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Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRead more<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nA Bad Bunny look-alike contest in San Francisco unexpectedly erupted into a vibrant street party, drawing hundreds of the global superstar\u2019s fans to cheer on his impersonators and sing along to his music, ahead of his Super Bowl halftime show this weekend.<\/p>\n
More than 30 contestants from across the Bay Area, including men with distinctive curly hair, women in wigs and fake facial hair, and even a kindergartener sporting a fedora, white tank top, and bow tie, vied for a $100 prize at a packed Mexican restaurant in the Mission neighbourhood.<\/p>\n
They embodied the 31-year-old Puerto Rican singer through some of his signature looks, donning straw hats known as a “pava,” traditionally worn by Puerto Rican farmers, or a shearling aviator hat, similar to one the artist has worn since the release of his 2025 album, Debi Tirar Mas Fotos<\/em> (I should have taken more photos), which recently secured Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards.<\/p>\n\n
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The grand prize was awarded to Abdul Ramirez Arroyave (KCRA)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAdam Fox, 24, and his friend Alejandro Kurt, 23, travelled from Belmont, approximately 25 miles south of San Francisco, after both men, with their curly dark hair and facial hair, were told they resembled Bad Bunny. Fox, an aspiring actor sporting a suit, bowtie, and dark sunglasses, expressed his admiration for Bad Bunny\u2019s music despite not speaking Spanish. His music “is like art. You don\u2019t have to totally understand it. It could just be something that\u2019s beautiful,” Fox said.<\/p>\n
Contestants performed Bad Bunny\u2019s signature “perreo,” or twerking, and echoed his criticism of the Trump administration\u2019s mass deportation campaign, with one aspiring Bad Bunny in a wig and black tuxedo holding an “ICE Out” sign as she danced through the crowded Tacolicious restaurant to rapturous cheers.<\/p>\n
The artist\u2019s music remained the focal point of the event, organised by Mission Loteria, a group promoting Latino businesses. The festivities spilled out onto the street, where a DJ played Bad Bunny\u2019s most beloved tracks, and some attendees, dressed as the Puerto Rican crested toad \u2013 an endangered species featured in one of his music videos \u2013 danced alongside the contestants.<\/p>\n
Pamela Guo, 33, journeyed from San Jose to compete, dressed in an aviator hat, shorts, and an athletic jacket. Guo, who had a painted-on beard, revealed her deep fandom, having travelled to Mexico City to see him in concert. <\/p>\n