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Meet the hons of this year’s HonFest

Meet the hons of this year’s HonFest

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Since 1994, Hampden’s Honfest has been celebrating the archetypal Baltimore hon. Women — and even some men — have flocked to 36th Street (if you’re a local, you know it as the Avenue) for the sole purpose of winning the title of Baltimore’s Best Hon.

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Baltimore Honfest through the years

Baltimore Honfest through the years

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The Baltimore’s Best Hon Contest began in 1994. The term Hon is actually a friendly Baltimore greeting and comes from the word honey. However, the women who vie to become Baltimore’s Best Hon are a vision of the sixties-era women with beehive hairdos, blue-eye-shadow, spandex pants and something, anything with leopard print.
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