Petunia nabs the title within the “World’s Ugliest Canine Contest.” See photographs of her fierce opponents

A canine named Petunia nabbed the title Friday night within the “World’s Ugliest Canine Contest,” on the Sonoma County Honest in Santa Rosa, California. Petunia and her proprietor, Shannon Nyman, walked away with $5,000 and bragging rights.

The competition has been happening for almost 50 years, organizers mentioned, and is a “testomony that the pedigree doesn’t outline the pet.”

Not solely does the competition showcase the distinctive and offbeat fantastic thing about canines, however most of the collaborating canines have been rescued from shelters and pet mills – exhibiting potential canine house owners the optimistic outcomes of adoption. 

“It is a fantastic present of pageantry and pleasure,” organizers say.

See photographs of Petunia and her fierce opponents.

On the 2024 competitors, Wild Thang, a then 8-year-old Pekingese from Coos Bay, Oregon, took dwelling the title.