Super Bowl fans: Behind the face paint and feathers to possible stardom
Super fans of both the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks will be dressed to the nines for the Super Bowl Sunday. And one website wants fans to vote for their favorite.
Brian Evensen, an teacher at Walla Walla (WA) Community College, gets the back of his head painted with the Seattle skyline Friday morning, Jan. 30, 2015, at the hands of student Makiah Steen. The cosmetology department was busy with school and community members coming by for free Hawkmania make-overs.
Greg Lehman, Walla Walla Union-Bulletin/AP
While news that Seattle Seahawks聽super fan 鈥淢ama Blue鈥漺ill make it to Super Bowl XLIX Sunday in all her glitzy glory, she鈥檚 going to have to step up her game if she wants to make it into the lineup of painted faces, costumes, props, beads, glitter of those currently competing to win votes for in an online poll.
鈥淢ama Blue, whose real name is Patti Hammond, missed out on a ticket lottery to the game,鈥� according to .
However the Seahawks intervened, making tickets available to her so she can stand up and cheer in Phoenix with the old school 鈥淗awks鈥� cheer:
"Give 'em the ax, the ax, the ax,
聽Give 'em the ax - where?
聽Give 'em the ax, the ax, the ax.
聽Give em the ax - there!
聽Go Hawks, wooo!"
While there is a good deal of speculation over what costumes halftime performer will wear, those watching the game from home may find what the fans like Mama Blue are wearing even more entertaining - for years to come.
Hence the online voting has commenced on the Ranker websites where people get to cast their virtual vote on everything from to .
鈥淲hen your team makes it to the Super Bowl, it's pretty easy to get on your team or city's bandwagon. What better way to show your support by getting dressed up in your team's garb and put on some ridiculous gear,鈥� according to the fan site, .
鈥淭hat's what the spirit of this list celebrates. For the psycho fan in all of us, this list honors the best of the best, the cream of the crop. The fans you'll see on this list are fans who not only made their way to the Super Bowl but managed to stand out above any other of their fellow fans that captured the eye of the camera.鈥�
At home, fans paint their faces, don lucky items, stock up on official team-themed , perfect the dip-to-chip ratio and perform . Hardcore Super Bowl XLIX fans have already forgotten "Deflate-Gate," who鈥檚 performing at half-time and how cute the commercial puppies are in anticipation of their favorite event of the year.
However, there is an even more flamboyant route to dedication that includes spending the princely sum to fly to the Super Bowl city and arrive in a state of euphoria powerful enough to make a grown man rip off his shirt, paint his chest in his team鈥檚 colors, don a and other wacktacular and perhaps brandish a witty sign while whooping for your team.
Just the costume alone can be pricey with official jerseys for Patriots fans price as follows: ($95), ($95) or ($69.97). Seahawks fans have a choice between ($95) and ($95).
Then comes the cost of wigs, glitter, foam fingers, sunglasses, hats, stuff that lights up, jingles and honks.
Commercials at this time of year often pay homage more to the fans than the game or the teams. Even Disney got in on the act, painting legions of dedicated fans as hilarious from the film, "Despicable Me."
Some of the best Super Bowl fan-tastic costumes came out of Super Bowl XLVII, when the took on the in New Orleans 鈥� a city which lends itself to over-the-top costume drama.
Many a , father and business person has been caught on a stadium camera sporting a feather boa color-coordinated to his team鈥檚 colors while leaping gleefully and waiving a foam finger.
Numerous moms, grandmothers and CEOs have had their beamed into the homes of millions as they whooped through painted lips beneath oversized sunglasses and mile-high fan wigs.
Worse is when those mega-fans whose and painted to match their team鈥檚 logos, are seen their metallic face paint off after their team鈥檚 loss.