BBC News | UK | Ugly mugs gather at gurning contest (#)

  „UKUgly mugs gather at gurning contestSmile for the camera: 1998 champion Peter Jackman does his worstCompetition is hotting up to find the ugliest face at the World Gurning Championships, as entrants contort their faces into grotesque shapes while wearing a horse collar. Organisers say the game, taking place in Cumbria, has its origins in old tales about the treatment meted out by locals to so-called village idiots. The horse collar, or braffin, would be thrown over the village fool, and he would pull faces in exchange for a pint of beer.“

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