HotmailPabst wins blue ribbon in ugly dog contest
Boxer-mix has prominent under-bite, scrunched face and floppy ears
 | Pabst, a 4-year-old boxer mix, shows off his winning underbite during the 21st Annual World's Ugliest Dog Contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair on Friday in Petaluma, Calif. |
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updated 9:45 p.m. ET June 27, 2009
PETALUMA, Calif. - A prominent under-bite, scrunched face and floppy ears are the hallmarks of a winner.
The winner of the World's Ugliest Dog contest, that is.
Pabst, a boxer-mix rescued from a shelter by Miles Egstad of Citrus Heights, Calif., won the annual contest on Friday at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Northern California.
It was an upset victory for Pabst, who beat former champion Rascal, a pedigree Chinese Crested.
Pabst's owner took home $1,600 in prize money, pet supplies and a modeling contract with House of Dog.
Miss Ellie, a blind 15-year-old Chinese Crested Hairless, won the pedigree category.
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