Click on any of the category names below to read up on the category and find out who to watch at this year’s WBMC.

The categories are divided into three classes, moustaches, partial beards, and full beards, although many people would consider some of the partial beards (especially Fu Manchu and Imperial) moustaches. In the latest published rules (Norway 2011), “Moustache is the word for facial hairs on the upper lip. At international contests, it is agreed that moustache hairs can start growing from up to a maximum of 1.5 cm beyond the end of the upper lip.” It is not clear who is part of this agreement. And, as specified by the Norwegian Moustache Club, in several of the moustache categories, hair may only grow up to the end of the upper lip.