Photo Gallery An Ugly Business
Look mom, no hands! Since 1978, the northern Spanish city of Bilbao has celebrated the "Aste Nagusia" ("Big Week" in Basque), a nine-day festival complete with fireworks, concerts and bullfights as well as food stands and dancing in the streets.
Dawn of the ugly: One of the highlights of the annual event -- and surely the funniest -- is the "Concurso de Feos", or "the ugly competition."
In the eye of the beholder: Men and women, old and young, take the stage to contort their faces into the ugliest grimace possible -- and the grosser, the better.
Stooge-tastic! The festival is organized by both the city of Bilbao and independent groups of friends.
A young participant tries her luck.
This girl is all teeth.
The distended mouth is a classic.
This pose is complicated, but effective.
One of the more popular faces involves rolling one's eyes until only the whites are visible.
This grimace looks particularly painful.
