will be the main event at this year’s Haute Dog Pageants produced by beauty pageant and bulldog enthusiast Justin Rudd. In addition to the Bulldog and French Bulldog contests, Rudd included pageants for Pugs and Senior Dogs (all breeds/mixes, ages 10 & older) this year for the first time. Contestants ranging in age from four months to 17 years traveled to Long Beach, Calif., from as far as northern California, Las Vegas, and Arizona, to compete for the coveted 2009 titles. Judging was based on charm, first impression, face, figure and personality. And boy do they have personality! These photos look like they’re bound for calendars and photo mugs.
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The quadrUpeds paraded down a grassy runway that included a 100-ft. red carpet runway, flanked by hundreds of gawkers and a panel of real-life beauty queen judges. Judging was based on charm, first impression, face, figure and personality.
The Haute Dog Pageants are a fundraiser for Rudd’s nonprofit 501c3 Community Action Team (C.A.T.) of which “Haute Dogs” and “Operation Santa Paws” are a part. Each dog in the contest donates a fee and several thousand dollars was raised from entry fees, front-row seating rentals along the runway and vendors space rentals.
Leave plenty of time for parking – more than 1,000 spectators are expected again this year.
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