The judges, show producers and sponsors know this, too. Let's face it, the Chinese Crested is the world's ugliest breed and would win top spot forever and a day unless some change in selection processes was made.
So the show's brass realized it had to dip into the deformity pool, or some other source of differentiality, for a champion this year, or the contest would quickly collapse for lack of any variety, competition and, of course, for the surprise/suspense factor always necessary in contest "show biz".
Leni