The world's most extreme beards and mustaches

 By 
Elizabeth Pierson
 on 
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A small, scenic town in Austria played host to more than 300 particularly hairy men this weekend.

This year's World Beard And Mustache Championships were held in Leogang, Austria, bringing fuzzy competitors from around the world together to compete in 16 different categories organized into three groups: mustache, partial beard and full beard.

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