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Hirsute you, sir! The World Beard and Moustache Championships 2014

Hairy hombres from all corners of the globe flocked to the Keller Auditorium in Portland, Oregon yesterday, to show off their facial growth at the World Beard and Moustache Championship.

The World Beard and Moustache Championships
Hirsute hombres from all corners of the globe flocked to the Keller Auditorium in Portland, Oregon yesterday, to show off their facial bushes at the World Beard and Moustache Championship. Split into 17 categories of different types of facial hair, the competitors were assessed on how their growth "enhanced their overall appearance, style and personality". Picture: Sipa USA/REX Credit: Sipa USA/REX
The World Beard and Moustache Championships
Bearded wonder: Hometown favourite Madison Rowley, from Portland, was crowned overall winner. Picture: Sipa USA/REX/ Credit: Sipa USA/REX/
The World Beard and Moustache Championships
Flying the flag: a contestant proudly sports a Confederate lip-adornment Picture: Sipa USA/REX Credit: Sipa USA/REX
The World Beard and Moustache Championships
Wax on, don't wax off: this carefully coiffured moustache takes longer to ready in the morning than most Picture: Sipa USA/REX Credit: Sipa USA/REX
The World Beard and Moustache Championships
Beret and bristle: a contestant demonstrates the value in mixing old-school facial hair styles with French chic Picture: Sipa USA/REX Credit: Sipa USA/REX
The World Beard and Moustache Championships
Professor Chaos: it's difficult to know quite what look this proud hair-wearer was going for, but it's safe to say that he nailed it Picture: Sipa USA/REX Credit: Sipa USA/REX
The World Beard and Moustache Championships
Squid chin: this contestant went for a jaw-grappling appendage, with a side order of mutton and nudity Picture: Sipa USA/REX Credit: Sipa USA/REX
The World Beard and Moustache Championships
Farmer Joe: we can neither confirm nor deny that this group of beardy men were later mistaken for a lynch mob Picture: Sipa USA/REX Credit: Sipa USA/REX
The World Beard and Moustache Championships
The politics of vier: this man may live to regret his open-palmed gesture Picture: Sipa USA/REX Credit: Sipa USA/REX
The World Beard and Moustache Championships
Poles apart: two bearded gentlemen with a mustachioed interloper Picture: Sipa USA/REX Credit: Sipa USA/REX
The World Beard and Moustache Championships
Chicken' lickin': we like the cohesive style of the Colonel Sanders look Picture: Sipa USA/REX Credit: Sipa USA/REX
The World Beard and Moustache Championships
Boater and beard: this contestant went for a classic facial hair wearer's look Picture: Sipa USA/REX Credit: Sipa USA/REX
The World Beard and Moustache Championships
The handles of time: channelling Salvador Dali's inimitable moustache inevitably results in the wearer looking like a bit of a clock Picture: Sipa USA/REX Credit: Sipa USA/REX
The World Beard and Moustache Championships
Cowlick curls: when curlers and beards meet Picture: Sipa USA/REX Credit: Sipa USA/REX
The World Beard and Moustache Championships
Snap unhappy: this contestant looks to be struggling with the frivolity of the day Picture: Sipa USA/REX Credit: Sipa USA/REX
The World Beard and Moustache Championships
Bottom right: is that Stephen Fry? Picture: Sipa USA/REX Credit: Sipa USA/REX