Beard and Moustache Championships in Las Vegas – in pictures

Contestants arrive for the start of the championships Photograph: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images

A bearded competitor Photograph: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images

Competitors in the Dali moustache category Photograph: Brian Cahn/ZUMA Press/Corbis

Austin Buchanan, from Florida Photograph: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images

Contestants and their moustaches face the judges Photograph: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images

Daniel Lawlor, from Los Angeles, won first place in the freestyle moustache category Photograph: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images

Gerhard Knapp, from Germany, a former world beard champion Photograph: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images

Guy Thompson, from Port Angeles, Washington, won first place in the natural goatee category Photograph: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images

Adam Orcutt, from Michigan City, Indiana, won first place in the natural moustache category Photograph: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images

Fritz Sendlhofer, of Austria, won a gold medal in the full beard garibaldi competition Photograph: Glenn Pinkerton/EPA

Patrick Fette, from Louisville, Kentucky, won first place in the English moustache category Photograph: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images

A woman in the crowd wears a fake beard Photograph: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images

Wojo Wrzesniewski, from Toronto, won first place in the Fu Manchu moustache category Photograph: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images