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Super fluffy 8-year-old Pekingese Wild Thang wins 2024 World's Ugliest Dog contest

Chloe Veltman — Sat, 22 Jun 2024 16:50:08 -0400

This is the first victory for the canine, a five-time competitor in the annual event, held in the northern California city of Petaluma.

Ooh Zsa Zsa: Rescued Bulldog Wins Ugliest Dog Contest

Bill Chappell — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 11:09:00 -0400

Maybe it was the lolling tongue or the upward-thrusting chin or the drool. Whatever her secret, Zsa Zsa the English bulldog worked her magic and took home the title.

(Image credit: Josh Edelson)

PHOTOS: Meet Martha, World's Ugliest Dog

Colin Dwyer — Sat, 24 Jun 2017 13:35:00 -0400

At least that's the assessment of judges in Petaluma, Calif., where the mastiff took the crown at this year's World's Ugliest Dog Contest. And she defeated some formidable pupposition (also pictured).

(Image credit: Josh Edelson)

The World's Ugliest Dog And The Case Of The Libelous Oozing Sore

Camila Domonoske — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 13:52:00 -0400

The Guardian there were no oozing sores on his prize-winning, unprepossessing pooch.'/>

There was something slimy in the town of Petaluma, Calif. — and The Guardian broke the story wide open. Bug-eyed, incontinent, bent-backed SweePee Rambo is ugly as all get-out, but she is pus-free.

(Image credit: Justin Sullivan)

Ugly Mugly Wins Ugliest Dog Contest

Melisa Goh — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 13:54:00 -0400

A Chinese crested from the UK has taken this year's ugly dog title. "I think that he is the most beautiful dog from the inside out and want the world to know that too," his owner says.

(Image credit: Kimihiro Hoshino)