Quasi Modo Crowned World's Ugliest Dog

[joeybee12]

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PETALUMA, Calif. (AP) — A 10-year-old mutt named Quasi Modo, whose spinal birth defects left her a bit hunchbacked, is the winner of this year's World's Ugliest Dog contest.

The pit bull-Dutch shepherd mix and her owner took the $1,500 prize Friday night, besting 25 other dogs competing in the contest that applauds imperfection, organizers said.

And though the name might make you think of the Quasimodo character in the Victor Hugo tale "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," this dog is female, not male as some thought.

Karen Spencer, marketing director for the Sonoma-Marin Fair, said she was notified Friday night by Quasi Modo's owner that the world's newly crowned ugliest dog is a she, and not a he.

Quasi Modo was abandoned at an animal shelter before being adopted by a veterinarian in Loxahatchee, Florida, according to her biography posted on the contest's website.

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/jun/27/deformed-mutt-is-crowned-worlds-ugliest-dog/

I think she's beautiful!

[mike_c]

1. I dunno-- those Chinese crested dogs were pretty ugly....

I question the judges decision!

[shenmue]

2. He is a dog, yes he beautiful

Adoption, the cutest thing of all.

[JI7]

3. based on that pic the dog is not ugly at all

Maybe seen from the front it might be different

[Warpy]

7. See from the side he looks kind of, er, compressed

Like a couple of careless dogs parked in front and behind and crashed into him.

His collar also looks too tight, loosening it might help.

[lumberjack_jeff]

4. Here's her good side.

[AnnetteJacobs]

5. OMG, she does look like the bell ringer from Notre Dame!

But cute, too!

[BrotherIvan]

6. I hope she is happy and healthy

She is actually pretty cute! But truly no dog could beat the champ, Sam

[hifiguy]

9. That dog is clearly suffering from

length contraction. I wonder how it got so close to lightspeed.

[lumberjack_jeff]

12. She reminds me a bit of an alien from Halo. n/t

[MoonRiver]

8. She looks so sweet!

[Egnever]

11. One of my old high school friends

Won this competition with her dog one year. Her dog would make this one look cute by comparison.