Highlights From The Beard And Moustache Championships

Published October 30, 2014

Updated March 1, 2018

More than 300 men with sculpted beards and lengthy mustaches attended the 2014 World Beard and Moustache Championships.

Winner Of The World Beard and Moustache Championships

Overall winner at the 2014 World Beard and Moustache Championships. Source: Daily Mail

More than 300 men with sculpted beards and lengthy mustaches attended the 2014 World Beard and Moustache Championships, which took place in Portland, Oregon this past Saturday. Representing nine countries, the men competed in 18 beard and mustache categories, ranging from freestyle to best full groomed beard.

Blowing away the competition with his mane of dark, coarse facial hair, contestant Madison Rowley (seen above) earned the title of overall winner.

Forget No Shave November—we promise that the facial hair from the World Beard and Moustache Championships is unlike anything you’ve ever seen:

Awesome Sideburns World Beard and Moustache Championships

Cheeto Beard at World Beard and Moustache Championships

Beards from World Beard and Mustache Championships

Long Beard at World Beard and Moustache Championships

Behind the Scenes Beard and Moustache Championships

Overall Winner World Beard and Moustache Championships

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A bearded female fortune teller entertains contestants. Source: Yahoo News

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Overall winner at the 2014 World Beard and Moustache Championships. Source: Daily Mail

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Kiri Picone holds a B.A. in English and creative writing from Pepperdine University and has been writing for various digital publishers for more than 10 years.

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Savannah Cox holds a Master's in International Affairs from The New School as well as a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, and now serves as an Assistant Professor at the University of Sheffield. Her work as a writer has also appeared on DNAinfo.

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Picone, Kiri. "Highlights From The World Beard And Moustache Championships." AllThatsInteresting.com, October 30, 2014, https://allthatsinteresting.com/beard-and-moustache-championships. Accessed August 20, 2025.