The World Beard and Moustache Championships

Here's an interesting fact for you - there is a famous competition called "The World Beard and Moustache Championships" in which men from around the world display their stylish, lenghty facial hair.

 

The first Championship took place in Höfen-Enz, Germany, in 1990 and since then it became pretty popular all around the world. You can type the phrase world beard and moustache championships in Google to see many articles about it.There are also many, many pictures available if you are interested. Pictures like the one in this article. The man in this photo is Marco - one of the men who proudly present their facial hair styles at Championships' official site.

 

Every time the event is held in a different part of the world but the rules of the contest are always the same. There are three brackets of facial hair: Moustache, Partial Beard and Full Beard. Each bracket is broken into individual categories. The categories in each bracket are:

 

  • MOUSTACHE

 

  1. Natural Moustache - maximum of 1.5 cm beyond the end of the upper lip (may be styled but without aides);

  2. English - slender, hairs extremely long and pulled to the side;

  3. Dali - slender with long tips, straight up or arching up;

  4. Imperial Moustache - small and bushy with tips arching up;

  5. Hungarian - big and bushy, beginning from the middle of the upper lip and pulled to the side;

  6. Freestyle - All moustaches that do not match other classes.

 

  • PARTIAL BEARD

 

  1. Natural Goatee - facial hair grown only on chin, upper and lower lip (may be styled but without aides);

  2. Chinese - chin shaved with moustache tips long and pulled down;

  3. Musketeer - moustache long and slender, beard small and pointed;

  4. Imperial - hair to be grown only on cheeks and upper lip;

  5. Sideburns Freestyle - all other sideburns with shaved chin;

  6. Partial Beard Freestyle - all partial beards not matching other classes.

 

  • FULL BEARD

 

  1. Verdi - short and round, length not to exceed 10 cm;

  2. Garibaldi - broad, full and round, length not to exceed 20 cm;

  3. Natural Full Beard - as grown, no aids allowed;

  4. Natural Full Beard with Styled Moustache - as grown, only moustache can be styled with aides;

  5. Full Beard Freestyle - full beards not matching other classes, but considered the most creative over all other categories in the full beards.