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The judges at the Sonoma-Marin County Fair in California gave the award to Pabst, boxer-mix shelter dog from Citrus Heights, over Rascal, whose breed has dominated the Ugliest Dog competition in recent years, contest officials said in a release.

Pabst was given his name because he had a "bitter beer face", said owner Miles Egstad, a first-time contestant. Fair officials say Pabst quickly won over the crowd and the judges soon followed.

Egstad won $1,600 from the Sonoma-Marin Fair for sweeping all three rounds -- $100 for mutt class, $500 for runoff with the pedigree class winner and $1,000 for World's Ugliest Dog.

"We were looking for dogs who were naturally ugly", and Pabst was, fair board member and contest judge Brian Sobel said.

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