Lower Austrian Reaches Second Place at Beard World Championship
At the 2025 Beard World Championships in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a Lower Austrian secured second place. Norbert Topf from Lilienfeld became the vice-world champion in the "Chin Beard Freestyle" category, as announced in a press release. Topf, who has already won four victories at these championships, competed in the USA with five other team members from the German beard club "Belle Moustache".
Beard World Championship with 424 Participants
Since 2001, the beard club has regularly participated in the Beard World Championships, with 17 world champions having claimed titles in 39 categories. This year, the Beard World Championship took place from July 3 to 5, with 424 participants from around the world.
At the Beard World Championship, participants were divided into four categories in advance: mustache, chin, cheek and sideburns, full beard, and craft. In each of these main groups, there were further subcategories such as "Dali Mustaches" or "Verdi Full Beards". In the craft category, synthetic hair was also allowed, so some women also participated in the championship.
First World Championship Title for Topf in 2015
The participants then styled their beards in competition, with various aids such as hairspray or gel allowed depending on the category. The beards were then judged by a multi-member international jury. This year, "Belle Moustache" could win skateboard decks, and donations were also collected for the UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
The Beard World Championship takes place every two years, and this year's championship in Pittsburgh was hosted by the Mad Viking Beard & Mustache Club. The governing body for the World Championship, which first took place in Germany in 1990, is the World Beard & Moustache Association (WBMA). The next World Championship will take place in 2027 in Blackpool, United Kingdom. In Leogang, Austria, the beards were also styled in competition in 2015 - it was there that Topf won his first World Championship title.
(APA/Red)
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