Contestants line up at the World Beard and Moustache Championships, which was held on Saturday 14 June in Anchorage, Alaska
The World Beard and Moustache Championships is a competition held every two years where men with beards and moustaches display lengthy, highly-styled facial hair.
The 2009 competition was recently held in Anchorage, Alaska. 300 men took part.
Pictures and captions sourced from the Daily Telegraph.
There were 18 categories at the 2009 event, divided into three sections.
Ted Stedman: Winner of the Fu Manchu category
Moustache
* Natural Moustache- maximum of 1.5 cm beyond the end of the upper lip (may be styled but without aids)
* English- slender, hairs extremely long and pulled to the side
* Dali- slender with long tips, straight up or arching up
* Imperial Moustache- small and bushy with tips arching up
* Hungarian- big and bushy, beginning from the middle of the upper lip and pulled to the side
* Freestyle- All moustaches that do not match other classes
The Imperial Partial Beard category: Second: Udo Fritzsche of Germany; first: Karl-Heinz Hille, also of Germany; third: Mark Voermans of Belgium
Partial Beard
* Natural Goatee- facial hair grown only on chin, upper and lower lip (may be styled but without aids)
* Chinese- chin shaved with moustache tips long and pulled down
* Musketeer- moustache long and slender, beard small and pointed
* Imperial- hair to be grown only on cheeks and upper lip
* Sideburns Freestyle- all other sideburns with shaved chin
* Partial Beard Freestyle- all partial beards not matching other classes
The top three in the Freestyle Beard category: third: Hans-Peter Weis of Germany; second: Gerhard Knapp, also of Germany; first: David Traver, Anchorage
Full Beard
* Verdi- short and round, length not to exceed 10 cm
* Garibaldi- broad, full and round, length not to exceed 20 cm
* Natural Full Beard- as grown, no aids allowed
* Natural Full Beard with Styled Moustache- as grown, only moustache can be styled with aids
* Full Beard Freestyle- full beards not matching other classes
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Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
The nearly six-minute-long song contains a 27-second guitar solo and a 47-second musical interlude. Unless the karaoke performer starts head-banging like the cast of "Wayne's World" during that time, expect awkward swaying while the audience stares blankly.
American Pie by Don McClean
This classic folk rock tune runs over eight minutes long. No one should hog the karaoke mic for that long. Save the song for car rides and the end of wedding receptions.
My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion
Seeing Rose and Jack's love story fall apart as Leonardo DiCaprio disappeared into the freezing Atlantic left any 1997-moviegoer blubbering like a baby. What makes you think revellers want to relive that heartache at 11 p.m. on a Friday? The Grammy- and Academy Award-winning song was Celine Dion's biggest hit, but just because it played nonstop in the late '90s doesn't mean it'll fly with bargoers of 2009.
Baby Got Back by Sir Mix-a-Lot
It's the most cliché karaoke rap song, but it's predictability alone doesn't make it cringe-worthy. It's that 90 percent of people who select the song realize after the very first "I like big butts and I cannot lie..." that they have no clue about the rest of the lyrics.
Welcome to the Jungle by Guns N' Roses
Karaoke-goers who want to channel Axl Rose will fail miserably if they attempt this fast-pace, high-pitch tune. They can instead fall back on "Sweet Child o' Mine," right? Wrong. Both songs are from the album "Appetite for Destruction," and they'll both kill the crowd's appetite for fun.
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A distraught Kimberley Vlaeminck speaks on her mobile phone at home in Belgium today - the 56 tattoos still healing across her face
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