Who is your hero?

A Challenging Contest brought to you by ^Helewidis with a little help from her friends!!!

Jury:

_{give them a warm hug - their task was HARD}

Entries - 27

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Comment on the entries, please!

One Special entry:

that did not make it

Like many of you might know I had a rule that stated that all the entries must have been new, made to this contest on purpose. Yet, I felt so touched by Richard's note on a deviation of his hero that even it being done before the date of the contest I think it should be seen and read by as many as possible. So, here it is, without alterations to the original note!!!

=UniqueNudes said the following:

This isn't available for the contest because it already happened. But since you're interested in hero stories I'll tell you mine.

My hero is Mr T.

DON'T LAUGH! Let me tell you why:

A few years ago on Easter I was donating my time to the Midnight Mission charity taking photos of their annual Easter event. They are a non-religious organization dedicated to helping the homeless. (Incidentally, I'm Buddhist, which is why I chose there.)

Mr T, however, is a born again Christian. Which normally tend to get on my nerves, but this guy is genuine. He found God after contracting cancer some years ago, and now spreads the faith as he can. He was also on hand at the event shaking hands and serving food to the homeless.

Here's the deviation commemorating my hero:

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At one point he stopped to pray with a young homeless man and I was lucky enough to capture the image. I thought one of the most touching things he did that day, though, was to forsake his usual mounds of gold chains (which would be tacky at a homeless event) and instead wear a simple baptismal cross so I chose to highlight that in the image. I was VERY touched by his genuine-ness, and that day he became my hero for really reaching out to others, and touching me (a non-believer) in the process.

As a thanks to my new found hero I had two LARGE prints of this image made up and framed, at a cost of over $200 from my own pocket. I gave one to Mr T and the other now hangs in the Midnight Mission to inspire other residents: [link] <-- _{Photo of the photo hanging at the Mission}

Also, to this day (even though I no longer live in Los Angeles) I give 100% of the profits from the sale of that print to the mission.

So technically this would meet all the requirements of your contest, except for the date. (This was a few years ago.) But I did want to share with you my inspiring story. I hope you like it!

Best Regards,
Richard Rasner
Nakayama Studios

PS: If you want to use my story as an example, though, I'm o.k. with that.

Which I obviously did! Thank you once again, R!


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and NOW... after so much wait and suspense, I give you the...


*drum roll please*

The WINNERS

forever, you and me by ~ataRaymundo
1st place
will get:
. 1 ekto hoodie from ^guruubii with dA’s and Danie’s support * you need to have it on your wishlist first
. 3 months sub from $FallenRox
. Custom Stamp & Icon from *GoodiesForYou
. Custom Journal CSS from *GoodiesForYou
. A subscription of 12 months (1 year) from ^KevLewis
. A print of *nilemaster’s gallery from *nilemaster * you need to have it on your wishlist first
. A mug - that must be chosen from the `ArtistsForCharity account, from @Little-Vampire * you need to have it on your wishlist first
- Journal Features from me, =karemelancholia *Miss-Freak-of-Nature =Inebriantia `glitterdarkstar ^rhapsouldize *nilemaster @Little-Vampire =Wodanislav `igy =GoranDA *GeorgeHarrison *maf8 ~vozzz




and also the eeee... by =eelmikashigaru
2nd place
will get:
. 1 tshirt from ^guruubii with dA’s and Danie’s support * you need to have it on your wishlist first
. Custom Icon from *GoodiesForYou
. A 3 month subscription from ^KevLewis
. A 3 month subscription from ^LawrenceDeDark
- Journal Features from me, =karemelancholia *Miss-Freak-of-Nature =Inebriantia `glitterdarkstar ^rhapsouldize *nilemaster @Little-Vampire =Wodanislav `igy =GoranDA *GeorgeHarrison *maf8 ~vozzz




chocolat noir 0075 by =chocolatenoir
3rd place
will get:
. 1 year subscription from from ^guruubii with dA’s and Danie’s support
. A print from any artist from ^KevLewis * you need to have it on your wishlist first
- Journal Features from me, =karemelancholia *Miss-Freak-of-Nature =Inebriantia `glitterdarkstar ^rhapsouldize *nilemaster @Little-Vampire =Wodanislav `igy =GoranDA *GeorgeHarrison *maf8 ~vozzz




Heaven Is That Way by ~EatMyDreams
1st runner-up
will get:
. 1 month sub from ^rhapsouldize
. 1 month sub from @Little-Vampire
. 1 month sub from *GeorgeHarrison
- Journal Feature from ^Helewidis




The Lizard King by =allhopeislost
2nd runner-up
will get:
. 1 month sub from ^rhapsouldize
. 1 month sub from @Little-Vampire
- Journal Feature from ^Helewidis




Suffocation from the inside. by *piratephotography
People's Choice Award
will get:
. 1 month sub from @Little-Vampire
- Journal Feature from ^Helewidis

What Next?

. Next challenging contest of "Who's your Hero?" will be for the Lit. I promise. So, you can start sending me notes with your donations for prizes. Hint: a simple journal feature is enough if you can't afford anything!

. Tribute: Who's your Hero?

. You can read all about this contest in the first news article about it



_{The stamp was made by `brokenboulevard exclusively for this contest, having in mind this contest’s introduction. Please stop by her page and give her a hug, as well to the judges, gift-givers and everyone who entered the contest! They are my heroes!}



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