Miss Buffalo Chip

Miss Buffalo Chip is a beauty pageant hosted each August at the annual motorcycle rally in Sturgis, South Dakota. The pageant is named for the sprawling Buffalo Chip campground, where thousands of bikers stay each year. ESPN columnist Jim Caple has described the pageant as a "topless beauty pageant...and occasionally bottomless, too."ESPN Page 2: Getting an eyeful in biker heaven

John McCain made an August 5 campaign stop at the 2008 Sturgis rally. When he addressed the crowd, flanked by his wife Cindy, he made one comment that subsequently proved controversial in the blogosphere.The Huffington Post: Rolling With McCain In South Dakota (August 5, 2008) He joked: "I told her with a little luck that she could be the only woman to serve as First Lady and Miss Buffalo Chip."The Huffington Post: Rolling With McCain In South Dakota (August 5, 2008) One audience member reportedly yelled "Wet t-shirt! Wet t-shirt!"The Huffington Post: Rolling With McCain In South Dakota (August 5, 2008)