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HOLIDAY EDITION

Benefiting
St. Nicholas Ist.

Every year the St. Nicholas Institute in Livonia, MI raises money to provide the homeless of Detroit, MI with blankets and ways to keep warm in the winter. The contest will give to their organiztion.

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ABOUT THE CONTEST

ABOUT:

This is a online holiday themed photo beard competition.

- Beard Decorating Contest: Beard decoration contest

- All American Santa Claus Beards: exclusive to white or gray beards

- Whiskerina Beards: open to all genders, just put hair on your face.

- 3 Kings Beard Contest: traditional beard contest for whiskers of all colors

- European Santa Claus Contest: open to real bearded and traditional Santa's

(There are 17 sub-categories to choose from.)

 

WHERE: The contest will take place in the North Pole at Santa's Workshop. All contestants are expected to compete in the online version of a beard championship.

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HOW TO ENTER:

To enter register and choose as many categories as you wish. You do not need to submit a photo at the time of entry. After you register the beard administrator will contact you with instructions for each category. Registration is now open. Registration closes December 23rd, 2022 at midnight eastern standard time.

 

WHEN:

Photo submissions are due no later than midnight December 24th, 2022 EST.

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JUDGING:

Judging will commence December 25th, 2022 in the North Pole and will be completed December 31st, 2022. All judging will be done according to the National Beard & Mustache Championship scoring system by a panel of qualified judges made up of Hall of Fame Santa Claus members or recognized Beard Experts. Ron Wolek, the owner of MustacheParlor.com and the contest organizer will not be judging the contest in order to keep all results as fair and unbiased as possible.

 

AWARDS CEREMONY:

Winners will be announced on January 1, 2023 via the @BeardChampionship instagram page.  

 

PRIZES:

Each participant will receive a certificate notating their rank and a prize for all category winners. There will be one award for Best in Show. and Peoples Choice. People choice award will be decided by the amount of likes given to a entrant on the @BeardChampionship instagram page. Judges will be announced on the @BeardChampionship instagram page. All entrants may opt out of the peoples choice category.

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THANKS!

Thank you for supporting our effort to raise money for the homeless of Detroit, MI. Its really cold there in the Motor City! Lets all grow a beard and lend a hand! 

Beard Decorating Contest

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1. Christmas Tree Beards

Decorate you beard like a Christmas Tree, with ornaments, glitter, garland, and Christmas Lights.

  • Open to real Beards of any length.

  • Open to all genders.

  • Grooming & Styling Aides Permitted.

  • Faux beard, wigs, and hair pieces allowed.

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Use real snow, fake storm, or makeup to transform your beard into a frosted whisker wonderland.

  • Open to real Beards of any length.

  • Open to all genders.

  • Grooming & Styling Aides Permitted.

  • Faux beard, wigs, and hair pieces allowed.

2. Frozen Beards

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3. Grinchy Beards

Green Narly Beards.

  • Beard must colored green.

  • This is not a Grinch Cosplay Contest, show us your green narly beards.

  • Open to all Beardos of any gender.

  • Use of makeup, temporary hair color, faux beards, wigs, and hair pieces permitted. 

4. Krampus Tongue & Beards

Beastly Beards & Crazy Tongues

  • ​Tongue must be showing.

  • Open to all genders.

  • Grooming & Styling Aides Permitted.

  • Makeup, Faux beard, wigs, and hair pieces allowed. Temporary Hair Color allowed in natural colors only.

3 Kings Beards & Mustaches

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4. Styled Mustaches

Styled mustaches of any hair color.

  • Coiffed and styled beards styled with pretentious royalty.

  • Any Whisker color permitted. 

  • Styling & Grooming aides required.

5. Styled  Partial Beards

Styled Gotes, Whiskers, or

Partial Beards.

  • Coiffed and styled beards styled with pretentious royalty.

  • Any Whisker color permitted. 

  • Styling & Grooming aides required.

6. Styled Beards

Styled Beard of any hair color.

  • Coiffed and styled beards styled with pretentious royalty.

  • Any Whisker color permitted. 

  • Styling & Grooming aides required.

All American Santa Beards

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7. Styled Beards

Styled Beards with Handle Bars..

  • All Beards must be styled with mustaches in a handle bar.

  • Whiskers must be snow white, no grays permitted.

  • Whiskers must be minimum 6".

  • Eyebrows must be white.

8. Black Santa Beard

African American Santa Claus Beards.

  • Real Beard and wigs or hair pieces permitted.

  • Grooming & Styling Aides Permitted.

  • Whiskers may be in a variable of colors.

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9. Short Beards

Santa Claus Beards under 10". 

  • Real Beards only.

  • Beard must be under 10".

  • Styling & Grooming Aids permitted. 

10. Groomed Beards

Santa Beards with grooming aids.

  • Grooming aides permitted.

  • No Handle Bar Mustaches

  • Eyebrows may be dark or white.

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11. Natural Beards

Beards without Styling Aides, like Thomas Nasst.

  • Real Beards only.

  • Whiskers must be white, some gray is permitted.

  • Grooming & Styling Aids ARE BOT allowed.

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12. Gray Beards

Santa Beards with Tones of Gray, like Norman Rockwell.

  • Beards may be white with gray or mixed colors. 

  • Hair must be receding, balding, or bald head.

  • No Grooming or Styling aides permitted.

13. Charles W. Howard Beards

Santa Claus beards and wigs without lace.

  • Real Beards only.

  • Whiskers must be snow white, no grays permitted.

  • Minimum 5" to 16" length.

  • All mustaches must be styled in a handle bar shape.

  • Grooming & Styling Aids permitted.

  • Eyebrows must be white.

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14. Hollywood Designer Beards

Santa Claus beards and wigs with lace.

  • Real Beard and wigs or hair pieces permitted.

  • Grooming & Styling Aides Permitted.

  • Faux beard, wigs, and hair pieces allowed.

  • Whiskers may be in a variable of colors.

Theatrical Santa Contest

European Santa Beard Contest

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14. Dutch Beards

Beards styled a curling iron like Sinterklass.

  • Real Beards, Wigs, or Hair Pieces permitted.

  • Styling & Grooming Aids permitted.

  • Whiskers must be styled in the three barrel crimping iron wave famous of the dutch Sinterklass Santa.

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15. St. Nich Beards

Beards that look like St. Nicholas.

  • Real Beards, Wigs, or Hair Pieces permitted.

  • Styling & Grooming Aids permitted.

  • Entries must include wardrobe of eastern or western St. Nicholas.

16. Scandiavian Beards

Santas with pointed hats.

  • Real Beards, Wigs, & Hair Pieces permitted.

  • No styling or grooming aides permitted.

  • Entrants must wear the traditional pointed hat.

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17. Epic Long Russian 
Beards

Beards over 14".

  • Real Beards, Wigs, & Hair Peices permitted.

  • Styling & Grooming aides permitted.

  • Beards must be a minimal of 14".

  • Costumes like the Russian Ded Moroz or the Finnish Joulupukki are encouraged.

WHISKERINA CATEGORIES

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Benefiting
St. Nicolas Ist.

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18. Holiday Whiskerina

For craft beards only, made of anything but hair and attached to the face.

  • Open to all Beardos of any gender.

  • Use of faux beards, wigs, and hair pieces is NOT permitted.

  • The more outrageous and larger the better.

19. Elf Whiskerina

For Realistic Whiskerinas

  • Elf Ears required to enter.

  • Open to all Beardos of any gender.

  • Use of faux beards, wigs, and hair pieces is permitted.

  • The more outrageous and larger the better.

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