Beards and Moustaches World Championship 2011
Dieter Besuch of Germany poses after winning the Partial Beard Freestyle category |
163 contestants from 15 different countries gathered in the town of Trondheim in Norway to compete in the The Beards and Moustaches World Championship 2011. Moustaches and beards are judged in six categories: Natural, English, Dali, Hungarian, Imperial and Freestyle
Hairdresser Elmar Weisser won first prize in the World Beard and Moustache Championship. He remarked "When my beard isn't styled, it goes down to my waist. It is sort of folded up"
Jurgen Draheim of Germany poses after winning first place in the Musketeer category
(L-R) Germany's Gerhard Knapp, Dieter Besuch and Peter Weiss
Bill Mitchell of the USA poses after winning the Sideburns Freestyle category
Burke Kenny of the US poses after winning first place in the Full Beard Natural with styled Moustache category
A contestant in the Moustache Dali Category
Germany's Dieter Besuch
Dusan Lalos of Germany poses after winning first place of the Partial Beard Natural category
Fritz Sendlhofer of Austria poses as he won first place in the Garibaldi category
Germany's Gerhard Knapp
Britain's Jake Crage
Johan Dominic of the USA poses after winning the Moustache Imperial category
Karl-Heinze Hille of Germany poses after winning first place in the Imperial Partial Beards category
Lutz Giese of Germany poses after winning first place in the Chinese category
Germany's Peter Weiss
Germany's Pia Weis prepares her husband Hans-Peter for the Full Beard Freestyle event
Rooty Lundvall of the USA
Wolfgang Schneider of Germany after winnning first place in the Moustache Natural category