Rubber-faced Tommy Mattinson won the World Gurning Championships for a record 19th time — and vowed: “I want to win 30.” Tommy, 52, beat off stiff competition to take home the crown in the men’s ...

A rubber-faced man has won the World Gurning Championships for a record 19th time and vowed: "I want to win 30." Tommy Mattinson, 52, beat other competitors to take home the crown in the men's ...

It was hideous faces galore at the World Gurning Championships at the Egremont Crab Fair. The rules have changed little over the years and are quite simple - to impress the judges, you must distort ...

People compete and if they win become the World Gurning Champion (Picture: Reuters) The World Gurning Championships have made a return this year and some of the faces pictured are quite simply ...

A British father of two has been crowned the World Gurning Champion, outshining a host of comical-faced contenders. Ryan Barton, 42, clinched the title during the peculiar annual contest in Cumbria ...

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Anne Woods was 28 times the winner of the Women's World Gurning Championship, a competition which entails pulling the most grotesque, contorted face possible while holding one's head through a horse ...

Coventry’s facial sensation has retained his title as the globe’s greatest gurner. Adrian Zivelonghi of Tile Hill, impressed judges with his unorthodox facial expressions at the World Gurning ...

The event was created a few year’s back in honour of great Hastings character and carnival supporter Ron Everett, who used to dress up as Popeye the Sailor, to who he bore a striking resemblance. Ron ...