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The World Beard & Moustache Championships

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Sep 05 2007

About 250 shaggy men from around the world competed in 17 different classes of facial hair at the competition in Brighton this weekend, the first time the event has been held in the UK.
Moustache categories included the “Dali,” slender with long tips, straight or arching up, and the big and bushy “Hungarian,” while the beard categories ranged from the shorter “Verdi” to the rounder, more expansive “Garibaldi.” Competitors were barred from using extensions or hair pins, although wax and hairspray were allowed in some cases.
Contest objectives are to “encourage and celebrate standards of excellence in the growth, design and presentation of facial hair” and “to put a smile on people’s faces.”

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The vast majority of posts in this blog are about quirky & eccentric competitions & festivals. I started it in 2006 in France with a competition I’ll never forget. Where contestants battle it out to become the World Champion Pig Squeeler, or ‘Cri du Cochon’. I had little knowledge back then of quite how far my pursuit of these kind of events would lead me. I’ve travelled all over Britain (and occasionally further afield) to capture our curiosities and quirks. There’s nothing uniquely eccentric about the British, you’ll find people all over the world up to all sorts of weird and wonderful activities, but we do have a remarkable capacity to embrace the madness. ‘A Brit Different’ is the book that was born from it, my labour of love! So what next? There’s always something interesting going on, so watch this space, only time will tell!

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