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NANA The 2000 and 2001 competitions were won by Nana. While the owner never disclosed the breed (she would say that it was a "Canardly" as in "you can'ardly tell"), it appeared to have at least some Chihuahua or Chinese Crested in it. 2002 The 2002 competition was won by Rascal, a pure-bred Chinese Crested. Rascal's grandfather, Chi Chihttp://www.ugliestdogs.net/worldsugliestdog.html won the competition 7 times, and his mother and grandmother were also past winners.http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/23/BAGSKQKMQN1.DTL SAM Sam , a blind Chinese Crested dog, was voted the world's ugliest Dog three times in a row, from 2003 through 2005. He died in November 2005 causing an end to his three-year reign. 2006 - VOTING SCANDAL Scandal erupted during the 2006 World's Ugliest Dog Contest when an as yet unidentified person gained unauthorized electronic access to the contest's internet voting page and deleted 40,000 votes from then leader 'Pee Wee (Son of , Retrieved on 2007-06-23 .. To rectify the situation, fair officials decided to completely restart internet voting on May 22 , 2006 . The official winner, Archie, was selected by a panel of judges on June 23 , 2006 . 2007 COMPETITION The winner of the 2007 World's Ugliest Dog competition was a Chinese Crested - Chihuahua mixed breed dog named Elwood, who had placed second the previous year. Most of the competitors in the competition were also Chinese Crested, because the breed can exhibit exaggerated traits like a Mohawk , bug eyes and a long, wagging tongue. THE DOGS Most of the entrants are Chinese Crested hairless dogs, such as Sam, Pee wee and Elwood. Others like Jake are chihuahuas. Some of the dogs entered were rescue dogs. REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS
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