Last weekend in Portland, Oregon elite competitors gathered from all around the globe at the 2014 Beard & Moustache World Championships.
In one of the manliest congregations ever assembled one many managed to shine through above all: Madison Rowley.
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There he is bros, marvel in that sweet hive of manliness. This year’s winner is Madison Rowley, he took top honors in both the Garibaldi category and overall.
From the Huffington Post:
Around bearded 300 contestants showed up in hopes of winning a prize in one of 18 categories like best full groomed beard, partial beards (which includes sideburns, van dykes, goatees and soul patches,) and freestyle, where anything goes.
At Saturday’s event, Madison Rowley, the winner of the Garibaldi category, which honors the Italian patriot with prominent whiskers, won the grand prize over MJ Johnson by — you guessed it — a hair.
Known as competitive bearding, facial hair face offs started in Germany in the 1990s.
But there’s been criticism from a rival organization in Europe called the World Beard and Moustache Association, which claims their event is the only true world bearding competition.
And here’s some other magnificent beards from this year’s competition:
Hirsute you, sir! The World Beard and Moustache Championships 2014 – Telegraph http://t.co/HsuSoNG5zW pic.twitter.com/zHUJdJffUU
— John Jenkins (@je07nks) October 27, 2014
https://twitter.com/HashashinTag/status/527493646955077632
Glorious Highlights from the 2014 World Beard and Moustache Championships http://t.co/1hIlc1jqGg pic.twitter.com/E9anYqV8y4
— TwistedSifter (@TwistedSifter) October 28, 2014
As barbas mais maneiras do World Beard and Moustache Championships http://t.co/zwK63jJ5Kc pic.twitter.com/tqfhZqmPKF
— O Marido com dois empregos (@ditonobar) October 28, 2014
Time-honoured lesson: channelling Dali's moustache can make you look like a bit of a clock http://t.co/9UE4j44czX pic.twitter.com/685wXskv2z
— Jonny Cooper (@jbcoopr) October 27, 2014
Some totally epic #beards amongst this group of winners from the World Beard and Moustache Championships. Pic: AP pic.twitter.com/6XqlB15Do1
— BBC Breakfast (@BBCBreakfast) October 27, 2014
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