Full Beard Freestyle

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Full beards not matching other classes.

Aids are allowed.

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2011 WBMC Results:

First: Elmar Weisser, Germany
Second: Hans-Peter Weis, Germany
Third: Gerhardt Knapp, Germany

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This is undoubtedly the crowd’s favorite category where almost anything goes.

Astounded admirer reacts to Elmar's tribute to Norway.

No one was surprised when the judges picked Elmar Weisser, from Brigachtal in Germany’s Black Forest, to win this category in Trondhjem. Elmar stole the show in Berlin (2005) with his hirsute tribute to the famous Brandenburg Gate and did so again in Brighton (2007) with his beard styled to depict London’s Tower Bridge. Elmar couldn’t make it to Alaska, opening the way for David Traver to take the gold with his Alaskan snowshoe beard.

In Norway, Weisser’s beard was molded to represent a reindeer and the Norwegian flag. Two days later, Elmar paid further tribute to the host country with his beard in the form of a Viking ship.

Elmar travels with an entourage that includes his sister and stylist Edeltraut. She spends up to 5 hours working on Elmar’s beard on competition day, his mobile hair salon the Friseur-Mobil, and his fan club gleefully singing das Elmar-Weisser-Lied: “Wir wollen Elmar sehen, wir wollen Elmar sehen, wir wollen Elmar siegen sehen!” (Translation: “We want to see Elmar, we want to see Elmar, we want to see Elmar win!”)

Other perennial contenders include the East Bavarian Beard Club’s Hans Gassner from Austria, who beat Weisser in Carson City and Gerhard Knapp, president of the Pforzheim Beard Club, whom many regard as the grandfather of the sport and inventor of freestyle bearding.

Weisser	Gassner	Knapp

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