For every action, there is of course an equal and opposite reaction, and for every beauty contest entrant who’s dazzlingly gorgeous, there’s an ugly dog lurking around somewhere who could win World’s Ugliest…

But enough about Miss World, for Channel 5 are to air ‘Mutt Ugly’ which follows Mugly, pictured above, who is quite possibly the world’s ugliest canine, as he attempts to floor the gruesome competition to land the title of World’s Ugliest Dog 2012.

The World’s Ugliest Dog event has been held every year for the last 24 years at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma (just by the by, that sounds like a horrible illness; ‘I’m sorry to tell you this, but you have Sonoma-Marin in your Petaluma’) California, and Mugly faces some ugly competition in form of Rascal, who’s starred in horror films, and Princess Abbey, who has only one eye.

Produced by Dead or Alive Films, Mutt Ugly will air in August and will follow Mugly’s progress, from his preparations in the UK, his first ever flight, and his subsequent arrival in the US, right through to the big contest… Read more & comment »