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Wild Thang won first place at the World's Ugliest Dog competition in Petaluma, Calif., Friday, June 21, 2024. Nic Coury/AP hide caption

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

June 22, 2024 • 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

Zsa Zsa, an English bulldog, won the World's Ugliest Dog competition this weekend in Petaluma, Calif. She's seen here with her owner, Megan Brainard of Minnesota. Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Ooh Zsa Zsa: Rescued Bulldog Wins Ugliest Dog Contest

June 25, 2018 • 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.

PHOTOS: Meet Martha, World's Ugliest Dog

Now here's the glamour shot: Martha at rest in the grass. Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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The Two-Way

PHOTOS: Meet Martha, World's Ugliest Dog

June 24, 2017 • 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).

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

Jason Wurtz holds his dog SweePee Rambo after winning the 2016 World's Ugliest Dog contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair on June 24 in Petaluma, Calif. Wurtz tells The Guardian there were no oozing sores on his prize-winning, unprepossessing pooch. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption

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

June 29, 2016 • 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.

Mugly, a Chinese crested dog from the United Kingdom won the 2012 World's Ugliest Dog contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, Calif., on Friday. Kimihiro Hoshino/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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The Two-Way

Ugly Mugly Wins Ugliest Dog Contest

June 23, 2012 • 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.