Hooters pageant moves to... Valley Ho

By GottaLaff

Photos by Melanie Gulmetti

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In a move from Phoenix's Arizona Center, the 11th annual Ms. Hooters Arizona Pageant will be poolside at a downtown Scottsdale hotel on Thursday.

Close to 90 Hooters waitresses will compete in two rounds - wearing nightclub attire and then bikinis - for the Ms. Hooters Arizona title.

"There are definitely crowd favorites," Hooters spokeswoman Melanie Gulmetti said of the boisterous, mostly male crowd usually at Hooters' pageants. "But it's a classy event in a fun, casual atmosphere."

The Valley Ho in Scottsdale has been hosting fashion shows since it opened in 1955, but this is the first time it will host a Hooters contest. Scottsdale does not have a Hooters restaurant, but it will host the 2009 pageant with employees from six Valley locations and two in Tucson.

Are they even aware?