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Buttaface Contest Girl Stacy

2004viral videodeclining

Published October 17, 2026

Buttaface Contest Girl Stacy, also known as Butterface Contest Girl Stacy, refers to a woman named Stacy who appeared on The Howard Stern Show's 'Miss Buttaface Contest' segment in May 2004, where contestants revealed their faces from under paper bags for judgment. A clip of her segment went viral on X in August 2025 after @NoCapMediaa's repost gained over 58 million views, triggering debate about 2000s misogyny and modern feminism. By mid-August 2025, viral quote-tweets used the footage to argue 'Perhaps we did need feminism in the 2000s.'

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Overview

On the show, each contestant walked out in a swimsuit with a brown paper bag over her head, then removed the bag for the audience and judges, including Howard Stern, Artie Lange, Rob Schneider and Robin Quivers, to rate her face against her body1. Stacy's segment, found at the 8:51 mark of the archived YouTube upload, drew jeering from the crowd and jokes from the panel about her appearance4. In 2025, X and Reddit users recirculated the moment with captions arguing that the modern internet now considers Stacy conventionally attractive, inverting the show's original verdict37.

Common post formats include This Was Considered Comically Ugly comparisons set beside modern photos, and Model vs. Cashier side-by-sides matching Stacy with celebrities like Zendaya89. Replies and quote posts cited the clip as evidence of 2000s misogyny or as proof that beauty standards shifted after the Stern era56.

Origin & Background

Platform
The Howard Stern Show (TV, 2004) / X (viral spread, 2025)
Date
2004

The Howard Stern Show aired the 'Miss Buttaface Contest' on May 13th, 2004, judging female contestants described as 'butterfaces,' slang for 'but her face,' meaning an attractive body with a less attractive face4. During Stacy's turn, she appeared in a black bikini with a brown paper bag over her head; after she removed it, the panel laughed and the audience jeered4. YouTuber 我的世界萌小熊 archived the full broadcast on October 21st, 2021, where it collected over 54,400 views by 20251.

How It Spread

The segment stayed obscure online until TikToker @anonym0usqz posted the Stacy clip on October 28th, 2023 with a text overlay reading 'I wish I was an adult in the 2000s :(' / The 2000s, drawing over 175,800 likes across two years2. Twenty-two months later, X user @NoCapMediaa reposted the TikTok on August 13th, 2025 with the one-word caption 'Bruh,' and the video collected more than 58 million views and 251,000 likes within two days3.

Quote-tweets came the same day. @LilithLovett wrote 'Perhaps we did need feminism in the 2000s' and gained more than 360,000 likes5, while @NippinJimmsky posted that 'Watch like 5 seconds of a 2000s reality TV show and you will instantly understand why 2016 feminism was the way it was,' topping 221,000 likes6. @bumbadum14 used the This Was Considered Comically Ugly format with the line 'This was comically ugly 20 years ago… Unreal how far we have fallen,' totaling over 35,000 likes8.

Variations spilled onto other platforms. On August 14th, 2025, @TheOnlyDSC posted a Model vs. Cashier style comparison between Stacy and actress Zendaya, which gained over 132,000 likes in a day9. Redditor icey_sawg0034 reposted the clip to r/popculturechat the same day; it collected more than 11,000 upvotes and 2,800 comments, with the top comment reading 'Crazy, she is fucking gorgeous'7.

Timeline

2004-05-13

The Howard Stern Show airs the 'Miss Buttaface Contest' segment featuring Stacy.

2021-10-21

YouTuber 我的世界萌小熊 uploads the full broadcast to YouTube.

2023-10-28

TikToker @anonym0usqz posts the Stacy clip with a '2000s nostalgia' caption.

2025-08-13

X user @NoCapMediaa reposts the clip with the caption 'Bruh,' pushing it past 58 million views.

2025-08-13

@LilithLovett's 'Perhaps we did need feminism in the 2000s' quote-tweet gains over 360,000 likes.

2025-08-14

@TheOnlyDSC posts a Model vs. Cashier comparison with Zendaya; r/popculturechat repost gains 11,000+ upvotes.

How to Use This Meme

Posters typically quote-tweet or repost the Stacy clip alongside a one-line take about 2000s misogyny, often arguing that she looks attractive by modern standards. A common convention is to screenshot Stacy and juxtapose her with a current celebrity in a Model vs. Cashier layout, or to pair the clip with the This Was Considered Comically Ugly phrasing89.

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