Beard Liberation Front
28th December
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The Real New Year’s Honours Rylan Clark-Neal beards Stig Abell for Beard of the Year 2019
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said Strictly It Takes Two and Supermarket Sweep host Rylan Clark-Neal has shaved opposition to win the Beard of the Year 2019 vote.
Competition bristled but Rylan and his fan base saw off challenges from Times Literary Supplement Editor Stig Abell and Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn.
Rylan Clark Neal surged from third place to win the annual accolade with 52% of the vote compared to Stig Abell’s 32%. There were over 6,000 votes in total.
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, it looked like it would be a close shave until the last couple of days when Rylan’s fan base really got behind his beard. As winner & runner up for Beard of the Year Rylan Clark-Neal and Stig Abell are get adverts for the positive public impact of beards and both are worthy recipients of this greatest of New Year’s Honours
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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