{"id":835,"date":"2014-06-25T21:05:04","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T02:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.extraterrestrialvisitor.com\/?p=835"},"modified":"2015-02-18T08:59:41","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T14:59:41","slug":"waukesha-beauty-crowned-pageant-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.extraterrestrialvisitor.com\/?p=835","title":{"rendered":"Waukesha Beauty Crowned Pageant Winner!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cancer Center Beauty Pageant Winner Tom Hicks.<\/p><\/div>\n

Patient Contestants, family members, hospital staff, and visitors became Astonished last night as a new pageant entrant was crowned, \u201cThe Beauty of The Bunch<\/em>\u201d in the annual competition.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe contest has been going on for years,\u201d said Fanny Solwinski, chief nurse at the Froedtert Cancer Center. \u201cThis is the first time everybody was invited to compete. Hicks put forth a successful effort to change the rules to allow men to complete in the traditionally women only event. I was. I am, still in shock. The Three judges gave him the top 30 points in every event including Song & Dance categories. That has never happened before.\u201d She said.<\/p>\n

Solwinski went on to admit, \u201cThat number he did from West Side Story. I think it was Some Day.<\/em>\u00a0 Any way, I would have given him the 30 for that one. Really good. Really. Almost like a professional, like a singing star. And he did both the parts of Tony <\/em>and of Maria! <\/em>There were a lot of people crying during that performance \u2026 Balling!\u201d He had to have\u00a0 worked hard training and rehearsing.\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019m still in shock, but he was good. The flowers will look good in his room, too. He\u2019s in there with Otto Olmanovich who\u2019s on oxygen. Otto ain\u2019t gonna complain about the smell. So that\u2019s good.\u201d Said Solwinski.<\/p>\n

We talked with, the radiant, Hicks after the official presentation and photos were taken and asked why he had entered the beauty competition.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy not compete? I\u2019ve never won one before. I\u2019m a little disappointed with the flowers, to tell the truth. I thought that I\u2019d get a trophy. I used to box and won a bunch of trophies, even a middleweight championship belt. That was 1974. I had to quit the ring after the beating Toots O\u2019Tardy gave me in \u201980. Damn near killed me because my corner wouldn\u2019t throw in the towel. Bastards. The Irish Ox <\/em>that\u2019s what they called Toots. Damn near killed me. I still hear a ringing sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hicks said that he trained for the contest just like an athlete would. \u201cI didn\u2019t run or jump rope like in the old days because this wasn\u2019t that kind of thing. I would take the bus to the mall every week with the other patients, but instead of shopping, I\u2019d go to the tanning joint. Who\u2019s gonna want a sick looking beauty? Ya gotta get your burn on. I think those UV rays helped with my leukemia, too. The doc says my condition is stable.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI practiced that song I did over and over, too. A lot of those broads forget the words to their songs pretty often. Not this guy.\u201d Said Hicks.<\/p>\n

\"Tom<\/a>

Tom Hicks can not hold back the grin and tears after being presented with the traditional \u201cBowl of Hope\u201d flower arrangement.<\/p><\/div>\n

Before talking with other reporters, Hicks told us he knew he\u2019d win the dance competition before it even started. I used to dance and jab while I boxed. I\u2019m light on my feet. Well, I was until I met Toots O\u2019Tardy, but that\u2019s another story. I\u2019ll have to tell you that one later. Anyway, The girls I was against weren\u2019t gonna win. No way. Helen over there has an oxygen tank; Sylvia has a walker and Rita\u2019s on crutches. Another Gal was in a wheel chair with oxygen strapped to the back. Sure. She was pretty in a plain kind of way, but not a dancer at all. Janice was the only one who had the chance. She\u2019s on a cane, but she did that soft shoe number with the straw hat, and it was good.<\/p>\n

Hicks lifted him self from his chair, and did a little, soft shoe shuffle for us and said, \u201cPeople say I cheated by having the rules changed to allow males, and to outlaw the wearing of wigs. The wig thing. I knew that had to put me over the top because I have the longest mane in the entire Cancer Center. I\u2019m the Beauty of the Bunch.\u201d<\/p>\n

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