Heidi Klum Chooses Wyckoff Boy As Halloween Contest Winner
Jack Hagan's "headless boy" costume was chosen as the winner from entries by Patch readers across the country
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Celebrity judge Heidi Klum has chosen 11-year-old Wyckoff resident Jack Hagan as the grand prize winner of Patch's Little Pumpkin Costume Challenge.
Jack's spooky "headless boy" costume was chosen by Klum from nearly 2,700 entries from Patch sites across the country.
Jack wins a trip to New York that includes a meet and greet with Klum, plus a donation of $1,031 to a charity of his choice.
Jack's father, Ken, said the two enjoy creating the costume together.
"It's kind of a father-son fun thing we like to do each year," Ken Hagan said.
Jack chose K.I.N.D.: Kids in Need of Desks as his charity. K.I.N.D., a joint effort of UNICEF and MSNBC, provides schools in Malawi with desks to provide students with a better atmosphere for learning. They aim to bring 46,000 desks to 172 schools.
Hagan said his son learned about K.I.N.D. when MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell visited his class at Sicomac Elementary last year to speak about the charity. Sicomac students raised more than $6,000 for the organization.
"It just stuck in Jack's head," Hagan said. "He felt that it was a really good charity."
The other nine finalists who received $1,031 for the charity of their choice were:
- Fort Stewart Patch My Little Mermaid
- Acworth Patch Felicity Schartok - Little Red Riding Hood
- Ridgefield Patch Claire Tannian - Albert Einstein
- Danvers Patch Saoirse Fitzgerald - Uncle Fester
- Windham Patch Alex H. Lertpatthanakul - Transformer
- Kirkland Patch. Sisters C and G Kolesar - Ewok kids
- Redondo Beach Patch Homemade Snail Costume
- St. Charles Patch 10 Foot Tall Guy Costume
- Darien, IL Patch KISS Kids
Jaimie Cura
1:24 pm on Friday, November 4, 2011
Congratulations to all the winners!
Joe Pennacchio
6:17 pm on Friday, November 4, 2011
Congrats, but I do think the Dad is more excited about meeting HK....
Harriet Shugarman
7:18 pm on Friday, November 4, 2011
Way to go Jack and Ken! So proud and happy for you both!!!
Maryanne Elsaesser
8:43 am on Saturday, November 5, 2011
That is a great costume!!!
Chris P
8:56 am on Saturday, November 5, 2011
Well deserved!! How awesome!!
Liz Cultraro
9:09 am on Saturday, November 5, 2011
Congratulations Jack and Ken!! You deserve it! Thanks for choosing such a worthwhile charity Jack!!
Deirdre Valente
9:32 am on Saturday, November 5, 2011
Way to go Jack and Ken!!!!!! Every Fall we look forward to the Sicomac Halloween parade to see what costume Jack has come up with that year. They are all FABULOUS!!! It was also touching to see that you chose KIND as you charity. We are so proud of you!!!
Beth Sparozic
8:54 pm on Saturday, November 5, 2011
Congratulations Jack! This was one of my favorite costumes you had made. I have to say more that winning the contest how thoughtful you were in picking your charity. I am sure you made the whole community proud. It is children like you who will become great leaders in life!
Phyllis McArthur
7:36 pm on Sunday, November 6, 2011
WOW! that's the best costume ever!!
Heron
8:32 am on Monday, October 15, 2012
Maybe I'm squeamish. It's an incredibly creative costume (I can't figure out how he made the head or where he can see out of the costume), but it's also disturbing!
jen
11:42 pm on Monday, October 15, 2012
Heron, that's his head! It's poking through the oversized coat.
Heron
5:22 pm on Wednesday, October 24, 2012
OHHHHH. Wow, I couldn't tell that. I thought he was carrying a head and that the top had eye-holes. It's very increative, but it scares me!
Heron
5:23 pm on Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Sorry I meant to say "creative".
Upset
4:41 pm on Friday, October 19, 2012
The Single Adults Halloween Dance Party at the Vincent's Nightclub was the best last year! There were lot of single men and women show up in their Halloween costume.The guys and I want to congratulate the woman who won the best Halloween costume dressed up as "LADY GAGA" wearing a "MEATS DRESS!" It was the best favorite costume ever! We also want to congratulate the bouncer,who dressed as a clown,who left the front door of the club open!We also want to congratulate the owners who walked their dogs out a night near by the parking lot! We also want to congratulate the dogs who entered the nightclub, loose without the owners! We also want to congratulate manager of the club,who dressed as BOZO, who didn't know that Lady GaGa was going to perform a LAP DANCE!!!
Upset
5:05 pm on Friday, October 19, 2012
What happen to my story about LADY GAGA at Vincent's Nightclub? Is this "MEDFORDPATCH.COM" from Medford,Massachusetts?!