The Week contest - American ambassadors

Welcome to "What Next?", The Week's contest about current events.

Click here for the results of the previous contest: Government bans

Last week’s contest: Former basketball star Dennis Rodman has appointed himself an unofficial U.S. ambassador, traveling to North Korea to meet leader Kim Jong Un and then to Rome to try to meet the new pope. Who would you choose instead to wander the world as a symbol of what America is all about?

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Results

THE WINNER: Ronald McDonald

Simone Butler, San Diego, Calif.

SECOND PLACE: Manti Te’o’s girlfriend

Gregory Pinto, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

THIRD PLACE: A fleet of drones

David Pepper, Malibu, Calif.

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Paula Deen

Nick Vaci, Columbus, Ohio

Anyone but Dennis Rodman

Suellen Williams, Port Saint Lucie, Fla.

Honey Boo-Boo

Luke Penny, McKinney, Texas

Bill Cosby

Tom Olmsted, Cadillac, Mich.

Big Bird

Paul Binder, Bellevue, Wash.

Siri

Joanne Sullivan, Maspeth, N.Y.

Snooki and JWoww

Alan Parven, Commerce Township, Mich.

Wayne LaPierre

Giles Stewart, Athens, Ga.

Forrest Gump

Anita P. Sayles, Asheville, N.C.

Alfred E. Neuman

Jean M. Dunn, Prescott Valley, Ariz.

Homer Simpson

Bill Adler, Montecito, Calif.

Gordon Gekko

Merrel Wilkenfeld, Fort Mill, S.C.

The Pillsbury Doughboy

Tony Pribyl, Piedmont, Calif.

Any Kardashian

Carolyn Lima, Mattapoisett, Mass.

Jared from Subway

Jay Spero, Baltimore, Md.

Any girl I went to high school with, since they excelled at saying no

Charles Parry, Catonsville, Md.