Noah Van Gilder is Crowned “Mr. Nice Jewish Boy 2024”

metroweekly.com:

Metro Weekly following his win. “It’s probably one of my oldest passions. So, I was thinking, how do you take that, and do it in a pageant format, where you’re trying to put on a show, you’re trying to maybe impress people a little bit.

And this was the best I could think of.”Following the announcement of Van Gilder’s win, he was surrounded by his fellow competitors and an array of past pageant winners and runners-up, who hoisted the titleholder — seated in a chair, clad in a white sash and a gold plastic crown — into the air, in a celebration reminiscent of the hora, a traditional Jewish wedding dance.

Contestants in the pageant are required to perform a group dance number, show off a talent, and answer questions from a panel of judges to prove they are prototypical “Nice Jewish Boys” (or the femme or nonbinary equivalent).

The event began with a video parodying a “Housewives” reality franchise and remarks by the host, local drag phenom Vagenesis.