The World Beard and Moustache championships is held every two years, and by all accounts it’s an exciting and fun-filled event. The 2009 version will be in Anchorage Alaska in May 2009. Franz “Schani” Mitterhauser, a contestant shown here, has won numerous accolades around the world with his impressive partial beard, and he hopes that his streak will continue in Anchorage. Some of the other extraordinary examples of facial follicles can be seen in the gallery of previous champions.