Contestants compete in categories such as talent, swimsuit, evening gown and a question-answer.
About 150 people came to the center of the Fox show in Redlands to watch six women battle it out to be the Crown of Miss IE Zombie Queen during the first such contest for the region.
The idea of Comics creator AJ Herrera, the event brought the contestant with a name like Scarylnn Bloodroe, Haris Pilton and Zombri. Six women teetering snarled and strutted their stuff, all the while covered in make-up which took all day for applying, wearing clothes appropriate to their lifestyles "Undead".
It's good fun camp and seriously high. The crowd was treated to open dance number choreographed for "Thriller," followed by a talent contest that included dancing, comedy and music-all with a little zombie bent. Each contestant was led onto the stage by members of the Zombie killing squad–the name of one comic creations-Herrera's to ensure that no one in the audience were subject to losing their brains.
And it's audience, threatening all evening, who decides on the winner. Shot lined up six, each contest is omitted "dead" by security, leaving only the winner–Zombri–stand with the Crown and sash.