Look at These Ugly-Ass Dogs, From the World's Ugliest Dog Contest

The winner of this year’s World’s Ugliest Dog Contest is a 10-year-old pit bull-Dutch shepherd mix from Loxahatchee, Florida named Quasi Modo, the Associated Press reports. Quasi Modo has a spinal birth defect and a positive attitude.
WTF? Ugliest Dog Contest Winner Walle Is Actually Pretty Cute
The World’s Ugliest Dog contest, an event for people who want to ritualistically shame dogs in a misguided effort to make dogs experience the same aesthetic insecurities that torment the human psyche, has chosen a winner, and no, it’s one of those hideous Chinese Cresteds that looks like it crawled out of a tarpit and…
World's Ugliest Dog Is Fucking Ugly
The competition for the title of World's Ugliest Dog, held annually in Northern California, is stiff, judged on "the natural ugliness in both pedigree and mutt classes." 28 dogs competed this year, and while they're scraggy and gross, they're also sort of beautiful in their own way. I'm lying, they're just gross.…
Yoda, the World's Ugliest Dog, Passes Away at 15
The dog world has lost one of its most special members. Yoda, the Chinese crested and Chihuahua mix who was proudly crowned the 2011 World's Ugliest Dog, has died in her sleep at the age of 15. Terry Schumacher, her owner, is obviously very sad to lose her small scraggly friend and says she will miss, "her funny…
New World's Ugliest Dog Was Mistaken For A Rat
You've probably heard the urban legend about people adopting foreign dogs that turn out to be sewer rats. Terry Schumacher of California actually thought her dog Yoda was a rat when she first saw her. She adopted the the 14-year-old Chinese crested and Chihuahua mix after finding her abandoned behind an apartment…
Chihuahua Wins World's Ugliest Dog Contest
Princess Abby, a chihuahua with a closed eye and curved back and legs due to inbreeding, was crowned World's Ugliest Dog on Friday. "I don't think she's ugly at all," said her owner. "I think she's the most beautiful dog." [N.Y.DailyNews]
Former World's Ugliest Dog Dies
Miss Ellie, winner of Animal Planet's "World's Ugliest Dog" contest in 2009, has died at age 17. She performed at resorts in the Smoky Mountains and helped her owner raise $100,000 for a local humane society. [AP]
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Every Dog Has His Day
Meet Elwood. He is 2-years old. His breeder wanted to euthanize him at birth because she thought he was so ugly no one would ever want him. Lucky for Elwood and his proud owner that she didn't. Because Elwood was just crowned "World's Ugliest Dog 2007." And won $1000 to boot. Well done, Elwood! You are both one hot…
