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