Every year when we receive our reader’s choice survey results, we are told that the Lookalike Contest is one of your favorite features. And we like playing favorites! Participate in this year’s contest by sending in your entries now. The deadline is June 15, 2012 and winners will appear in our September/October issue.

Here are the details:

Nominees must be residents of Utah Valley. Previous winners are not eligible for the 2012 contest.

Please email editor@uvmag.com and include the following:
1. Individual’s name (AKA Lookalike)
2. Contact info for lookalike (email/phone)
3. Name of famous person he/she resembles
4. Nominator’s name
5. Please include a photo

You can also bring in a photo and the entry form from our magazine to our office at 424 W. 800 N. Ste 201 in Orem.

Need some help figuring out who your lookalike is? Try uploading your photo to myheritage.com for some ideas. But take their suggestions with a grain of salt, because the lookalike generator might just tell you that you look like an 85-year-old man when you are actually a 25-year-old woman. Not that we know from personal experience or anything — actually, that is exactly what we mean.

Here are some tips to make your lookalike entry shine.

1. Whenever possible, provide a quality photo. Small or blurry photos make it hard for our team to decipher how closely you resemble Tom Cruise. Not sure if it is ‘good photo’? Ask your amateur photographer friends for their opinion.

2. Provide a recent photo. If you are selected as a winner, you will be photographed professionally for the magazine. If the photo you submitted was taken 10 years ago and you’ve dyed your hair, things can get complicated.

3. Tell us about any other similarities you share with your lookalike. Those fun details can help your submission stand out from the stack.

4. Don’t discount local celebrities. We give people like Dave Rose celebrity status around here. Check out his lookalike from last year here. Can we get a Stephen Covey? Or Jimmer? It’s up to you!

5. Please provide us with multiple forms of current contact information. It’s hard to tell you that you are winner if we have the wrong email address or your voicemail inbox is full (you know who you are).

Congrats Ashlee, you are the new owner of the red handbag from Called to Surf! Email kate@uvmag.com your address to claim your prize. Stay tuned for more giveaways!

In our May/June issue, we introduced readers to 18 High School Seniors Who Will Change the World. And we gathered some interesting statistical data about these movers and shakers. Do tell? You got it!

Average GPA: 3.908

College most likely to be attended by featured students: BYU

Birth Order: 8 are the oldest, 5 are middle children and 4 are the youngest.

Number of featured students born each month:

January 0

February 2

March 0

April 1

May 0

June 2

July 2

August 1

September 4

October 4

November 0

December 2

Average wake-up time 6:00 a.m.

Average bedtime 11:00 p.m.

Average number of hours worked per week: 5.4

Average age when featured students got their first cell phone: 13.4

Most common answers to “name your favorite thing about your school”: teachers, fun, unique, spirit

Average ACT score: 28.4

Allowance: Only 3 of the 19 students receive a regular weekly allowance.

Average number of siblings: 4

Average AP Classes: 4.2

Read about this year’s crop of seniors in detail here.

Meatball Alphabet Soup by Holly Mendenhall

Meatballs
1/2 cup dried bread crumbs
1/2 cup parmesan cheese, grated
2 T onion, minced
1 garlic clove, minced
2 T fresh parsley, minced
2 tsp. dried basil
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1 pound ground beef

Soup
2 T olive oil
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 celery rib, finely chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
5 cups chicken stock
1 (14oz) can crushed tomatoes in puree
1 tsp. Italian seasoning (or oregano and basil)
1/2 tsp. salt
Pepper to taste
1/2 cup alphabet pasta, dry

Meatballs
Combine bread crumbs, cheese, onion, garlic, herbs & spices in a large mixing bowl. Use a fork to mix in the egg, then add the ground beef. Mix well with your hands. Shape the mixture into 1-inch balls. Heat skillet coated with cooking spray or small amount of oil. Place the meatballs in the skillet and cook them over med-low heat for 8-10 minutes, turning them often so they brown evenly, until the centers are only slightly pink.

Soup
Heat oil in large saucepan or soup pot. Add onion, celery and garlic. Partially cover pan and cook vegetables over moderate heat for 8-10 minutes. Add chicken stock, crushed tomatoes and spices. Bring soup to a simmer over med-low heat, then add pasta. Keep at a gentle simmer until pasta is almost cooked, then transfer meatballs to pot. Simmer for 3 minutes to finish cooking meatballs.

Called to Surf has generously donated the purse below for a giveaway.

Here are the entry details:

For one entry, like Utah Valley Magazine on Facebook and comment on this blog post telling us why you want this purse.

For two entries, like Utah Valley Magazine on Facebook, share this contest on your personal Facebook page and comment on this blog post telling us why you want this purse.

We will review all entries on Thursday May 10 and announce the winner on Friday May 11.

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The May/June issue of Utah Valley Magazine is now available online! Check out the entire issue here. Or if you’d rather cherry pick through our stories, click on one of the links below.

This new issue has some fun features to enjoy including a cover feature on Holly Mendenhall (wife of BYU football coach Bronco Mendenhall), a list of 75 local summer fun ideas, 18 high school seniors you need to know, a dining guide, a summer fashion forecast, a mother’s day gift guide (you still with us?) and the results of the much-loved Cutest Cuties contest.

One special category in our contest this year is the “Cutest Cuties in Costume” awards. Winners include Amelia Kate Breese from Provo, Leah Allfrey from Lehi, Quinn Arrington from Pleasant Grove and Maizee Wayne Cope from Spanish Fork.

You can see the rest of the contest winners here.

Each of our editors can share a few greatest hits in the mistake department. One of my least favorite mistakes was when I listed one of our lookalike’s grandmothers as his mother, and by extension pronouncing her married to her son. But we subscribe to the ‘you live and you learn’ motto around here. And we will continue to make the same goal, every year, to spend more time proofing our pages.