Its owner, Jeneda Benally, poses with Mr. Happy Face.
A competition to choose, why not, inner beauty. Because the proposal is particularly strange: bring the animal to participate in the festival where it will be chosen The ugliest dog in the world
The “The Ugliest Dog in the World” contest took place in the Californian city of Petaluma, USA, and returned after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic.
The fun move sought to reward ugly but adorable traits, such as protruding teeth, bite, or weird colors. One of the judges was a dog named Bean.
The joy of its owner, Jeneda Benally, after winning the contest.
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Chosen as the new ugliest dog in the world is a hairless Chinese crested chihuahua mix named Mr happy facewho entered the Friday contest on a whim.
Mr. Happy Face’s lock of hair, bulging eyes and hanging tongue captured the affection of his owner, Jeneda Benally, and the contest judges. She and her dog won the $ 1,500 first place prize. and a trip to New York to be on NBC’s “Today,” the site reports. Democratic Press.
Owner Benally, who lives in Flagstaff, Arizona and works part-time on the Navajo Nation reservation, was in California shooting a pilot for her new Native American youth radio show. One of the young people who accompanied her told her about the ugliest dog race in the world in Petaluma and urged her to participate. She has decided to take Mr. Happy Face, who needs a diaper and can’t walk well, to the Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds, carrying him in a stroller.
The ugliest dog in the world poses for the camera.
“When I first tried to adopt my initial choice, I had lost it by 5 minutes. So I asked for the oldest and least adoptable dog and they brought in Mr. Happy Face. The vet gave him six weeks to live. but I’ve had it for nearly 10 months, ”Benally said.
“I said I’ll give him the best life I can. I wanted to return the love I felt for him, “she said.
Each dog was presented on the Kiwanis stage with their own initials. One of the eight contestants, Monkey, and his owner chose Elvis Presley’s “Hound Dog”.
Mr. Happy Face’s song was “Oh, Pretty Woman” by Roy Orbison.
Second place went to Wild Thang, un Pekingese with wild coat, large eyes, 4-inch legs and a wrinkled muzzle. He and owner Ann Lewis received $ 1,000.
“All dogs are adorable,” said Lewis, a former Los Angeles resident. “He is my heart”.
Benally adopted him after looking for him in a shelter. “It’s pure love.”
The third-place winner was Monkey, a gray Brussels griffon who was rescued 6 months from a hoarding situation by Scotch Haley of Pleasant Hill. The prize was $ 500.
Haley said the hoarder had 80 dogs, “and unfortunately the owner barked them, so she screams.”
“She has more clothes than me and shoes,” said Haley.
The contest also features a special “Spirit Award” based in part on the dog’s life story, which this year went to Blueberry, whose theme song was Stevie Wonder’s “Isn’t She Lovely.” The “bald Mexican with the silky hair of an Afghan” is up for adoption and was introduced by Yvonne Morales de Santa Rosa on behalf of Compassion Without Borders.
Morita was rescued from a Mexican beach where she was eating leftovers along with 33 other dogs, Morales said.
Source: Democratic Press
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