This pooch is officially the World's Ugliest Dog

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One human took home a $1,500 prize Friday night just for owning an unattractive dog. Quasi Modo, 10, is a pit bull-Dutch shepherd mix with a birth defect that left him hunchbacked. A panel of three judges at the World's Ugliest Dog Contest in Petaluma, California, deemed Quasi Modo uglier than his 26 competitors, The Associated Press reports.

"My appearance can be a little unsettling to some (I have had grown men jump on top of their cars to get away from me because they thought I was a hyena or Tasmanian devil) but once they get to know me I win them over with my bubbly personality," the dog's biography reads.

We can only hope the contest, in its 27th year, will someday be fodder for a Best in Show sequel.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.