Ugly contests, a battle with humor and dignity in which candidates are not needed for some years. At this contest some people wear their best clothes (or worse) to win the competition.

The competition to choose the ugliest man in Zimbabwe, held in a nightclub in Harare, ended in an altercation, pushing and shaking, because another five contestants, including who had held the title for three consecutive years were angry because they had lost, angrily losers criticized the election, stating that the ugliness of the winner was not truly natural.

Unusual contest judges of Mister Ugly, crowned an unemployed called Sere Mison 42 years old, as winner of the fourth edition of the event the less physically graceful man, but the decision angered supporters of crowd favorite, William Masvinu, who had the title since 2012, considers that Sere is too handsome. They claim that his missing front teeth and a wide range of grotesque facial expressions, to convince the judges of their ugliness, the declared winner.

Fans ugly triple champion, William Masvinu, assert that he is ugly by nature, while ugly Sere is only ugly when he opens his mouth. They ask: Do we have to lose teeth to win? That’s cheating, Patrick yelled Mupereki, another contestant. Although no one was hurt, there was a lot of shoving and insults to the jury when the verdict became known. Their complaints may have some validity because, previously, the organizers had announced they would not accept physical disabilities and ways to enhance the ugliness, but would focus on “natural ugliness”.

The competition takes place in three stages of modeling, catwalk parades individual and group that is when participants make gestures and flaunt its ugliness. Sere made a great effort to enhance his facial grimacing ugliness, said one of the contest judges, who is a university student.

Besides the title, Milton Sere received US $ 500, a considerable amount in a country facing a crisis of mass unemployment. The new winner, dismissed criticism of the losers, saying simply “should accept that I’m uglier than them” Meanwhile, former champion received $ 100 to occupy second place and demanded that the contest again be organized with other judges.

This competition known as “Mr. Ugly, “is held to celebrate the beauty in ugliness, it attracted many people this year, proving that sometimes you have to learn to lose with dignity. Beauty contests are very popular in this country in southern Africa, but usually are for women, the scandal is not unusual. This year’s winner of Miss Zimbabwe faced criticism in social media by people saying she was ugly and did not deserve the crown. The new Mr. Ugly expects a television contract.

ALFA