# **Introducing the 2025 Miss Subways Contestants!** **On Friday, July 18**, 8 New Yorkers will give their all to become the next **Miss Subways 2025**. But our celebrity judges can crown only one of them. Join us to see who has the Costume, Talent, and Interview skills to become our next metro monarch!

This year’s contestants will wow us with music, comedy, contortion, burlesque, puppeteering, and more. Their skills have been tested in venues from cruise ships to stadiums to parades, and now they're coming to the Coney Island stage to compete for the transit tiara. **Don't miss this subway spectacle!**

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**Izzy B **(she/her), representing the **1 train**. A transit justice advocate and fierce performer, Izzy knows how to fight for your right to ride safely and seductively. She'll perform a **Chappell Roan-inspired** number about subway delays.

**Teresa Hui** (she/her), representing the **B and Q Brighton Beach lines**. A truly multi-hyphenate New Yorker, Teresa's credits include the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Apollo Theater, NYC Marathon, and Troma Entertainment. She'll appear with a special guest star in a tribute to the **R46 trains**.

**Fortissima of the F Train** (she/her) will represent her eponymous line. Fortissima is an operatic mermaid and subway siren who will bring joy, whimsy, and sea sparkle to the stage in her **high-note** performance.

**Pete Zaparty** (he/they), representing the L and M lines, is the drag king alter ego of artist, costume designer, and Irish dancer Alexandra Owensby, who breaks down gender norms across multiple creative industries. Pete Zaparty was recently awarded **"Best Plumage"** at the Pigeon Impersonation Pageant. See how they combine their wide-ranging talents in pursuit of the transit tiara!

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**Sally Ann Hall** (she/her), originally from Alaska and longtime Brooklynite. She's an award-winning standup comedian and cabaret singer who performs on cruise ships, comedy clubs, and the occasional seance. She'll appear as the **J Train Jester** performing standup and song.

**Amazing Amy** (she/her) is a yoga devotee and contortionist with a background in modern dance, gymnastic, and martial arts. Her feats of flexibility take great skill at any age—and achieving them at age 70 is truly spectacular. Amy will represent multiple lines through her performance including the **A train**.

**Emily Hupp **(she/her), is a history buff and style icon who is always on the move. Her extravagant and be-rhinestoned creations are frequent stars of the Mermaid Parade and** **Easter Bonnet Parade. She'll be representing the Midtown mainstay **42nd Street Shuttle** with a song and dance tribute to transit woes and subway flirtations.

**Bimini Cricket** (she/her) hails from Australia and now calls Brooklyn home. A singer and performer on stages across the city (and even in cartoons), Bimini has worked as a clown in every borough. She'll be performing a comedic burlesque act in honor of the **B train**.

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# Event Details # Our 2025 Celebrity Judges

Contestants will need to win over our celebrity judges to earn the transit tiara and the title of Miss Subways 2025. This year's judges come from the worlds of performance, journalism, art, and local advocacy:

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**Brini Maxwell**, domestic doyenne and dispenser of indispensable advice on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@BriniMaxwell" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="color:#660099">YouTube</span></a>.

**Charlie Pellett, **radio journalist and one of the official voices of the NYC Subway system. ***Stand clear of the closing doors, please!*** 

**Ella Louise Smith,** performer and Miss Congeniality 2023, called **"the Oprah of Astoria"** for her support of local talent in her web productions.

**Lisa Levy**, comedian, conceptual artist, and **Miss Subways 2017** (the first postmenopausal Miss Subways!).

Join us for these subway shenanigans and **get your tickets now!**

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## About Miss Subways The City Reliquary Miss Subways updates the historic “Miss Subways” beauty contest held in New York City from 1941 to 1976 (and resurrected once by the MTA in 2004) for the 21st century. **The event expands on the progressive history of Miss Subways as the first racially integrated beauty competition and invites contestants of all gender identities, body types, and ages 18+ to apply.** The first City Reliquary Miss Subways was presented in 2017.

Contestants representing their subway line of choice compete for the prized title of Miss Subways and the transit tiara. A panel of local celebrity judges evaluates their costumes, talent performances, and answers to subway-themed questions to decide who will represent NYC straphangers as the next Miss Subways.

More info at <a href="http://cityreliquary.org" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="color:#660099">cityreliquary.org</span></a>. 

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