39th annual High Heel Race takes over DC's 17th Street

Glamour, pride, and a little friendly competition took over D.C. tonight. It was the annual 17th Street High Heel Race. Let's bring in Fox 5's Regina Ureta. She's live on 17th Street in Northwest D.C. with more on the winner and the party. And it looks like behind you, the cleanup. Hey, Regina. Yeah, Jim and Angie, you're looking at the aftermath here, but it was all glitter, glam, and high heels here on 17th Street. You can't really see the finish line here. We got that truck blocking it right now, but you're seeing the cleanup process. MPD still here closing some of the streets and then of course tearing down the gates there in that section but I want to show you the moments of that race tonight and there's one of tonight's winners Kenny Monroe taking home the win for the second time his first victory was back in 2024 we caught up with Kenny after the race to hear what the win means to him and the inspiration behind tonight's look this is my lazy last minute Halloween outfit I looked at my closet I was like okay race car jacket i have a toy car that's the fit i would say yes i'm always up for a challenge now the race is more than a competition it's a celebration of the LGBTQ plus community and the diversity that makes this neighborhood unique organizers say thousands of spectators pack Dupont Circle each year to watch participants race in their high heels and this event has become a DC tradition in 2018 mayor Muriel Bowser officially proclaimed the 17th Street High Heel race a mayoral event now 39 years after it began the race is still going strong we also spoke with DC mayoral candidate Janice Lewis George about tonight's event here's what she had to say has been proud to be one of the gayest cities in the world we are so proud of our LGBTQIA community here in DC and so i'd love any opportunity to celebrate that and the countdown is already on for next year's 40th anniversary as far as tonight it seems like people are still out and about it's a little over 10 15 p.m and the streets are uh well pretty active here as they're tearing down tonight's event but still an exciting time and of course an exciting time for the winners and all the participants angie and jim