Isn't she lovely? Meet SweePee Rambo, this year's 'World's Ugliest Dog'

We all like to think that we have the cutest dog in the world — but what if your dog is actually the ugliest?

Just ask the the owner of SweePee Rambo, who just took home the title of "World's Ugliest Dog" in the canine beauty pageant that's become a modern day mecca for pups that prove beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder.

At just four pounds, blind, and freckled, SweePee victoriously took home the coveted trophy, putting all of the less-ugly dogs in their place. Her ugliness has never held her back, though. SweePee's proud owner, Jason Wurtz, has taken her to work with him every day for the last 17 years. (That's commitment!).

"I've had girlfriends over the years and they were jealous of her and like I told them, she was here when you came and she'll be here when you leave, that's the best friend I have," Wurtz told TODAY.

The contest, in its 28th year at the Sonoma-Marin County Fair in Petaluma, California, brought out the worst of the worst: freckles, snaggletooths, runaway tongues, crooked eyes, hairless bodies, hairy bodies, you name it.

"We're making ugly great again," said one contestant, playing off of Donald Trump's presidential campaign slogan.

This was quite the close election year for even the most promising of candidates, like Himisaboo, who confidently sported a comb-over a la Trump.

"We usually spike his hair but one year somebody was like he has a Donald Trump comb-over!" his owner Heather Wilson told TODAY.

But sadly, that would not be enough to win the popular vote. In the end, only one pup could come out on top — good old SweePee.

If that doesn't prove that love can transcend beauty, we don't know what does. Congratulations, SweePee!

Source: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/offbeat/isnt-she-lovely-meet-sweepee-rambo-this-years-worlds-ugliest-dog/ar-AAhCp9n

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Vocabulary Words:
1. Canine - (adj.) connected with dogs
2. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder - (idiom) people all have different ideas about what is beautiful
3. Victoriously - (adverb) in a way that shows somebody has won a victory
4. Snaggle-tooth - (noun) a tooth which sticks out or is a strange shape
5. Comb-over - (noun) hair that is combed over a bald spot in an attempt to cover it.

Discussion Questions:
1. Did you find this article interesting? Why or why not?
2. What are your feelings about this competition? Do you think they exist to help celebrate how animals look like or just to entertain humans - why?
3. What other "weird" competitions do you know about? Tell me.
4. Do you think competitions like this disregard "Animal Rights"?
5. What is the cutest animal you can think of? How about the ugliest?