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A good boy named "Scamp the Tramp" just won the contest for world's ugliest dog.

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Scamp the Tramp’s looks have just made him the winner of the annual beauty contest for the World’s Ugliest Dog.

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The snaggle-haired, bug-eyed pooch took the top prize at the 31st annual World’s Ugliest Dog contest, which is held in Petaluma, California.

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GOOD BOY. Image: Getty.
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Thankfully, it turns out there are benefits to looking like a furball a cat just coughed up. Owner Yvonne Morones of Santa Rosa won an appearance with Scamp on The Today Show as well as USD$1,500 (AUD$2,164) in cash, and another USD$1,500 (AUD$2164) dollars to donate to an animal shelter.

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Plus bragging rights, obviously.

Scamp, an adopted street dog, beat 18 other contestants who showed off their droopy tongues, bowed legs and other strange attributes.

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Is that a mohawk? Image: Getty.
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Is that Elvis? Image: Getty.
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So. Cute. Image: Getty.
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An actual troll. Image: Getty.
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The toe (paw) nails. Image: Getty.
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This bloke should have won. Image: Getty.
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THE EYES. Image: Getty.
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Um. This is definitely Paris Hilton's dog. Image: Getty.
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Does this even qualify as a dog? Image: Getty.

Organisers say the contest is not just skin-deep. It is also about bringing attention to the needs of rescue dogs. Most competitors were previously abandoned or rescued from shelters in the US.

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It was the 31st year the competition has been held. In 2018, a nine-year-old English bulldog named Zsa Zsa won the San Francisco based competition.

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The year before it was a 57-kilogram gentle giant named Martha – a Neopolitan Mastiff with gas and a droopy face.

So many good boys.