Meet Wild Thang, crowned the World’s Ugliest Dog after 5 tries

Wild Thang, an 8-year-old Pekingese, and his owner Ann Lewis stop by TODAY to celebrate his newly crowned title of World’s Ugliest Dog after competing in the contest five times. NBC’s Gadi Schwartz, who was a judge in the competition, shares highlights for TODAY.

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[chrisparsons]

AWW WHAT A CUTE BABY PUPPY HOW ADORABLE 🥰🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️ nothing is ugly, not even a blob fish

[carolcarranza]

"Ugly" is a very subjective word here, these dogs aren't the most attractive breeds but apparently that doesn't stop people from continuing to breed or buy them. Every dog is cute and cuddly in their own way. For me, I'm just a regular animal lover who loves anything soft and fluffy and cute and cuddly 🤗

[Sane-wqug]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder 😮

[heru-deshet]

Not one is ugly. They're all adorably sweet!

[Sane-wqug]

I had an ugly kitty even the Vet thought so however he was the smartest kitty😂❤❤❤

[pohanahawaii]

🐾 Wild Thang is anything but ugly. He's adorable with that amazing mop of brown hair, same coloring as a bear 🐻

[emmajohnson]

OMG, SO CUTE.JUST MAKES M ISS MY SHELBY SO BAD

[markvondolteren]

This honestly disgusts me. Dogs are very friendly and loyal creatures that want a home and to be part of a family. They're living beings and people are parading them around calling them ugly. Awful. Just awful.

[yickyhite]

Sadly "Mug" rootbeer does NOT have a twitter account :(. Was kind of stoked then just found a bunch of parody accounts

[YayRaven]

This dog is not ugly to me! Just because his tongue hangs out?! Hmmm

[toulaguilfoyle]

I.miss DISH TV bc they had the ugliest dog contest but XfinityTV doesn't. This raises awareness for humans to rescue not buy puppy mill dogs which 99.9% sold dogs are. I witnessed 30yrs deplorable conditions Amish MENNONITES, rural farmers and greedy backyard breeders. I truly didn’t know the horrible truth. Thumb MI i got threatened by cops, Huron County sheriffs & MI state police in Bad Axe MI FOR DOCUMENTING TRUTH of abhorrent abuse, neglect, torturing animals all OK WITH them & i who tried to get them help& my family harassment and threats constantly. Hated RURAL MI!

[jgadventures]

You should see him now that he is shaved

[Rafael-ftfq]

Good to see YOU got SOMETHING on your own KAMALA
❤️🤍💙