It seems that The bearIt is Jeremy Allen White may actually have a doppelganger living in Chicago, Illinois.

On Saturday, Nov. 16, crowds gathered in the city’s Humboldt Park to watch nearly a dozen people dressed in White t-shirts and blue aprons compete in a Jeremy Allen White Lookalike Contest.

Posters spotted around the city earlier this week advertised a “cash prize of $50 plus a few cigarettes” for the winner.

Meanwhile, videos posted on X/Twitter showed the winner wearing a crown and raising his hands, while holding a trophy and a pack of cigarettes in one hand and a ribbon in the other.

Since then, several people have congratulated the winner for his resemblance to the 33-year-old actor.

“Chicago has a Jeremy Allen White lookalike!” I nailed the resemblance,” one person posted, while a second said, “Chicago got it right.” »

A third user agreed: “He really looks like him.” »

“Are we sure it’s not really him?” » asked a fourth person.

However, some people weren’t sure he looked like White, with one writing: “He kind of looks like him.” More than the winners of some others, at least lol.

Chicago event follows Timothée Chalamet lookalike contest held in New York last month went viralsparking a wave of similar events across the United States and beyond.

At the Washington Square Park event in Manhattan, more than 2,000 attendees watched about 30 people dressed in their finest Chalamet outfits compete for a $50 cash prize. The real Dune star itself surprised the crowd when he arrived unexpectedly and took photos with the candidates.

Miles Mitchell, who was dressed as Chalamet’s titular chocolatier in the 2023 musical Wonkawas ultimately crowned the winner.

Although the event was a great success, the organizer, YouTuber Anthony Po, was fined $500 by the authorities because he did not have the necessary permit to organize such an event. scope in the park. A police spokesperson also said NBCNew York that at least one person was arrested and summoned.

But that hasn’t stopped the trend from taking over. Earlier this month, a Paul Mescal lookalike competition was held in Dublin, Ireland, while last week hundreds of people attended a Harry Styles lookalike competition in central London.

“The Timothée Chalamet and Paul Mescal lookalike contests were obviously a success, and people seemed to have a lot of fun,” said Katrina Mirpuri, a 29-year-old journalist who organized the event at London. Pennsylvania press agency. “So I thought London should have some fun.”