If you believe in eastern philosophy you will understand that everything in this universe is balanced. There is good and bad, day and night, yin and yang. That being the case if there is a beauty pageant, there should also be one for the opposite.

Well whether there is any “The ugliest” competition for human beings or not, there definitely is one for dogs. Every year in California, a competition is held for the ugliest dog in the world, and whether you believe it or not there are quite a few entrants for the prize every year.

The criteria is very simple, the ugliest looking dog gets the prize, but with the quality of the participants it isn’t easy for the judges to arrive at a consensus opinion.

This year the prize went to Yoda, a tiny dog 14 year old dog of mixed ancestry owned by Teri and Nicole. Even if people may not agree as to the bloodline of Yoda (some feel it’s a Chinese-crested Chihuahua), they all agree on one thing, that it is the ugliest looking dog in the world.

Yet, Yoda is luckier than quite a few of us because she is the apple of her owner’s eye. Now how many of us can say the same.

Nicole found Yoda in a bag in a lot. In fact Teri accepts that when she first laid eyes on Yoda, she thought that Nicole was bringing her a dead rat. Although with age Yoda has changed you can still see why Teri thought so even now.

Yoda is not a youngster. In fact she is so old that all her teeth have fallen out and she is therefore not able to keep her tongue inside her mouth. This means that she has her tongue hanging out perpetually. She’s got scraggly hair all over her body, and only her mother, or in this case Teri and Nicole can say that they love her as she is.