Watch out ladies, here comes Mr. Universe! Mr. Greek Universe, that is.

The Lambda Sigma Gamma Sorority at Sacramento State will be hosting the Mr. Greek Universe on Thursday in the Redwood Room in the Student Union.

Mr. Greek Universe is the sorority’s version of a beauty pageant, except the contenders will be fraternity members from Sac State.

“We ask all the fraternities to participate,” Risa Alarcon, Lambda Sigma Gamma sorority member said.

“The pageant is similar to a Miss Universe pageant,” Dao Tran said. Tran is also a member of Lambda Sigma Gamma.

“It is a fundraiser idea that we got from the sisters in UC Davis,” Tran said.

Her sorority had seen how much people liked the pageant at UC Davis, and loved how much the pageant brought the fraternities and sororities together, she said.

Some Lambda Sigma Gamma sisters from Sac State talked to the participants of the Davis Mr. Greek Universe pageant and learned that the guys really loved doing it and that it was a fun competition.

“It brings the Greek community closer together,” Tran said. “Year by year we get more contestants, and more people come to it.”

This is the third consecutive year for the Mr. Greek Universe pageant at Sac State.

It costs $5 for tickets bought prior to the event, $7 at the door for the event and there will also be an after-party at Club 21. All of the proceeds from the Mr. Greek Universe tickets and the after-party tickets will go to charities including an annual Easter egg hunt that they throw for children at nearby apartment complexes.

The fraternities aren’t left out when it comes to philanthropic fundraising. A portion of the funds gathered by ticket sales will go to the fraternities that win tickets.

This makes sense because the fraternity members are the ones in the limelight.

“They will start off wearing casual wear,” Tran said. “They’ll go out there and strut their stuff, and we tell what they wear and what they do on a daily basis.”

The audience will also be privy to knowledge of the guys’ dating habits.

“We ask them dating questions like what they would do to sweep a girl off her feet,” Tran said.

Next, there will be the Greek knowledge portion of the pageant, with a little bit of a twist to make this portion more exciting than previous years.

“We decided to have them wear togas,” Tran said. “This is the first year that we will have them wear togas during the knowledge portion of the pageant.”

Tran said that during the knowledge portion of the Mr. Greek Universe, the contestants will have to answer questions about all things Greek-related. They’ll be asked questions about the Greek alphabet and Greek gods, just to name a few of the cateries.

There will also be a talent portion of the pageant, and the contestants will be showcasing their talents.

Mr. Greek Universe will end with a formal wear portion with the guys wearing tuxedos. In years past, the tuxes have been donated from Tuxedo Den, but this year Tran is not sure where they are coming from.

Tuxes or not, the show will go on.

Stephanie Samsel can be reached at [email protected]