Hollywood facial-hair face-off hands out 14 awards, raises $1,000 for animal rescue

If things looked a little hairier than usual in Hollywood over the weekend, it could well have been thanks to the L.A. Facial Hair Society’s third annual Beard & Moustache Competition, which took place at the Avalon Hollywood on Saturday.

Sponsored by the Grave Before Shave brand of grooming products, this year’s facial-hair face-off drew 140 competitors in 13 categories (including two inclusive faux-follicular categories -- one for kids and a “whiskerinas” category for women) in pursuit of hirsute glory, with one competitor taking home the additional title of best in show.

Since a scheduling conflict prevented us from covering the conclave of ‘stache-thletes and beard-thusiasts in person, the organizers passed along the following list of official results along with word that this year’s event unspooled before a crowd of 700 spectators and raised just over $1,000 for its charitable partner, the Dawg Squad animal rescue.

Each category listed in descending order from first- to third-place winner.

Natural Moustache
Brenden Kenney
Neil Martin
Reilly Williamson

Styled Moustache
Talon Bowyer
Roberto Campos
Fernando Urquiza

Partial Moustache
Sean Raiger
Al Underwood
Jon Mills

Partial Beard
Katherine Bobisuthi
Kevin Riordan
Bob Richardson

Business Beard
Zane Meints
Benjamin Kay
David Adams

Goatee
Blaine Reeves
Charles Bradford
Joe Friendly

Kids
Naomi Bosio
Anni Bosio
Ray Motoya

Whiskerina
Ashley Drake
Amber Lockspeiser
Jessica Casey

Natural Beard Under 12 inches
Michael Narino
Joshua Roberts
Chris Puckett

Styled Beard under 12 inches
Guy Wiener
Keegan Ferrari
Landon Gillespie

Styled Beard Over 12 inches
Scott Metts
Justin Vorhauer
Matthew Gatica

Natural Beard Over 12 inches
Jeff Langum
Bryan Nelson
Matthew Lee

Freestyle
Joseph Haydostian
Isaiah Webb
Joseph Reagan

Best in Show
Joseph Haydostian

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