A 9-year-old English bulldog was named the winner of the 2018 World's Ugliest Dog contest in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Megan Brainard kisses her dog Zsa Zsa. Source: AAP
Zsa Zsa won the title Saturday night at the Sonoma-Marin Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds in Petaluma.
The dog's owner Megan Brainard of Anoka, Minnesota, will receive $US1500 ($A2015) for Zsa Zsa's win. Brainard found Zsa Zsa on a pet-finding site, according to the contest bio.
"She's just so ugly, she's beautiful," Ms Brainard told the New York Times.
Zsa Zsa spent five years in a puppy farm before she was adopted by Ms Brainard, who put the win down to her charming the judges.
“She was eating part of a Slim Jim on the table and just sneezed all over them and was drooling on them,” she told the New York Times.
Dogs in the annual competition flaunt their imperfections - some have hairless bodies, others have lolling tongues. The dogs and their handlers walk down a red carpet. The dogs are evaluated by a panel of judges.
Wild Thang, a Pekingese, onstage during the World's Ugliest Dog Contest. Source: AAP
The contestants included a blackhead-covered Chinese Crested-Dachshund mutt, a bulldog mix with excess wrinkly skin and a Pekingese named Wild Thang.
The contest is designed to promote pet adoption with many of the competitors rescued from shelters or puppy farms.
Mrs Kravitz, a Chihuahua, runs on stage during the World's Ugliest Dog Contest. Source: AAP
Last year's winner was a 57-kilogram gentle giant named Martha - a Neopolitan Mastiff with gas and a droopy face.
The contest is in its 30th year. It is usually held on Friday nights, but organisers moved the competition to Saturday in an effort to draw a bigger audience.
Himisaboo, Chinese Crested and Dachshund mix, struts her stuff during the World's Ugliest Dog Contest. Source: AP
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