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Worst Grade School Photo

January 16, 2009

Below are all the photos that have been submitted for the Worst Grade School Photo contest. Please vote by leaving a comment stating which contestant you think has the WORST photo. Only one vote per person (strictly enforced, so pick carefully). No votes will be accepted after NOON CENTRAL TIME ON MONDAY, JANUARY 19TH, and the winner will be announced shortly thereafter. Remember, the winner will receive a $10 itunes gift card! (Please note that in the event of a tie, I will allow my husband to choose the winner.) May the most hideous photo win!

#001

#002

#003

#004

#005

#006

#007

#008

39 Comments
  1. January 16, 2009 1:21 pm

    Ya know Lori. I sent you my picture to show how cute I was, not to enter myself in this contest. What exactly are you saying anyway? For the record, I was t.o.’d about my hairdo at the time and that was my private school uniform. I didn’t dress like that.

    So anyway, personally, I am sorry number 3, but the combination of the glasses and the faux blue brick background have earned you my vote. Congrats.

    p.s. Are you serious? #4 is HOT! ;) Killer mullet, dude.

  2. Lisa permalink
    January 16, 2009 1:22 pm

    I find it frightening that I actually recognize a good number of these!

    After much deliberation, I vote for #003.

  3. Monica permalink
    January 16, 2009 1:23 pm

    In order to vote accurately can you answer a question? Is number 001 a girl or a boy? Ha ha.

  4. January 16, 2009 1:27 pm

    Julz, I would totally hook up with # 4. And you were cute, but I thought I’d throw it in, anyway. Don’t worry. You won’t win.

  5. January 16, 2009 1:27 pm

    Monica, # 1 is a girl and you are friends with her!

  6. January 16, 2009 1:35 pm

    Thank God Lori’s isn’t in here because she would win for sure. I think you could have run off between 1,2 & 3. I’m going to have to go with the Dorothy Hammil wanna be – #1.

  7. January 16, 2009 1:36 pm

    lol @ you Lori and for not knowing if 1 was a boy or a girl, I hadn’t realized I didn’t know either until it was said. So funny!!!

  8. Josh permalink
    January 16, 2009 1:43 pm

    Monica- I had the same question…
    but #003 is getting my vote. If I had my year book up here I might have been worse than him… according to one guy I met in grade school I had a space in my front teeth “big enough to drive a semi truck through.”
    And they don’t even make safety glasses that big any more!

  9. Holly permalink
    January 16, 2009 2:26 pm

    #3 hands down! Too funny.

  10. Jennifer Knapple permalink
    January 16, 2009 2:37 pm

    I am voting on #3. Lori where is your photo???? I don’t know Julz, but she must be a beautiful grown up as far as I can tell from school days photo. So yeah….#3.

  11. Heather permalink
    January 16, 2009 3:44 pm

    I can’t decide between #1 and #3!!!! I think I am leaning towards #1 though…Sorry #1!!!

  12. Tiffany permalink
    January 16, 2009 3:49 pm

    Ok, this is definitely pretty funny (and sad, yet somehow painfully familiar)… my parents never sprung for school pictures because they were absolutely horrible (hence the reason I did not submit a photo… but it would have been pretty competitive in this bunch!). :o )

    I give mad props to numbers 2, 3 and 6 for pulling off the ability to wear those lovely spectacles…

    I feel like I need to buy numbers 1, 2, 4 and 8 a beer and celebrate the fact that they don’t have the same haircuts anymore… or do they? :o )

    To all of the participants… you guys ROCK… but the clear winner here (at least in MY opinion) is… (drum roll, please)… NUMBER 7!! Her picture clearly displays the highest number of specific reasons why I (and probably the rest of the population nearing 30 or over) am SO glad that the 80′s are in the distant past.

    She is sporting:
    1) Middle part, no bangs (leftover from late 70′s, I guess)
    2) Pink, button-down, cowgirl-esque shirt with 3/4 sleeves (BEFORE 3/4 sleeves were even a trend!)
    3) Fanny pack (and that is the MOTHER of all fanny packs… you go, girl!)
    4) Stretchy, pink, high-water pants that may (or may not) be the lower half of a pajama set… note the lovely purple ankle cuffs
    5) Black, calf-covering socks

    The only thing that could make this more complete would be a gigantic scrunchie in a side-ponytail and leg warmers. :o ) YAY for NUMBER 7!!

  13. January 16, 2009 3:51 pm

    okay, my guess is that #2 and #3 are related, but sorry #3 definitely gets my vote. although, i just read your last comment and since #1 is a girl, it might be a tie!

    glad i didn’t send in my pics!

  14. Darlene permalink
    January 16, 2009 4:00 pm

    I am voting for #2, although it was a difficult decision. #1 is the funniest if you know who she is.

  15. Monica permalink
    January 16, 2009 4:25 pm

    Bwah ha ha! I totally see it now. My cousin had his hair like that back in the 70′s. Maybe that’s why I thought she was a boy. My vote is for #2 which I’m thinking is Esther.

  16. Paisha permalink
    January 16, 2009 4:25 pm

    I think I know who #1 is…and I love her verrrrry much! Wow! She’s gorgeous….this pic must’ve been taken on an “off” day. :O)
    Lori, your pic is still the winner in my book and even tho you can’t win, it should still be posted…. it’s THAT good!!

  17. January 16, 2009 5:00 pm

    Business in the front and a party in the back. #4 all day long. That one made me lol fo real. That’s hilarious!

  18. January 16, 2009 5:01 pm

    omg I just figured out the last one! that is way hilarious! i love this post!

  19. Leah permalink
    January 16, 2009 5:32 pm

    Re: #7
    Upon closer inspection, I believe that was in fact a matching pants outfit. The paisly pattern is the same, just a contrasting shade.

    I’m voting for #3.

  20. imy permalink
    January 16, 2009 5:39 pm

    omg its hard to say i would go with either #1,#2or #3

  21. Judy permalink
    January 16, 2009 6:00 pm

    I vote #2…is #1 a girl or boy?

  22. Judyhoo permalink
    January 16, 2009 6:13 pm

    Well, I believe I know who number 1 is and I won’t say if it is a boy or a girl. I vote for #1. Confusion for many is enough for me to vote for this person.

  23. Darlene permalink
    January 16, 2009 6:41 pm

    I’ve already voted, but I have to give mad props to Monica for her submission. Monica, did your mom make that dress?

  24. January 16, 2009 6:54 pm

    Ok, 4, 5, 6 & 7 should be thrown out because they are cute pictures. Not at all hideous. I vote for # 2 as winner of worst picture. Who is that????

  25. January 16, 2009 6:55 pm

    Number 1 is a girl??? I thought it was a little boy. Is it Angela A???

  26. Terri L permalink
    January 16, 2009 9:51 pm

    I would have to say #3 – I am glad I did not put a picyure in – can you imagine a school picyure from the 1970′s……………..

  27. Jessica Tankerlsey permalink
    January 16, 2009 10:02 pm

    sooooo torn between numbers 2 and 3… 2 for the awesome hair flip and 3 for the look that says “I look gooooooood” and the spotlight. Sweet. I guess, I’m gonna go with number 3 after much deliberation.

  28. Jessica Tankerlsey permalink
    January 16, 2009 10:04 pm

    I totally was thinking number 1 was a guy and it was Dani until I just read that was a girl… is that Angela?

  29. January 17, 2009 8:24 am

    #2, hands down. The hair, the glasses, the dress, I mean, that’s awesome. Whoa, that’s Esther, isn’t it?

  30. January 17, 2009 10:03 am

    Jennifer Knapple, whomever you are, you made my day! (I wish I still had that skin, sheesh!)

  31. Evan permalink
    January 17, 2009 11:24 am

    I’ll vote for #3. Although #1 and #2 are right up there :)

    Can you show us nicer pictures of these people now, so we feel better about what we’re voting on here???

  32. Stevie permalink
    January 17, 2009 12:07 pm

    this is really hard, but I’m gonna commit to #3 – love this contest!

  33. Hunter permalink
    January 17, 2009 3:34 pm

    # 1

  34. Janice permalink
    January 17, 2009 3:35 pm

    # 1

  35. Josh permalink
    January 17, 2009 3:35 pm

    # 2

  36. January 17, 2009 6:00 pm

    Considering my awesome picture I’d rather not post a recent pic, thanks.

  37. Imy permalink
    January 18, 2009 6:30 pm

    Ok I have commited to #1

  38. Matym permalink
    January 18, 2009 7:18 pm

    Go number 2 cuz I know she’s gorgeous now but how she hated that picture is legend. Good luck 8-)

  39. Alan permalink
    January 19, 2009 12:04 am

    #2

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