World's Ugliest Dog crowned in Petaluma

AP via SFGate.com ^ | June 23, 2012

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Petaluma -- A Chinese crested's short snout, beady eyes and white whiskers earned it the title of World's Ugliest Dog at the annual contest in Petaluma.

Competing for fame, $1,000 and a year's worth of dog cookies, Mugly won the honor Friday by beating out 28 other ugly dogs from around the world.

The 8-year-old rescue dog from Britain will also be invited for a photo shoot and will receive a VIP stay at the local Sheraton.

"I couldn't speak when they announced Mugly's name," said Bev Nicholson, the dog's owner. "I didn't know which way to look. I was shaking as much as the dog."

It's not the first time Mugly has been recognized for his unattractiveness. Nicholson said he was named Britain's ugliest dog in 2005.

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Organizers say the competing dogs are judged for what they term their "natural ugliness in both pedigree and mutt classes."

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Pix at source. Please don't post - AP.

Frankly, this year's winner is weaker than previous champions. OTOH, he sport a really bitchin' mustache.

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Sorry, Michelle; better luck next year.

[dog breath]

Looks like this Japanese American kid I knew with those scruffy whiskers. Most likely in both dogs and people it is what inside that counts, he was a great guy even if ugly as sin.

[unkus]

That ugly little dog doesn’t hold a candle to some really ugly dogs.

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Agreed. Heck, I’m not going to win any beauty contests myself (and that’s even if I shave my beard).

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Concur.

[Snickering Hound]

[NYTexan]

A mustache trim would do wonders...

[Ezekiel]

Looks like Holder.

Some of those names are pretty good (Icky, Creature).

Creature should have won. There’s a real “please love me anyway” look in his(?) eyes. But then that kind of negates the ugliness.

Probably all good candidates for becoming copter canines in the next life. ;-)

[Ezekiel]

Who could forget Sam? That one eliminated the competition for all time.

[Salamander]

Oh, gee.

A Chinese Crested won.

Didn’t see that coming.

:-\

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He’s not ugly, he’s adorable. Bet he’s a little sweetie, too.

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They can’t enter if they’re rabid.

[Innovative]

On the picture in the article he does indeed look bad, but when they showed him on TV, he looked odd, but cute.

[Baynative]

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Nah - he looks like a New England sailor.

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RIP Sam. Often imitated, never beaten.

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Creature’s the best of the bunch, for sure. You could keep spare change in that underbite.

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It’s a conspiracy!

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