Updated
Updated · Fox News · Sep 9
Charlie Kirk Look-Alike Contest Advertised at South Carolina Campus for Sept. 10 Anniversary
Updated
Updated · Fox News · Sep 9

Charlie Kirk Look-Alike Contest Advertised at South Carolina Campus for Sept. 10 Anniversary

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 9

Summary

  • $50 is being offered in an anonymous Yik Yak post advertising a Sept. 10 Charlie Kirk look-alike contest outside the University of South Carolina’s Russell House at 7 p.m.
  • The post, labeled “Kirkiversary,” surfaced ahead of the first anniversary of Kirk’s Sept. 10, 2025 assassination while he was speaking at Utah Valley University during his American Comeback Tour.
  • USC said it has no record of any registered student organization planning the event and that no university resources will support it; it remains unclear who created the post or whether organizers are students.
  • A similar alleged Kirk look-alike contest was also promoted at Georgetown on the anonymous app Fizz, where screenshots shared with Fox News Digital showed the Sept. 10 post drawing more than 2,200 upvotes.

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