Quasi Modo crowned World's Ugliest Dog

Alex Cnossen

Alex Cnossen Jun 21, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Quasi Modo crowned World's Ugliest Dog</h1>
                <h2><p>The votes are in, ugly dog lovers – and the results aren’t pretty. A 10 year-old mutt named Quasi Modo won top honors last Friday at the World’s Ugliest Dog competition, held in Petaluma, California. The dog and his owners took home a $1,500 prize. 27 other dogs</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/alex-cnossen-crosscut-com/">Alex Cnossen</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Feb 6, 2018</time></p>
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            <figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://avalancheghost.one/content/images/sites/default/files/images/article/gallery/quasimoto.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="quasimoto" loading="lazy" width="300" height="210"></figure><p>The votes are in, ugly dog lovers – and the results aren’t pretty. A 10 year-old mutt named Quasi Modo <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/27/living/worlds-ugliest-dog-2015-feat/?ref=avalancheghost.one">won top honors</a> last Friday at the World’s Ugliest Dog competition, held in Petaluma, California. The dog and his owners took home a $1,500 prize. 27 other dogs competed.</p><p>"My appearance can be a little unsettling to some (I have had grown men jump on top of their cars to get away from me because they thought I was a hyena or Tasmanian devil) but once they get to know me I win them over with my bubbly personality," her <a href="http://www.sonoma-marinfair.org/worlds-ugliest-dog-1/?contest=photo-detail&photo_id=6476&ref=avalancheghost.one">biography</a> read.  The pit bull-Dutch shepard mix suffers from a spinal birth defect. A panel of judges scored the dogs based several catergories, including unusal attributes, personality and natural ugliness.</p>
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The votes are in, ugly dog lovers – and the results aren’t pretty. A 10 year-old mutt named Quasi Modo won top honors last Friday at the World’s Ugliest Dog competition, held in Petaluma, California. The dog and his owners took home a $1,500 prize. 27 other dogs competed.

"My appearance can be a little unsettling to some (I have had grown men jump on top of their cars to get away from me because they thought I was a hyena or Tasmanian devil) but once they get to know me I win them over with my bubbly personality," her biography read. The pit bull-Dutch shepard mix suffers from a spinal birth defect. A panel of judges scored the dogs based several catergories, including unusal attributes, personality and natural ugliness.

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By Alex Cnossen

Alex Cnossen is a Northwest native and has worked for several local publications, including KOMO, KIRO and KING-TV. He grew up in Portland and loves to run and write. Follow him on Twitter @CnossenAle