Walle, a 4-year-old mutt from Chico, Calif., who was entered at the last minute, was judged Friday as the most unsightly of 30 dogs at the Northern California competition.
Tammie Barbee walks her dog Walle, a Beagle-Bassett, down the red carpet. The mutt won all at this year’s competition.
Dane Andrew shows his dog Rascal, a Chinese Crested, to judges, bribing them with links of sausage.
Jon Adler poses with Icky, a Chinese Crested - showing a muzzle that only a pet owner could love.
"People come up to me and say that dog is not right," Barbee said, "but I love him."
Penny, a pure bread Pug, awaits the start of the World's Ugliest Dog competition.
Josie, a Chinese Crested, shakes while walking, perhaps disappointed at her crippling loss.
The contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds gets worldwide attention, with media from around the world traveling to Petaluma, about 40 miles north of San Francisco.
Organizers say the dogs are judged for their "natural ugliness in both pedigree and mutt classes."