Cherish these five celebrity Snooki costumes while you still can. There's no way next Halloween will be filled with as much Polizzi glamor and guido self-tanner. Which celebrity did "Snooki" best? Joan Rivers? Kelly Ripa? Snooki's own castmate, Vinny Guadagnino? Movieline rates each Halloween poof after the jump.
(Images courtesy of PopEater.)
Joan Rivers
Analysis: Joan's got the makeup, wardrobe (fine fur!), and cross-legged posing down, but the out-of-scale poof prevents this get-up from really singing. It's too "hooker Flintstone," not enough Snooki.
Score: 7 (out of 10)
Ellen Degeneres
Analysis: Technically Ms. DeGeneres dressed as "Snooki's poof" -- you can see the doll representing "Snooki" standing at Ellen's ankles. But Nicole Polizzi's hair hump isn't her defining attribute anymore; the national obsession with the poof dissipated after episode two of season one. Overall, the "poof" outfit is good for a chuckle, but it makes for an unexciting and benign Halloween costume.
Score: 6
Melissa Rycroft
Analysis: The outfit? Lackluster. The sunny disposition? Too forced. Overall look, including makeup? Not too shabby. But the Grimace-shaped poof and plastic sunglasses render the whole thing "store-bought."
Score: 4
Kelly Ripa (with Regis Philbin)
Analysis: Kelly Ripa looks much more like JWOWW than Snooki in real life (I even mistook her for the character on the left at first; nope, that's the real JWOWW). But the execution here is flawless: the photogenic air kiss, the Great Pumpkin complexion, the wardrobe, the laissez-faire demeanor. She's outshining the hell out of Regis, who didn't do such a bad job himself.
Score: 10
Vinny Gaudagnino
Analysis: Guadagnino, "the Good Guido," loves committing to character. Hell, he wants to be an actor (or so he told us). The dress is clinically insane, the hair is staggering Ronette material, and the overall look is quintessentially Snooki.
Score: 9