The Crabbiest Pageant Contestants Ever

Posted Aug 7th 2008 3:03PM by TMZ Staff

Move over Miss America, stick a fork in it Miss Universe -- y'all ain't got nothin' on Miss Crustacean.
Miss Crustacean: Click to launch
File this under "Crazazy but True": The ever-classy people of Ocean City, New Jersey hold a yearly beauty pageant for hermit crabs! According to the Cape May County Herald, the grand prize is $35 -- or $35,000 in sand dollars.

We had our money on Hannah Crabtana (seen above) but she was disqualified after some shell-less pictures surfaced online.

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1. Oh I'm sorry I thought this was TMZ not a junior high school paper.

My bad.

Posted at 3:11PM on Aug 7th 2008 by CoolGirl2008

2. My daughter is in junior high and wouldn't give a d@mn about this story. You could have at least picked fluff that happened in Los Angeles - you know - the thirty mile zone.

TMZ needs an editor who isn't from a temp agency.

Posted at 3:49PM on Aug 7th 2008 by Crabby

3. I love it!

Posted at 3:51PM on Aug 7th 2008 by everclear

4. "Ever-classy people" that's funny coming from the ever-classy TMZ. Slow day? I guess that the best you could do is make fun of a decent town that holds an annual event geared towards children. What are the ever-classy denziens of the 30 mile zone doing? Perhaps the crabs should have been shopping at Kitson, eating at the Ivy or getting work done. All of which are classy and worthwile to society. Get a life and stick to the garbage that you are so much a part of.

Posted at 4:33PM on Aug 7th 2008 by OC NJ REPLY

5. Actually there really is a Miss Crustacean in Crisfield, MD. Young, usually white teenagers compete for the crown each year.

Posted at 5:20PM on Aug 7th 2008 by mad at crabs

6. Can you imagine if you were in an inner city gang and you came back and said "Guess
What?" " I won the Miss Crustacean contest!" Your "Street Cred" would be ruined.

Posted at 10:57PM on Aug 7th 2008 by noiseslug

7. Terrorist #1 "You have been called here for a vital mission."

Terrorist #2 "Am I to blow up the White House or the Pentagon?"
Terrorist #1 "No, Your mission is to infiltrate and win the Miss Crustacean Contest."


Posted at 5:06AM on Aug 8th 2008 by fishfrog99

8. I live in NJ and have been to this beauty pageant in the past. The whole town of Ocean City is silly - they also have an annual kazoo marching band parade and a pie-throwing contest hosted by Soupy Sales. What's incredible is it's a "dry" town and all of this silliness is without alcohol being involved. Imagine the fun if everyone was soused!!

Posted at 10:26AM on Aug 8th 2008 by Crabbaby

9. Haha! The DemoCrab campaignn is my cuzzy's!

Posted at 2:28PM on Aug 8th 2008 by Ashh♥

10. HUH?

Posted at 5:05PM on Aug 8th 2008 by Josh

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