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Beard Mustache Championship Norway

World Beard Mustache Championship Norway

Participants of The 2011 World Beard Mustache Championship Norway

Beard Mustache Championship Norway

Hosted by “The Norwegian Mustache Club of 91”, the 2011 championship took place in Trondheim, on May 15th. Traditionally, the championship takes place once in two years. However, the 12th incarnation of the contest will be in Stuttgart, Germany in November 2013, hosted by Belle Mustache Beard and Culture Club. Meanwhile, in 2011 in the competition took part 163 bearded men from 15 countries. In particular, USA (60 candidates!), Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Liechtenstein, Australia, New Zealand, Austria, Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands.

World Beard Mustache Championship Norway

Proud participant of The 2011 World Beard Mustache Championship in Trondheim, Norway

The first Championship took place in Hufen-Enz, Germany, in 1990.
Since its humble beginnings in Germany in 1990, the World Beard and Mustache Championships has blossomed into an international event.

The competition awards prizes in seventeen categories, such as Dali Mustache, Freestyle Goatee, Garibaldi, and German Imperial. The World Beard and Mustache Championships is a biennial competition hosted by the World Beard and Mustache Association (WBMA) in which men with beards and mustaches display lengthy, highly styled facial hair.

The 12th incarnation of the contest was held near Stuttgart, Germany on November 2, 2013 and was hosted by Belle Mustache Beard and Culture Club. The next official World Beard and Mustache Championships will be held in Leogang, Austria in 2015. The Championships return to America in 2017 when The Austin Facial Hair Club hosts the contest in Austin, Texas. The official World Beard and Mustache Championships are held every two years, on odd years only.

Beard Mustache Championship Norway

Beard design. The 2011 World Beard Mustache Championship in Trondheim, Norway

Beard design. The 2011 World Beard Mustache Championship in Trondheim, Norway

Because facial hair is strongly associated with masculinity, beards and mustaches carry powerful and complex cultural meanings. Growing a beard or mustache, or being clean-shaven, can communicate information about religion, sexual identity, and orientation, and other important aspects of cultural heritage. In many cultures, the wearing (or not) of facial hair has been a marker of membership in a tribe, ethnic group, or culture, implying acceptance of the group’s cultural values and a rejection of the values of other groups.

In Western culture in recent centuries, however, the wearing or shaving of facial hair has tended to become more a matter of fashion than of cultural identity. For most of history, the shaving of facial hair and the shaping of beards and mustaches has depended on the skills of barbers and personal servants who knew how to whet a razor and to use hot water and emollients to soften a beard.

Miniature sculpture created of beard

Miniature sculpture created of beard

Jurgen Graheim from Germany

Jurgen Graheim from Germany

Dieter Besuch, Germany

Dieter Besuch, Germany

Long beard and moustache. Championship in Trondheim, Norway

Long beard and moustache. Championship in Trondheim, Norway

Happy owner of Moustache. Championship in Trondheim, Norway

Happy owner of Moustache. Championship in Trondheim, Norway

Circles of beard and moustache

Circles of beard and moustache

Austrian participant at Championship in Trondheim, Norway

Austrian participant at Championship in Trondheim, Norway

Trondheim, Norway. The 2011 World Beard Moustache Championship

Trondheim, Norway. The 2011 World Beard Moustache Championship

Moustache proud owner at the Championship in Trondheim, Norway

Moustache proud owner at the Championship in Trondheim, Norway

World Beard Moustache Championship in Trondheim, Norway

World Beard Moustache Championship in Trondheim, Norway

Stylist working with a participant of world Beard Moustache Championship in Trondheim, Norway

Stylist working with a participant of world Beard Moustache Championship in Trondheim, Norway

Creative beard and moustache style

Creative beard and moustache style

Mirror, mirror, tel me who has the coolest beard and moustache

Mirror, mirror, tel me who has the coolest beard and moustache

Some like it suspended

Some like it suspended

Others like it round...

Others like it round…

Nearly classic

And others like it nearly classic

Original Beard and Moustache. Championship in Trondheim, Norway

Original Beard and Moustache. Championship in Trondheim, Norway

Sources:

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