Meet The Newly Crowned ‘World’s Ugliest Dog!’

The “World’s Ugliest Dog” has just been crowned at the Sonoma Marin fair grounds in Petaluma, California. NBC’s Kerry Sanders was at the competition to judge some of the competing pets and meet the world’s ugliest pooch.

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[milktea]

My dog died not so long ago and he was a Chinese crested people called him ugly weird gross but what made me cry most when he passed is that my family was the only one who accepted him on our walks I would hear people saying “ew look at that dog” but even if people don’t accept him I always will he was my best friend and was with me my whole life Rest In Peace prince i miss you ❤

[bscan]

1:14 not them cutting to Beanz Hart 😭 she wasn't even a contestant

[jesuschristisrisen]

I will say though, that all of these dogs aren't ugly, but little cuties. They're adorable.

[albertinemangercats]

Yes, Grace and Mamrie on the judges team!

[melissa.salazar]

Please! I'm not a dog person at all whatsoever, but I think Mr. Happyface is ADORABLE!!!

[davidheathcock]

I hope you have the dogs welfare in mind. All dogs are a gift and need to be loved

[NotYoung]

what is so sad is that most of these are inbred breeder rejects, and most are pretty miserable. What is good, is that these beasts are loved and cared for.

[lagurl]

No such thing as an ugly animal! This is such happy story :) Thank you to all fur moms and dads!

[sharonwalker]

You can find something cute in every dog.

[yasminhelenendangeredspecies]

It's nice these caring owners who truly Love their babies get to have a little fun. Mr. Happy face looks a bit like baby yoda. He definitely needs some special treats 🐶💖 ~ Nice story where nobody gets hurt or dies and everyone is Happy & full of Love 💖

[liveslisa]

This story made my day! Congrats, Mr. Happy Face!

[dmcconnell]

What a horrible thing to have as a competition. Unacceptable.

[FutureFendiFsnista]

It's disgusting that competitions like this even exist. Us humans already pit against each other based on how we look. We don't need the same crap done to animals. Period.

On a more positive note, that dog is so cute! Especially with his tongue hanging out the side of his mouth. 😍

[cars]

Ugly or cute, EVERY dog deserves a good home❤️

[plbprobst]

They are adorable all of them, i hate whoever said they are ugly. I love happy face. He is ADORABLE

[G-gk]

Mankind heart is more ugly than these heart.

[julievanderleest]

This one is just sad. I agree he is not exactly cute but being the world, ’s ugliest isn’t exactly a compliment.

[stargazer]

It’s just so cruel people do this contest. It’s horrible! In my personal opinion is that all the dogs there are cute! 🥺❤️

now he is famous for being deapools sidekick

[NatePhipps-cvzk]

Not to sound extreme but I would literally die for evey one of these little angels.