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The World’s Ugliest Dog contest started about 50 years ago as part of the four-day fair, which also features a carnival, a car show, farm “Olympics” and other activities.
Rascal Deux won the People's Choice Award during the World's Ugliest Dog Contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, California on June 23, 2023. Courtesy of WORLD'S UGLIEST DOG.
The winner for the 2024 World's Ugliest Dog contest has been crowned. The contest, which judges multiple canines on their extracurricular activities and not so cute appearances, took place at the ...
Mr. Happy Face, the 2022 winner of the World's Ugliest Dog Competition, looks towards the camera. The contest is currently soliciting entries for its 2023 showdown.
For Pekingese Wild Thang, and his owner Ann Lewis, winning the title of “World’s Ugliest Dog” is not an insult but an honor. The pup hailing from Coos Bay, Oregon, is the 2024 winner of the ...
An 8-year-old Pekingese named Wild Thang was named the winner of the 2024 World's Ugliest Dog Contest, held at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, California on Friday, June 21.
An annual World's Ugliest Dog contest is held at Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, California. Organizers stress that the contest isn't to make fun of dogs but to spread awareness that every dog is ...
Feb. 28 (UPI) --The World's Ugliest Dog Contest, held annually in California, announced applications are now available for owners of aesthetically-challenged canines seeking to prove the ...
But it's those kinds of peculiarities that endeared the pooch to judges at the "World's Ugliest Dog" contest in Petaluma, Calif., where he took home the grand prize on Friday.
An 8-year-old Pekingese is the winner of this year's World's Ugliest Dog Contest. This is the first victory for Wild Thang, a 5-time competitor in the annual event held at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in ...