A hairless British dog called Mugly has won the title of ugliest dog in the world, in a competition held in the United States.
Bald, apart from an eyebrow and some wayward white whiskers, the Chinese Crested pooch from Peterborough won \$1,000 (£640) and a year's worth of dog biscuits.
The pointy nosed pooch was whisked away in a limousine with his owner Bev Nicholson, 49, for a VIP stay at the Sheraton in Petaluma, California, and a photo shoot.
"I couldn't speak when they announced Mugly's name," said Ms Nicholson. "I didn't know which way to look. I was shaking as much as the dog."
Dressed in a glittery blue top hat and a black velvet Union Jack coat, eight-year-old Mugly beat 28 other ugly dogs to scoop the prize.
Ms Nicholson told her local paper the Peterborough Telegraph that Mugly is beautiful on the inside.
She added: "It has been absolutely brilliant, we've had a ball but the American press is manic. We've been recognised everywhere we've gone.
"But it's allowed us to go places a mad British woman couldn't normally go to with a dog.
"Mugly has taken it all in his stride, he has just been so cool. He's a really sweet, sensitive dog."
It's not the first time Mugly has been recognised for his unattractiveness - he was named Britain's ugliest dog in 2005.
Organisers at the California event say the dogs are judged on their "natural ugliness in both pedigree and mutt classes."
