And finally...
...What you've all been waiting for! The one thing keeping you going these past few weeks, the constant pull on the back of your mind, what you where looking for while rummaging through our 60 odd posts....The results to the beard competition!
The final round took place in St.Petersburg on a man-made beach outside a fortress (the name of which I have momentarily forgotten, but I can tell you that it's reddish and inside there is a church with a ridiculously tall gold spire). Lucy and I took our seats on the panel on a piece of drift wood and the three eager competitors sat in a nice little line facing us.
The judging consisted of three parts - accessorising, walking the cat walk and beard fondling.
Contestant no.1 (Mr Andrew Daynes) was the first to take the stage. The beard admittedly was quite large, however the attention of the judges was drawn to his ludicrous idea of accesorising and original, but slightly dubious, idea of cat-walk walking. The beard fondling on the other hand was wonderfully done and very affectionate - it's always good to see a man who loves his beard.
Contestant no.2 (Sir M. Pushkin Pye) took quite a different approach to the presentation of the beard. His accesorising was minimal and functional with only a pen tidily kept in his beard (which was later used to sign a document a la KBG office portrait). The walk was again in a minimalist style, but clearly decipted the gait of a hard working office man. Pye then chose to do the original "looking into the distance while thinking hard" fondle of the beard, which did not show much imagination, but what paticularly apt for this presentation.
Contestant no.3 (Mr P J Burgon) took a brave step into the unknown with his surreal presentation of a naturally stylish beard. His whole set lasted less than a minute. The accesorising consisted of a few aptly placed twigs. He stood up and mimed a Laurel and hardy "A ha", sneakily working in a slight fondle of the beard and then walked away with a very plain gait.
The judging was hard because each contestant naturally exceeded in their own niche. This said, the judges felt that the Annual Beard International Growth competition should be taken seriously. Contestant no.1 or 3 possibly took the presentation too far. Not only did contestant no.2 show respect to his beard and the competition, but the judges felt that his use of the beard as a pen holder showed initiative and has taken the competition to another level. For these reasons, the first prize of our respect for at least a month went to Contestant no.2, Sir M Pushkin Pye. The other two had joint second (no prize).
The final round took place in St.Petersburg on a man-made beach outside a fortress (the name of which I have momentarily forgotten, but I can tell you that it's reddish and inside there is a church with a ridiculously tall gold spire). Lucy and I took our seats on the panel on a piece of drift wood and the three eager competitors sat in a nice little line facing us.
The judging consisted of three parts - accessorising, walking the cat walk and beard fondling.
Contestant no.1 (Mr Andrew Daynes) was the first to take the stage. The beard admittedly was quite large, however the attention of the judges was drawn to his ludicrous idea of accesorising and original, but slightly dubious, idea of cat-walk walking. The beard fondling on the other hand was wonderfully done and very affectionate - it's always good to see a man who loves his beard.
Contestant no.2 (Sir M. Pushkin Pye) took quite a different approach to the presentation of the beard. His accesorising was minimal and functional with only a pen tidily kept in his beard (which was later used to sign a document a la KBG office portrait). The walk was again in a minimalist style, but clearly decipted the gait of a hard working office man. Pye then chose to do the original "looking into the distance while thinking hard" fondle of the beard, which did not show much imagination, but what paticularly apt for this presentation.
Contestant no.3 (Mr P J Burgon) took a brave step into the unknown with his surreal presentation of a naturally stylish beard. His whole set lasted less than a minute. The accesorising consisted of a few aptly placed twigs. He stood up and mimed a Laurel and hardy "A ha", sneakily working in a slight fondle of the beard and then walked away with a very plain gait.
The judging was hard because each contestant naturally exceeded in their own niche. This said, the judges felt that the Annual Beard International Growth competition should be taken seriously. Contestant no.1 or 3 possibly took the presentation too far. Not only did contestant no.2 show respect to his beard and the competition, but the judges felt that his use of the beard as a pen holder showed initiative and has taken the competition to another level. For these reasons, the first prize of our respect for at least a month went to Contestant no.2, Sir M Pushkin Pye. The other two had joint second (no prize).
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