Arizona’s Blanquito competes for title of world’s ugliest dog
Jun 26, 2015, 3:13 PM | Updated: 3:14 pm
PHOENIX — One of the world’s ugliest dog could belong to Arizona.
Blanquito, who lives in Phoenix, is one of 27 dogs mugging it up for the title in a contest held at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, California.
The contest celebrates “the spirit and imperfections that make these dogs loveable and adoptable,” according to a note on the fair website.
Heading into Friday’s final hours of online voting, Quasi Modo, a hunchback 10-year-old pit bull-Dutch shepherd mix, was running away with the competition with about 10,000.
In this Friday, June 20, 2014 file photo, Quasi Modo, an eight-year-old mixed breed from Florida, walks across the stage during the World’s Ugliest Dog Contest, at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, Calif. The World’s Ugliest Dog will be chosen at the Sonoma-Marin Fair Friday. For 25 years, the contest has been a testament that all dogs do not have to meet AKC pedigree standards to be man’s (or woman’s) best friend. (AP Photo/George Nikitin)
None of the other dogs even came close to Quasi’s numbers, including Blanquito, who had about 1,300.
The bio for the 8-year-old mutt noted that a rubber ball was the pooch’s favored toy.
The winner will get $1,500.
Previous winners have enjoyed a certain amount of national fame with appearances on Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show, “Good Morning, America” and “Today” show.
