Kansas State Fair adds beard and mustache competition

If you think you have a particularly fetching mustache or beard, you may want to enter the first-ever beard and mustache competition at the Kansas State Fair.

There are seven categories — including a humorous one for women wearing fake facial hair — and best in show for the competition at 1 p.m. Sept. 12 at the Kansas State Fairgrounds in Hutchinson. Contestants are asked to e-mail a photo of themselves before the competition, but if the categories do not fill up with 10 contestants each, people also will be able to register at noon Sept. 12 at the site of the contest — the Nex-Tech Wireless Stage at Lake Talbott.

Winners will be awarded ribbons.

The categories are natural mustache with no styling; freestyle mustache (anything goes); partial beard, with a break somewhere in the beard, including mutton chops, goatee and whaler (no styling); full beard over 6 inches (no styling); full beard under 6 inches (no styling); full beard freestyle; ladies fake facial hair (use whatever materials you like); and best in show (costume and stage presence helpful).

To enter, send a photo to ksfbeardcomp@yahoo.com by Friday. For more information, see the Facebook page of the Wichita Beard and Mustache Club or call the fair at 620-669-3600.

This story was originally published August 26, 2015 at 2:02 PM with the headline "Kansas State Fair adds beard and mustache competition."