I've emceed the Mr. Legs Contest at the Iowa State Fair for 15 years now, but we've never crowned a social media influencer until this year! Jarrett Stod is not only the state fair Mr. Legs champion, he's also got over 10 million followers on TikTok and 2 million on YouTube as the ONE EYE GUY. Jarrett's fame started after he removed his artificial eye and explaining that he’d had retinoblastoma as a child. He's since been very open about his eye, and his videos talk a lot about overcoming a disability, and how it's nothing to be ashamed of. Oh, and Jarrett's also gotten really buff in the last two years!
Thanks so much to our panel of judges, Des Moines native and Kansas City influencer Michael Mackie, as well as state fair marketing director Mindy Williamson, Des Moines Police Sgt. Dusty, and Des Moines Register columnist Courtney Crowder. A great time again as always!