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AshishWorld Beard and Moustache Championships
June 29th 2009 02:22
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.
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
* 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
Jack Passion, winner of the Full Natural Beard
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