Beard Liberation Front
29th November
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Cricketer Chris Woakes joins Beard of the Year poll. Can he shave Strictly’s Rylan?
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that the process of determining the Beard of the Year 2019 is underway. The on-line poll to determine the winner is now open and will close on December 24th
The winner is announced on December 28th.
England cricketer Chris Woakes has been added to the list following the impact of his gravitas adding beard in the current Test series in New Zealans
The criteria for Beard of the Year is as follows:
The Award is NOT about people who grow beards in their bedrooms and post pictures of them on the internet
The Award IS about people with consistent beards in the public eye who promote a positive image of the hirsute
TV doctor Xand Van Tulleken and cosmologist Peter Coles currently at Maynooth University in Ireland shared the Award in 2018.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, Rylan Clark-Neal and Times Literary Supplement Editor Stig Abell have been making the early running. Can Chris Woakes clean bowl them?
Beard of the Year 2019 shortlist
Rylan Clark-Neal
Ben Bellamy
Jeremy Corbyn
Alexei Sayle
Mauricio Pochettino
Billy Connolly
Ben Stokes
Jurgen Klopp
Bob Harris
Stig Abell
Michael Rosen
Idris Elba
Billy Bragg
George Clooney
Chris Woakes
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