UPDATE JULY 25, 2024. We found the new Miss Sweetie Poo. You can see her perform her duties at the ceremony.
We are looking for a new Miss Sweetie Poo, for this year’s Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. The 34th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony will happen on Thursday evening, September 12, 2024, at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Miss Sweetie Poo is our time enforcer — she helps the speakers keep their speeches brief and delightful. She informs them: “Please stop. I’m bored. Please stop. I’m bored. Please stop. I’m bored. Please stop…” If you know of a truly good candidate for the role of Miss Sweetie Poo, please email us (MARC aaattt IMPROBABLE dddooottt COM).
Qualifications:
- must be a tough-minded, cute 8-year-old girl who has astounding depths of social wisdom
- must have ice water in her veins
- must be in the Boston area
GLIMPSES OF SWEETIES PAST: For the 25th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony in 2015 we prepared this video highlight reel. It shows the power and charm of Miss Sweetie Poo:
At the 25th ceremony, most of the past Miss Sweetie Poos returned to join forces with that year’s new Miss Sweetie Poo. Here’s video of that [it begins at about the 11:45 point in the ceremony]:
BUT: Be aware that not everyone approves of Miss Sweetie Poo. One person, at least, does not. In 2018 Annmarie Throckmorton sent a note of disapproval, which you might enjoy reading.