13yo girl from Utal wins the Rotten Sneaker Contest (pics included)

[LynneSin]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070321/ap_on_fe_st/rotten_sneakers_5y=345&sig=Ux_OP7EblZlc58AlBIO.UQ--

13-year-old wins rotten sneaker contest By JOHN CURRAN, Associated Press Writer
Wed Mar 21, 8:06 AM ET



MONTPELIER, Vt. - Thirteen-year-old Katharine Tuck's sneakers are equal opportunity offenders. They smell as bad as they look. Now, the Utah seventh grader is $2,500 richer because of it: On Tuesday, she out-ranked six other children to win the 32nd annual National Odor-Eaters Rotten Sneaker Contest, stinking up the joint with a pair of well-worn 1 1/2-year-old Nikes so noxious they had the judges wincing.


"I'm so proud of the little stinker," said her mother, Paula Tuck.

Ah, the foul smell of success.

The contest, which was founded in 1975 as a sporting good store promotion and is now sponsored by the manufacturer of anti-foot odor products, pits children from around the nation who have won state-level competitions for the generally cruddy condition of their footwear.