Woman reveals trick to grabbing her husband's attention at coun

ABERDEEN, S.D. -- It's not always easy to grab a husband's attention, but Krysti Mikkonen has stumbled onto a surefire method.

Mikkonen, the defending champion at the Brown County Fair Husband Calling Contest, retained her crown Sunday by taking off her shirt.

"Last year I just cracked a beer and said, 'Dinner's ready,"' Mikkonen said.

This year she stepped up wearing a denim shirt over a T-shirt that had a bright pink bikini printed on it.

When she called out "Oh, Loverboy!" and no husband appeared, she dropped the shirt to show the bikini T-shirt and began singing "Baby, my sweet baby."

Her husband still didn't show but another man, Kevin Kallas, ran to her side.

"My husband took the kids to the demolition derby, so I had to borrow a husband," she said. "So not only can I call my husband, but I guess I can call someone else's too and he'll come running."

Mikkonen now has another problem on her hands.

"I've been pondering, 'What am I gonna do to retain my title?"'