{"id":3198,"date":"2025-08-15T11:13:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T11:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/15\/hairless-bulldog-named-worlds-ugliest-dog\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T11:13:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T11:13:27","slug":"hairless-bulldog-named-worlds-ugliest-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/15\/hairless-bulldog-named-worlds-ugliest-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"Hairless bulldog named World&#039;s Ugliest Dog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2025-08-15 11:13:24<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>A hairless Bulldog has been crowned the World&#8217;s Ugliest Dog.<BR><br \/>\nPetunia, two, from California, won the titular contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Santa Rosa, California, on August 8.<BR><br \/>\nShe and her owner, Shannon Nyman, celebrated winning the nearly 50-year-old World&#8217;s Ugliest Dog competition.<BR><br \/>\nMs. Nyman was handed a $5,000 prize.<BR><br \/>\nThe World&#8217;s Ugliest Dog contest raises awareness of rescue dogs and shelter animals.<BR><br \/>\nIt also helps to change public perception of loving and adopting dogs, as well as influencing choices to adopt pooches across North America.<BR><br \/>\nPetunia was rescued by Ms. Nyman, and the pooch received medical treatment before finding out what it means to be loved.<BR><br \/>\nDogs of all breeds and sizes can take part in the World&#8217;s Ugliest Dog contest.<BR><br \/>\nHowever, participants need to confirm their pet&#8217;s health status before arriving at the event, via veterinary paperwork.<BR><br \/>\nThe canines that often participate have missing teeth, missing eyes, deformed limbs, dangling tongues and fur deformities.<BR><br \/>\nA spokesperson for the Sonoma Marin Fairgrounds Event Centre is quoted by Newsweek as saying: &#8220;For nearly 50 years, the World&#8217;s Ugliest Dog Contest has been a testament that the pedigree does not define the pet. <BR><br \/>\n&#8220;This world-renowned event celebrates the imperfections that make all dogs special and unique.&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025-08-15 11:13:24 A hairless Bulldog has been crowned the World&#8217;s Ugliest Dog. Petunia, two, from California, won the titular contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Santa Rosa, California, on August&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3199,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3200,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3198\/revisions\/3200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}