SoCooL Sonoma Marin Fair World’s Ugliest Dog (R) Contest Petaluma, CA USA

WORLD’S UGLIEST DOG CONTEST (R) BREAKS TRADITION When Upstart Boxer Mutt with Underbite Steals Show… June 26, 2009 (Petaluma, CA)–As the crowd chanted Pabst, Pabst, the celebrity judges deliberated between the so-named boxer-mix shelter dog and Rascal, a former world champion Chinese Crested to determine who would be the 2009 Worlds Ugliest Dog Champion Friday, June 26 at the Sonoma-Marin Fair. First timer Miles Egstad from Citrus Heights, California was stunned at Pabsts win. I dont think hes that ugly! he said of his boxer mix whose under bite was his most compelling physical feature. His sweet personality made him an audience favorite. The Chinese Crested breed has dominated the contest for more than seven years and in this years contest represented more than 50% of the 2009 entries in the pedigree class. But Pabst, who was given his name because he had a bitter beer face, according to his owner quickly won the crowd and the judges soon followed. Egstad, 25, first saw the contest on television and his friends urged him to enter his dog. Egstad won 00 from the Sonoma-Marin Fair for sweeping all three rounds (0 for mutt class, 0 for runoff with the pedigree class winner, and 00 for Worlds Ugliest Dog). This year sponsor House Of Dog upped the ante with another 00 in prize money, a table of bling that included collars, leashes, and bowls plus a year-round modeling contract that Pabst signed with his paw. Event Photographer Grace Chon included a …
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