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In this Saturday, July 20, 2019, photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Joe Maxey, second from left, celebrates his victory at the Hemingway Look-Alike Contest at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, Fla. Competing for the eighth time, Maxey beat 141 other contestants to claim top honors. The competition highlighted activities during the yearly Hemingway Days festival that honors author Ernest Hemingway, who lived in Key West during the 1930s. (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)
In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Dave Hemingway, left, and Richard Filip, right, smear birthday cake on Michael Groover after they and fellow Ernest Hemingway look-alikes sang "Happy Birthday" to the famed American author Saturday, July 20, 2019, in Key West, Fla. Dave Hemingway (no relation to the author) won the 2016 Hemingway Look-Alike Contest, Filip was victorious in 2017 and Groover, the husband of celebrity chef Paula Deen, won in 2018. July 21 marks the 120th birthday anniversary of Hemingway, who lived and wrote on the island during the 1930s. The fun was a facet of Key West's annual Hemingway Days festival that concludes Sunday, July 21. (Andy Newman /Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)
In this Saturday, July 20, 2019, photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Joe Maxey, left, gets a playful smooch from Michael Groover, after Maxey won the Hemingway Look-Alike Contest at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, Fla. Competing for his eighth time, Maxey beat 141 other contestants to claim top honors. Groover, husband of celebrity chef Paula Deen, won the title in 2018. (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)
In this Saturday, July 20, 2019, photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, finalists at the Hemingway Look-Alike Contest including, from left, Jon Auvil, Joe Maxey, Matt Collins, Jeffrey Peters and Dusty Rhodes gather on stage at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, Fla. The competition, that attracted 142 entrants, was won by Maxey on this eighth attempt. (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)
In this Saturday, July 20, 2019, photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Dusty Rhodes, center, urges judges at the Hemingway Look-Alike Contest to select him the winner of the 2019 competition at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, Fla. The contest, that attracted 142 entrants, highlighted activities during the yearly Hemingway Days festival that honors author Ernest Hemingway who lived in Key West during the 1930s. (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)
In this Saturday, July 20, 2019, photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Joe Maxey, left, implores past winners of the Hemingway Look-Alike Contest to judge him the winner of the 2019 competition at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, Fla. Maxey went on to beat 141 other contestants to win. The competition highlighted activities during the yearly Hemingway Days festival that honors author Ernest Hemingway, who lived in Key West during the 1930s. (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)
In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Ernest Hemingway look-alikes begin the "Running of the Bulls" Saturday, July 20, 2019, in Key West, Fla. Held on the eve of the 120th anniversary of Hemingway's birth, the whimsical takeoff on the famed run in Pamplona, Spain, was a facet of the island city's annual Hemingway Days festival that ends Sunday, July 21. Hemingway lived and wrote in Key West throughout most of the 1930s. (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)
In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Ernest Hemingway look-alikes make the turn at Sloppy Joe's Bar during the "Running of the Bulls" Saturday, July 20, 2019, in Key West, Fla. Held on the eve of the 120th anniversary of Hemingway's birth, the whimsical takeoff on the famed run in Pamplona, Spain, was a facet of the island city's annual Hemingway Days festival that ends Sunday, July 21. Hemingway lived and wrote in Key West throughout most of the 1930s. (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)
In this Saturday, July 20, 2019, photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, fans of Hemingway Look-Alike Contest entrant Jon Auvil cheer for him during the 2019 competition at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, Fla. The competition, that attracted 142 entrants, highlighted activities during the yearly Hemingway Days festival that honors author Ernest Hemingway who lived in Key West during the 1930s. (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)
In this Saturday, July 20, 2019, photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Joe Maxey, left, roars with laughter as he and Jon Auvil, right, compete during the final round of the Hemingway Look-Alike Contest at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, Fla. Maxey went on to win the competition, besting 141 other entrants in the highlight of the annual Hemingway Days festival that honors author Ernest Hemingway who lived in Key West during the 1930s. (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)
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