Beach Of The Beach

After tallying nearly 200,000 votes in 123 categories, the winners of the 2025 Best of the Beach Of The Beach contest have been decided. You can see the list of the 1 st , 2 nd and 3 rd place finishers here .

There were nearly 95,000 individual nominations for over 2,900 Outer Banks favorites, with some of those favorites nominated in several categories. In total, the contest generated 198,968 votes in 123 categories. After all the votes were tallied, 368 entrants were victorious—finishing in the top three spots in those categories.

There will be a Best Of The Beach Celebration Party at The Jolly Roger on Wednesday, Oct. 8 from 5 p.m.-7 p.m. There will be an appetizer b

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