The Picture of Jimmy Hoods

Once upon a time a certain peculiar millionaire announced a contest for the most extraordinary waist cincher, willing to pay $100,000 to the winner. Each participant was given a private room in the millionaire's mansion and a whole week to prepare for the contest, being allowed to ask for any kind of assistance, devices and nutrition during this week.

Jimmy couldn't believe it when his brother John suddenly told him about this contest and they immediately went to the mansion. The millionaire gave them a key to the room and a contract to sign, which said that in case they win, Jimmy would have to pose in the nude to create a painting of him wearing the cincher, which would then decorate the mansion's main hall.

It was the most difficult week in Jimmy's life so far, and he's been through a lot in his life but not through this much. By the time of the contest his body looked as if it's made of two completely separate pieces connected by the thin tube of a cincher that took more than 3 hours to fully lace using a special steel carcass whose nuts were tightened more and more every ten minutes. Jimmy pretty much never outdid himself this much, but the stakes were too high.

The contestants had to stay in their rooms, naked, as the millionaire himself would inspect every one of them. He didn't want them to be able to copy each other's lacing techniques or even see each other's progress. Finally, all the contestants were given a day to leave the mansion. All except Jimmy, as he received a letter stating that he's the official winner and should prepare himself for the nude painting.