In September of 2013, I traveled to the Egremont Crab Fair in Cumbria, UK to compete in the World Championship Gurning competitions, which is a contest to make the world's ugliest face. We documented my efforts to become the first American Champion.
The story of an American's journey to win the Gurning Competitions at the Egremont Crab Fair in the England where, since 1297, they have held an annual face-pulling contest to see who can make the world's ugliest face. It is called Gurning.—tim jackson