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Jowls for days: Meet the 2017 World's Ugliest Dog winner

Martha won the way we'd all like to win, by doing nothing.
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Jowls for days: Meet the 2017 World's Ugliest Dog winner
Mandatory Credit: Photo by MONICA M. DAVEY/EPA/REX/Shutterstock (8878734c) Martha, the winner of the 2017 World's Ugliest Dog Contest, on stage during the judging in Petaluma, California, USA, 23 June 2017. Martha is a three-year-old 125 pound (about 56.7kg) Neapolitan Mastiff from Sebastopol California. She was in chronic pain and nearly blind from a long neglected eye condition. After several surgeries, she regained much of her sight and is now pain free for the first time in her life. The winner will receive 1,500 US dollar and will fly to New York, New York to appear on TV. World's Ugliest Dog Contest in Petaluma, California, USA - 23 Jun 2017 Credit: M. DAVEY/EPA/REX/Shutterstock

The 2017 World's Ugliest Dog winner is perhaps the floppiest yet.

Martha, a three-year-old 125-pound Neapolitan Mastiff from Sebastopol, California, took the top prize at the Petaluma competition on Friday. Martha will triumphantly return home with $1,500, a trophy, and a free trip to New York City for media appearances.

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And she seems absolutely thrilled.

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Credit: M. DAVEY/EPA/REX/Shutterstock

Martha reportedly won over the judges the way we'd all like to -- by lying down and not doing anything, even when she was supposed to.

This year's second and third place winners were Moe, a Brussels griffon pug, and Chase, a Chinese crested-Harke mix. They are both beautiful.

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Moe. Credit: AP/REX/Shutterstock
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Chase. Credit: AP/REX/Shutterstock

A total of fourteen dogs competed in the event.

Topics Animals

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Chloe Bryan

Chloe was the shopping editor at Mashable. She was also previously a culture reporter. You can follow her on Twitter at @chloebryan.

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