Facial Hair Celebrated In 54th Beard And Mustache Competition

The 54th Anniversary of the London Bridge Beard and Mustache Competition took place Saturday afternoon under the London Bridge in Lake Havasu City.

Forty contestants participated in the event that had catagories including partial beard, full beard, freestyle and wiskerina.

A section of the Havasu Memorial Walkway will be dedicated to the original event organizers Lee Shoblom and Jim Rosensweet.

Mayor Cal Sheehy was on hand to read a proclamation and competition judge Antonio Restivo demonstrated fire breathing.

Winners:

Overall: Emily Diver

Partial Beard under 6 inches:

1. Bob Edgeley
2. Brian Elmore

Partial Beard over 12 inches:

1. Ryan Parker

2. Eric Brookshire

Full Beard Over 12 inches:

1. Jared Hardy

2. John Fabula

3. Mike Dryer

Full Beard Creative:

1. Jacob Trost

2. Bill Mousel

Wiskerina Realistic:

1. Barbara Manole

Wiskerina Creative:

1.  Emily Diver

2.  Marti Diorio

3. Lisa Mousel

Mustache Under 12 Inches:

1. Rob Rohrer

2. Andy Randal

3. Mike McMullen

Mustache Over 12 Inches:

1. Ed Baker

Mustache Creative:

1. Rob Rohrer

2. Andy Randell

3. Nathan Reynolds

Full Beard Under 6 Inches:

1. Christian Williams

2. Bill Dawson

Full Beard 6-12 Inches:

1. Sean Trost

2. Shawn Harris

3. Ryan Farley