Pageant News Bureau - Miss Resaca Beach 2001

Marlon Brando didn't show. (Maybe his old leather jacket wouldn't fit.) But the power and mystique of motorcycles was very much in evidence at the 2001 installment of the Resaca Beach Poster Girl Contest.

Contest founder Dan Bowen, who is almost as legendary as the beach itself, thought up the biker theme. It was a stroke of brilliance. Motorcycles and bikini contests are much alike. Both have a primal, powerful allure. But because there's a hint of naughtiness, some people pretend not to enjoy them.

Capri Hodge poses with Resaca Beach founder Dan Bowen

Dan Bowen prepares to crown Capri Hodge

We don't play those straitlaced games at PNB. We will tell you upfront that we like to straddle powerful engines, roar down lonely stretches of highway and feel the wind blasting through our hair. We like to watch girls parading in their scanty but perfectly fitted swimsuits. We like vintage wine, great art, philosophy, science, professional wrestling, old reruns of "Baywatch." We're well rounded.

Speaking of which . . . Capri Hodge of Steele, Ala., won the contest. She assumes the mini-mantle that has rested on some of the shapeliest shoulders in the South.

Did you miss the whole thing? (Maybe your jacket was at the cleaners.) Don't fret. There's always next year.

Capri Hodge with first runner-up Kimberly Maxwell

The lineup of lovelies

Sammie Lee Bradley of Murfreesboro, Tenn., meets two young fans

Shaneena Woods of Chattanooga examines the merchandise

For a look back, visit our archives of Resaca Beach 1999 and Resaca Beach 2000.

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