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The World Beard and Moustache Championships is a biennial competition in which some of the most outrageous, and highly styled facial hair on the planet is on display.
Facial hair lovers from around the world will head for Auckland for the World Beard and Moustache Championships in 2021.
The World Beard and Moustache Championships is a biennial competition in which some of the most outrageous, and highly styled facial hair on the planet is on display.
The two-day competition will include the 16 traditional categories of judgement in The World Beard and Moustache Championships, plus a 'Whiskerina' category for women to enter.
The Fellowship of the Beard NZ President, and regular competitor, Ygnacio Cervio worked with Auckland Convention Bureau (ACB) – part of Auckland Tourism, Events & Economic Development – and Tourism New Zealand to secure the event for Auckland.
Cervio has just placed sixth in the world in the 'full beard with styled moustache' category at the championships held recently in Austin, Texas.
“The Fellowship of the Beard started as a one-man-dream and became a community that not only encourages and supports the growing, styling and grooming of facial hair but also helps charity organisations in NZ,” he says.