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50 Oddball Contests

From Plastic Surgery Pageants to Freaky Feet Contests

— December 1, 2009 — Pop Culture
It’s important to feel important once in awhile and considering all the strange talents out there, I guess it’s a good thing that there are quite a few oddball contests to accommodate these unique individuals. And if we lived in a cookie-cutter world, I’m pretty sure it would become pretty boring pretty fast.
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Fortnight Film Contests
Fortnight Film Contests
The 14 Island Film Challenge Sends 14 Filmmakers to the Bahamas
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46
Swine Flu Hip-Hop
Swine Flu Hip-Hop
Dr. Clarke's Rap Wins H1N1 Video Contest
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45
Miss Landmine Contest
Miss Landmine Contest
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44
Facebook Contests for Moms
Facebook Contests for Moms
Mothers Weigh in On Economy for Sears' “Busted Moms”
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43
Scientist Dance-Offs
Scientist Dance-Offs
'Dance Your PhD Contest'
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42
Eating Contests Get Big
Eating Contests Get Big
American Pride Restored After Dude Eats 66 Hot Dogs
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41
Virtual Dress-Up Contests
Virtual Dress-Up Contests
Steve Jobs as Elton John, Biker Dude or Hippie
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40
Fish & Chip Pasties
Fish & Chip Pasties
Carl Farrell Revamps Ttraditional Cornish Food Contest
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39
Inventing Your Own Potato Chips
Inventing Your Own Potato Chips
Walker's Flavour Contest
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38
Social Media Popularity Contests
Social Media Popularity Contests
Facebook Helps Find Friends for Social Media Losers
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37
Car Singing Auditions
Car Singing Auditions
The Sony Nav-U Contest Wants You to Belt it Out
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36
Faux Celeb Twins
Faux Celeb Twins
American Idol's Season 8 Contestants Have Star Look-A-Likes
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35
Chewing Gum to Get Free Underwear
Chewing Gum to Get Free Underwear
Xylish Chewing Gum Contest
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34
Freak Contests
Freak Contests
Stinky Feet Can Win You Cash
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33
Pint-Sized Photo Competitions
Pint-Sized Photo Competitions
IFC's 'Dress Your Kid/Pet Like a Rock Star' Contest
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32
Tailgating Contests
Tailgating Contests
Parking Lot Transformers Compete for Maximum Tailgate Top Prize
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31
Bizarre Photoshop Contests
Bizarre Photoshop Contests
Fudge and Sprinkles on Everything Contest is More Funny than Appetizing
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30
Heinous Mustache Contests
Heinous Mustache Contests
Movember Canadian Club Whisky Contest Pays Money for Ugly
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29
Animal Beauty Contests
Animal Beauty Contests
The 'Most Beautiful Goat' Competition
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28
Curious Costume Contests
Curious Costume Contests
Billy Mays Hallow-Clean Contest is Put on by His Own Son
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27
Prison Pageants
Prison Pageants
Russian Women's Jail Puts on Biker Chic Beauty Contest for Inmates
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26
Graffiti Bombed Art
Graffiti Bombed Art
The Graffiti Ren 2 Contest is Worth Entering
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25
Bad Contestant Haircuts
Bad Contestant Haircuts
The 'Jedward' Hairstyle Takes the (Hair)Net by Storm
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24
Outrageous Architecture Contests
Outrageous Architecture Contests
UK Narrows Down Final Designs for Imperial War Museum
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23
Blogger Launches Inmate Beauty Contest
Blogger Launches Inmate Beauty Contest
Winner Gets Bail!
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22
Morbid Crowdsourced Competitions
Morbid Crowdsourced Competitions
Funeral Company Promotes Harley Hearse with Moniker Contest
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21
Money for Being Mean
Money for Being Mean
'People of Wal-Mart' Adds Cash Contest for Crowdsourced Photos (UPDATE)
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20
Holy Pageants
Holy Pageants
"Miss Sister 2008" Catholic Beauty Contest
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19
Cow Contests
Cow Contests
Spokesmodels Getting Ugly as California Cow Vies for Pageant Title
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18
World's Ugliest Dog Contest in California
World's Ugliest Dog Contest in California
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17
Digitally Aged Movie Posters
Digitally Aged Movie Posters
Worth1000 Contest Shows What the Future of Film Looks Like
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16
Anti-Smoking Contests
Anti-Smoking Contests
Would High School Students Help Katherine Heigl Kick Some Butts?
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15
Ugly Necklace Competitions
Ugly Necklace Competitions
8th Annual Contest Honouring Hideous Jewelry
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14
Superstar Photoshop Contests
Superstar Photoshop Contests
Join Britney Spears' Circus
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13
Punk Animal Photoshopping
Punk Animal Photoshopping
Worth1000.Com Contests Pierce and Tattoo Wild Creatures
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12
Freaky Photoshopped Aliens
Freaky Photoshopped Aliens
Worth1000 Contest Explores the Possibilities of Extraterrestrial Life
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11
Digital Facial Disfiguration
Digital Facial Disfiguration
Mouths Replace Eyes in This Creepy Photoshop Contest
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10
Hideous Hair Contests
Hideous Hair Contests
AXE & Maxim Look for the North America's Worst Hair Disasters
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9
Plastic Surgery Pageants
Plastic Surgery Pageants
Miss Plastic Hungary Contestants Flaunt Cosmetic Enhancements
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8
Naughty Childhood Icons
Naughty Childhood Icons
"Corrupt They Children" Contest
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7
Paper Wedding Dresses
Paper Wedding Dresses
Ann Kagawa Lee Wins Contest With Fashion Forward Toiletries
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6
Noseless Celebrities
Noseless Celebrities
Photoshop Contest Turns Famous Faces Into Reptiles
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5
Political Drag Contests
Political Drag Contests
The World's Most Powerful Men As Women
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4
Cocky Hairdos
Cocky Hairdos
Feathery Finery Wins International Fantasy Hair Contest
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3
Transgender Pageantry
Transgender Pageantry
Amazing Philippine Beauties Contest (UPDATE)
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2
International Skin Art Competitions
International Skin Art Competitions
Stockholm Body Painting Contest
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1
Freaky Feet Contests
Freaky Feet Contests
TMZ Submissions Show Everything from Webbed Toes to Missing Toes
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