World Beard and Moustache Championships Carson City 2003


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Photos by Tobias Nilsson, Stockholm, Sweden. Click on any photo for more about the contestant.

World Beard and Moustache Championships

Press coverage

"To be honest with you, I think they should just eliminate the Olympics all together and replace it with the WBMC."

-- Grant Parpan, Staff Writer, the Signal, Santa Clarita, California, November 4, 2003.

"At us in press informed on festival in Nevada much. It was very interesting to all."

-- Gennadiy Gajanskiy, Kiev, Ukraine

The response of the national and international press to the World Beard and Moustache Championships 2003 held in Carson City was overwhelming. To see a small number of the hundreds of the stories that have appeared, click the links below.

Post-event coverage:

Australia: Morning Herald, Sydney

Australia: The Courier-Mail, Brisbane

Australia: Herald Sun, Melbourne

Belgium: Cine Tele Revue, Brussels, November 13, 2003

Belgium: No-bug.com, Brussels

Bengladesh: The Daily Star, Dhaka

Canada: The Gazette, Montreal

England: BBC, London

England: Maxim Magazine, London

France: Agence France-Presse, Paris

Germany: Berliner-Zeitung, Berlin

Germany: German language Yahoo

Norway: Magasinet, Oslo

Pakistan: The Daily Times, Islamabad

Singapore: Straights Times, Singapore

South Africa: The Daily News, Durban

South Africa: The Sunday Times, Rosebank (Capetown)

Switzerland: 20 Minuten, Zürich

Taiwan: Taipei Times, Taipei

United Arab Emirates: Gulf News, Dubai

USA: ABC News, Washington, D.C.

USA: Daily News, Anchorage, Alaska

USA: Lost at Sea online magazine

USA: New York Times

USA: Playboy Magazine, March, 2004

USA: The Signal, Santa Clarita, California

USA: Sports Illustrated, New York, November 10, 2003

USA: WKMG-TV, Orlando, Florida

Pre-event coverage:

Australia: The Evening Show, ABC (Australian Broadcasting Company), Melbourne

England: The Sun, London, England.

India: The Times of India, New Delhi. (The world's most widely read newspaper.)

USA: "All Things Considered", National Public Radio, Washington, D.C.

USA: Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, Washington

USA: Yahoo Picks, website of the day, September 25, 2003.

USA: Seven Wonders, humorous website of the week, October 6, 2003.

The World Beard and Moustache Championships 2003 were featured in articles appearing in the Edmonton (Alberta) Journal, the Melbourne (Australia) Sun Herald, and newspapers in Istanbul, Turkey. In addition, radio stations in England, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Colorado, Nevada, and Michigan aired interviews with Phil Olsen, the organizer of the 2003 event.