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The new world champion in the Full Beard Natural Category, Jack Passion holds hiswinning prize mug during the World Beard and Moustache Championships at the Brighton Centre on September 1, 2007 in Brighton, England. The World Beard and Moustache Championships is a biennial event participated by beard and moustache wearers from all over the world. ...

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The new world champion in the Full Beard Natural Category, Jack Passion holds hiswinning prize mug during the World Beard and Moustache Championships at the Brighton Centre on September 1, 2007 in Brighton, England. The World Beard and Moustache Championships is a biennial event participated by beard and moustache wearers from all over the world.

Contestants are presented to the audience in the sideburns category.

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