Picking the big winners at the World Beard and Moustache Championships in Berlin 2005 on October 1 is no easy task. Don’t despair! My predictions are below.
This year, there will be no single overall winner. Instead trophies will be awarded in each of the seventeen categories as well as in each of the three overall classes – moustaches, partial beards, full beards.
Moustache Class.
This one is easy. Günter Rosin (pronounced: "Roe-zeen"), a taxi driver from Schorndorf,
Germany, has been the undefeated world champion in the Hungarian (or Wild West) moustache category since 1997. His winning streak started two years before Lance Armstrong’s streak in the Tour de France. Rosin also took top honors in the moustache class at the recent beard Olympics held in Austria. Don’t try talking to Günter before he takes the stage on competition day – he requires absolute peace and quiet as he prepares to compete. Unlike Armstrong, Rosin has no plans to retire.
Partial Beard Class.
Only one person on earth has ever been crowned overall champion at the World Beard and Moustache Championships – Berlin’s silver-bewhiskered Karl-Heinz Hille. He took top honors in Sweden in 1999 and again in Carson City in 2003. (There were no overall winners chosen at other WBMC’s.) Add to this the home court advantage and Hille should be the odds-on favorite. Not so quick! Karl-Heinz finished a disappointing third in his category (Imperial cheek beard) and therefore did not qualify for the final judging at the Beard Olympics last May. Nevertheless, I’m sticking with KHH because of his judge-appeal.
Full Beard Class.
This is a tough one. The top finishing full beard in Carson City belonged to Alaskan David Traver, who cannot make it to Berlin. I am going to go with Austria’s Hans Gassner, who competes in the full beard freestyle category. Gassner was the sentimental favorite at the Olympics where he took home the trophy in this class. He didn’t have to take the trophy very far, as the Olympics were held in his home town of Leogang.
OK, that is where I am putting my money. Remember where you heard it first.
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Yay!
Get yourself over to Brighton for 2007 and prepare to compete with the UK. (Not that my puny effort could match your fine folicles!)
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quand joe dassin chantait "l'amérique" se doutait-il de cela ?
Beards are gay.
The ladies love a good stache. Some even develop their own competition.
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Brighton! I live there! How strange it will be to have a beard competition in my town...
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Well these are some of the best moutache's I have ever seen.
Interesting photos and the article is also very interesting. Thank you for sharing the post.
it seems the problem has to do with language. There is no word in German for moustache.
Your predictions are logical as well..I wish I could go to the Championship ceremony..
The ladies love a good stache. How to burn 3500 to 4000 calories of stored fat and LOSING UP 1 to 2 POUNDS A DAY...
Very funny . But I like to having those kind of Moustache .
There will be no single overall winner. Instead trophies will be awarded in each of the seventeen categories as well as in each of the three overall classes – moustaches, partial beards, full beards.
This one is easy. Günter Rosin (pronounced: "Roe-zeen"), a taxi driver from Schorndorf,
Germany, has been the undefeated world champion in the Hungarian (or Wild West) moustache category since 1997.
The octopus style beard its seems to be interesting
I am so happy for you that you have so many visitors and hope that your next articles will be as great as this one.
Lately i read so many articles about this topic but i can honestly say that your point of view is the best there are.
Talking about the nuts they are really good for health too in many aspects..
those guys look funny and sexy at the same time sexy woman
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