Carson City, Nevada — Karl-Heinz Hille of Berlin, Germany, took top honors at the World Beard and Moustache Championships held in Carson City, Nevada, on November 1, 2003. Second place in the overall division went to 82-year-old Alf Jarrold of Manchester, England, while Dave Traver of Anchorage, Alaska, took third place.
Heinz Christofel of Heddesheim, Germany, was chosen by the spectators as the people’s choice. Seventeen-year-old Cameron Bynum of Reno, Nevada, was awarded a special trophy as the youngest competitor, and Bram Rosenfeld of Hong Kong received a trophy as the contestant who traveled the farthest to attend, 6900 miles.
The results in the individual categories follow.<!–adsensestart–>
| Category | World Champion | Second Place | Third Place |
| Moustache Natural | Cosimo Lepore
Italy |
Arne G. Jacobsen
Norway |
Bram Rosenfeld
Hong Kong |
| English Moustache | Tony Papai
Germany |
Ferdinand Romankiewicz Germany |
Lutz Giese
Germany |
| Dali Moustache | Jeff Well
Port Angeles, Washington |
André Nathusius Germany |
Martin Trendle
Switzerland |
| Handlebar Moustache | Gary Hagen
Gilroy, California |
Maury Apfel
Carson City, Nevada |
Herbert Braunschmid Germany |
| Wild West Moustache | Günter Rosin
Germany |
Josef Ibach
Germany |
Bruce Roe
Bremerton, Washington |
| Fu Manchu Moustache | Ted Sedman
England |
Paul Miller
Alta Loma, California |
Detlef Steinhöfel
Germany |
| Imperial Moustache | Karl-Heinz Hille Germany |
Franz Mitterhauser Austria |
Jürgen Burkhardt
Germany |
| Freestyle Moustache | Günter Krauss Germany |
Lars Olav Brå
Norway |
Arwed Leichsenring
Germany |
| Natural Goatee |
Dieter Gugel
Germany Gerhard Mueller Germany (co-champions) |
(no second place) | Doug Claussen
Seabeck, Washington |
| Musketeer | Gary Johnson
Olalla, Washington |
Jürgen Draheim Germany |
Reinhard Bürker
Germany |
| Sideburns | Alf Jarrald
England |
Uwe Wankmüller
Germany |
Bruno Panza
Italy |
| Freestyle Goatee | Jürg Biland Switzerland |
Friedrich Schädel
Germany |
Gerhard Knapp
Germany |
| Full Beard Natural | David Traver Anchorage, Alaska |
Alois Plettl
Germany |
Paul Boschert
Germany |
| Full Beard Styled Moustache |
Karl-Heinz Rein
Germany |
Bruce Hagen
Paradise, California |
Wilhelm Preuss
Germany |
| Garibaldi | Gerhard Schmidbauer
Germany |
Franz-Peter Pill
Germany |
Fritz Sendlhofer
Austria |
| Verdi | Marcus Bross
Germany |
Willi Segalotto
Germany |
Peter Diehm
Germany |
| Full Beard Freestlye | Hans Gassner
Austria |
Elmar Weisser
Germany |
Heinz Christofel
Germany |
