The Windy City becomes the Kinky City every Memorial Day weekend as thousands of S&M enthusiasts come to town for the annual International Mr. Leather competition. The pageant brings leather folk from all over and culminates in the crowning of one man with the title of Mr. Leather.

This year the winner was Woody Woodruff (above) from Farmington Hills, Michigan, who beat out 49 other hopefuls for the coveted title and a $5,000 travel package from Orbitz. For the rest of the year, Woody will bear the bruises of representing the entire leather community..

The event took over the Chicago Hyatt for the entire weekend, with  complete with a leather market exhibition leading up to the competition on Sunday. Comedians Sharon McNight and Bruce Vilanch provided entertainment to the 17,000 attendees and Karen Ultra and John Pedal acted as emcees.

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Photos: IML, RJV Studios, Ed Negron