A wet T-shirt contest is a contest where women, e.g. young college girls during spring break, are encouraged to wear a white or light-colored T-shirt without a bra. The women usually dance on a stage while being sprayed with water, which makes their T-shirts semi-transparent. Often, ice water will be used for this purpose in order to cause erect nipples, probably in order to simulate sexual arousal. Sometimes they will remove their clothing, appearing topless or even totally naked.

Wet T-shirt contests can be considered a form of striptease or erotic dance. The performance typically causes sexual stimulation or arousal among the audiece, which usually consists predominantly of heterosexual males.

History

The start of wet t-shirt contests is generally traced back to Jacqueline Bisset's appearance in the film The Deep (1977), during which she swam underwater for several minutes with visibly erect nipples, clad only in a wet t-shirt.

Did You Know?

Wet T-shirt contests were used in the UK in the 1980s to find new big boob models. Both Stacey Owen and Debbie Quorell were discovered in this way.

Controversies

Catherine Bosley

In 2003 the Youngstown, Ohio TV news anchor Catherine Bosley caused a controversy by entering a wet T-shirt contest at a local bar while on vacation in Key West, ultimately stripping down to appear totally naked. The competition was videotaped and later broadcast on the Internet. After this became public knowledge, Bosley resigned.

This caused intense debate at the time as it was felt that, although high profile media people customarily have morals clauses in their contracts, her behavior in Key West was not necessarily immoral. She took her clothes off at a regularly planned event in a location where the behavior is considered acceptable. Bosley also claimed that she had just recovered from a deadly lung disease and wanted to celebrate life.

In-flight wet t-shirt contest

In 1998 a group of Portland, Oregon teenagers celebrating their high school graduation on a chartered Boeing 727 flight to a Mexican resort held a rowdy wet t-shirt contest after a flight steward encouraged the activity.

An FAA investigation followed, as the aircraft's pilots supposedly judged the contest on the flight deck, while federal aviation rules state that passengers are not allowed in the cockpit. A video was also taken that clearly showed the contestants emerging from the cockpit wearing their wet t-shirts, and the pilots were caught in sexual misconduct. They were later disciplined by the FAA.

External links

• Wet T-shirt contest pictures (Contains nudity)