WORLD'S FINEST BEARD

Contestants in this year's International
German Beard and Mustache
Championship make Bert Reynold's
iconic 'lip warmer' look like puberty
gone wrong.

On April 27, nearly 100 competitors
went chin-to-chin in the German town
of Pforzheim to showcase some of the
world's finest facial hair for their
annual beard and moustache contest.
The fur-ocious participants competed
in 18 categories, including "Dali-style,"
"Imperial" and "Freestyle." This year's
event marked the 26th year of
competition.
But this tiny German town isn't the
only hub for the hirsute-inclined. In
recent years the trend of 'bearding'
has caught on around the world with
pageant-like championships that
include the European Beard And
Mustache Championship and America's
own East Coast Beard and Mustache
Championship. Details here