English bulldog Zsa Zsa wins World's Ugliest Dog title

Zsa Zsa, a 9-year-old rescued English Bulldog, with a lolling tongue nearly touching the ground, has won the 2018 World's Ugliest Dog contest held in California.

Despite her underbite, wrinkled face, muscular figure and a lolling tongue nearly touching the ground, Zsa Zsa won the judges' hearts at the popular contest, the 30th edition of which concluded in Petaluma in the San Francisco Bay Area on Saturday.

"Nine years young with a swaggering tongue, Zsa Zsa delivered a shower of slobber as she claimed this year's title," the organisers said in a statement.

Zsa Zsa, a rescued English Bulldog from Anoka, Minnesota charmed her way into the judges hearts, it said.

Zsa Zsa's adopted parents, Megan and Jesse Brainard said, "she was a puppy mill dog for five years in Missouri sent to a dog auction and later purchased by Underdog Rescue, a rescue group.

From
the moment we saw her beautiful face, we knew we would be her forever home. We are so excited for her, she deserves this."
The red carpet runners-up included 2nd place winner Scamp, owned by Yvonne Morones, who also claimed the Spirit Award and third place winner
Josie, owned by Linda