RVA Beard League discovers gold in Denver

by | Oct 5, 2016 | RICHMOND NEWS

Saturday September 24th, 6 members of the RVA Beard League ventured to the Mile High City with sights set on winning at the Great American Beard and Moustache Championship- and they did just that.

Saturday September 24th, 6 members of the RVA Beard League ventured to the Mile High City with sights set on winning at the Great American Beard and Moustache Championship- and they did just that.

Denver Colorado played host to the first Great American Beard and Moustache Championship. Over 200 competitors travelled from all over the US to compete in the 21 categories including two categories exclusively for women & children to craft their own follicles, (the first time an event at this level has done so.)

Another great aspect to this event would be that both local and national charities will receive well over $15,000.

Over the course of the night 7 judges looked at hundreds of Mustaches, Goatees, and Beards. But at the end of the night, the RVA Beard League walked away with three 1st place wins, a 2nd place, and a Best in Show.

Josh Black: 1st Place Full Beard Natural +12” + Best in Show (top image)

Katie Quinn: 1st Place Artistic Realistic

Patrick Quinn: 1st Place Sideburns / Chops

Johnathan Wakefield: 2nd Place Full Beard Freestyle

Chad Roberts: Judge

That is not the only win of the weekend. On Sunday, members of all the clubs got together to discuss the next competition, being held in 2018. Three clubs had been nominated, and RVA was voted the winner to host the 2018 Great American Beard and Mustache Championship.

We’re looking forward to a town full of even more beards!

Brad Kutner

Brad Kutner

Brad Kutner is the former editor of GayRVA and RVAMag from 2013 - 2017. He’s now the Richmond Bureau Chief for Radio IQ, a state-wide NPR outlet based in Roanoke. You can reach him at BradKutnerNPR@gmail.com




more in community

Review | ‘Confederates’ Doesn’t Let Anyone Off Easy

“Oh, I’m going to have a field day with this.” These were my exact words to friend and artist Kyle Epps as I got up from my seat at Firehouse Theatre Saturday night. As we shuffled out of the theatre into the lobby, I took inventory of the stack of insights Dominique...

Infinite Expansions: A Conversation with Lonnie Liston Smith

Exclusive Q&A with Lonnie Liston Smith below. Today was a good day. This very magazine’s Landon Shroder invited me to interview one of Richmond’s real living legends, jazz impresario Lonnie Liston Smith. On September 13, they will be screening selections from the...

What Happened Before the Video?

There are two sides to every story, but a lot of the time, the first narrative is the one that sticks. Case in point: last week, an altercation broke out during one of the weekly neighborhood rides organized by the Broad Street Bullies. The ride has happened every...

What the Hell is VITCO? We Went to Find Out.

Editor’s Note: This story was produced in partnership with Virginia Transit Company (VITCO). There are few large-ish pieces of real estate in the city proper that have been more screaming for development than the fallow field bordered by Clay Street and Hermitage...

Can Ellwood Thompson’s Survive Its Owners?

What is Ellwood Thompson’s now? That feels like a fair question most people should be asking right now after this week’s news that the company that owns one of Richmond’s most recognizable stores is being taken over by another company whose primary business is data...

I Went to the Data Center Town Hall at Studio Two Three

On Monday night, close to 300 to people packed into Studio Two Three in Richmond for a town hall about data centers, moderated by Gray Montrose and co-hosted by Henrico Civic Action and Data Center Defiance.  I went to get a better sense of where Richmonders are from...

Be Kind, Rewind! Welcome to Monster Video

On a hot day in June, while visiting The Veiled Mirror and talking with them about collecting old books and DVDs, I was told that next door would be opening as a VHS video store soon. All throughout July, several of my friends who knew of my movie library habit...