Meet every World's Ugliest Dog Contest winner since 2002
Just a little something to get you in the mood for National Dog Day on Monday.
2002 winner: Rascal
Rascal won the top prize in 2002. He's shown here with owner Dane Andrew during the 2011 World's Ugliest Dog Contest on Friday, June 24, 2011, in Petaluma, Calif.
2003-2005 winner: Sam
Sam, officially named Lil' Sam according to the Sonoma-Marin Fair website, won three years in a row. Sam has a hairless body, crooked teeth and a sparse tuft of hair atop his knobby head. He died just short of his 15th birthday on Friday, Nov. 18, 2005, according to his owner, Susie Lockheed.
2006 winner: Archie
Archie won big in 2006 after a strange voting scandal rocked the contest.
2007 winner: Elwood
2008 winner: Gus
Gus, a one-eyed, three-legged pedigree Chinese Crested from St. Petersburg, Florida, won in 2008. Gus died later that year on Nov. 10, 2008. He was 9.
2009 winner: Pabst
Pabst, a toothy 4-year-old Boxer mix, won the 2009 contest. Pabst competed again in later contests but didn't hang onto the title.
2010 winner: Princess Abby
Princess Abby is a purebred chihuahua owned by Kathleen Francis, of Clearlake, California.
2011 winner: Yoda
Yoda is a Chinese Crested and Chihuahua mix who was 14 years old at the time of the 2011 contest.
2012 winner: Mugly
Mugly is a Chinese crested dog owned by Bev Nicholson of Peterborough, England.
2013 winner: Walle
Four-year-old beagle, boxer and basset hound mix Walle won top honors in 2013. Walle is shown here "dancing" at the Sonoma-Marin Fair.
2014 winner: Peanut
Peanut is a mutt from North Carolina who was two years old at the time of winning the World's Ugliest Dog Contest in 2014.
2015 winner: Quasi Modo
Quasi Modo had also participated in the 2014 contest, but she wasn't quite as successful that year. The crowd seemed so interested in her though, according to the Guardian, that her owners decided to make the trip from Florida to compete for a second year. This time it paid off.
2016 winner: SweePee Rambo
SweePee Rambo, a 17-year-old Chinese Crested Chihuahua, won the World's Ugliest Dog Contest in 2016.
2017 winner: Martha
2018 winner: ZsaZsa
In this June 23, 2018, file photo, Zsa Zsa, an English Bulldog owned by Megan Brainard, stands onstage after being announced the winner of the World's Ugliest Dog Contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, Calif. The 9-year-old English bulldog died just weeks after winning the contest. Brainard told NBC’s “Today” Zsa Zsa died in her sleep Tuesday, July 10.
2019 winner: Scamp the Tramp
Scamp the Tramp rests after winning the World's Ugliest Dog Contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, Calif., Friday, June 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Thursday is "National Love Your Pet Day" in the United States, but every day is "love your pet" day is many homes.