Judges crown the winning contestant based on whoever displays the starkest transformation between their normal face and their gurning face. Tommy, who’s dad was a gurning champion, said ...

Judges crown the winning contestant based on whoever displays the starkest transformation between their normal face and their gurning face. Tommy, who's dad was a gurning champion, said ...

The World Gurning Championships have made a return this year and some of the faces pictured are quite simply priceless. The unusual event is the first time it has hit the streets of Egremont ...

The world's most obscure faces were pulled in Cumbria this weekend as part of the 2024 World Gurning Championships. Dozens of hopefuls descended on Egremont to take part in the whacky event ...

That’s not the case for these gurners, who are competing in the World Gurning Championships held annually in Egremont, Cumbria. The act of pulling silly faces appears to be a bit of an art form ...

I started gurning when I was a little child, trying to copy my dad, who was a world champion. My mum said I was always I was pulling faces as a kid." Judges crown the winning contestant based on ...

A face-pulling champion has said he is 'chuffed to bits' after winning the World Gurning Championship for a record-breaking 18th time. Tommy Mattinson stormed to victory in the men's category ...

The World Gurning Championships is a real thing in England ... People put a thing around their neck and then pull the weirdest face they can. Tommy Mattinson was the defending champion ...

Started in rural England in the 12th century, gurning involves participants putting their heads through horse collars and making ugly faces, said contest announcer Steve Thoren. “No one knew why ...

The Queen was given a demonstration on gurning when she met a British champion yesterday. And later she caused laughter when she pulled a face of her own during a visit to Cumbria. Accompanied by ...

Most people will have pulled funny faces at least a few times in their life – but the majority give up the practice once they reach their teenage years or adulthood. That’s not the case for ...