We don’t have the bank to eat in many restaurants that have hostesses but we do know the trade to involve a lot of hard work. Toddling about in stilletos, dealing with scolds, having jealous girlfriends and wives burn holes in the back of your head when the boyfriend or husband stares at your ass while you walk the couple to their table.

It’s a tough way to earn a buck. So we’re happy that an Austin hostess has won the coveted “hostess of the year” award bestowed by Esquire magazine.

Hannah Mary Marshall is the honoree. She looks quite fetching in a tutu that you normally would associate with a pre pubescent gal on her way to her first ballet recital.

Maybe that’s the point?

http://www.esquire.com/features/food-drink/best-restaurants-2011/hostess-of-the-year-2011