Beard Liberation Front
Press release June 13th
Contact Keith Flett 07803 167266
National Beard Week Hirsute Personality 2020 poll has all BAME shortlist
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that with Beard Week set to bristle off to a start on 22nd June it has launched the annual search for Hirsute Personality of the Year.
In 2020 as in 2019 the shortlist features all BAME beards
The BLF says that it has become increasingly concerned that images of the hirsute overwhelmingly feature young white men. While this is positive in terms of beard impact in the public eye it downplays and often ignores the importance of BAME beards.
The shortlist comprises well known beard wearers, focusing not just on their place in the public eye but the gravitas and impact their beard adds to their public image and appearance.
Unlike the Beard of the Year in December, those on the short-list don’t need to have a full-time beard. Rather they need to have been in the public eye while hirsute. Neither is the contest about who has the ‘best’ beard.
The winner of the on-line poll which opens on 13th June will be announced at the beginning of Beard Week 2020 on June 22nd. Other Awards that feature during the week, designed to promote a positive image of beards, are the Beard Friendly Sandwich of the Year, Hirsute Broadcaster of the Year and the Beard Friendly Employer of the Year.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett We are looking as ever for superb examples of hirsuteness in the public eye which also add gravitas. It means a beard plus presence equalling a maximum hirsute public impact
Raheem Sterling, footballer
Virat Kohli, cricketer
Lenny Henry, actor
Benjamin Zephaniah, poet
Andros Townsend, footballer
Moeen Ali, cricketer
David Olusoga, historian
Idris Elba, actor
Lowkey, rapper
Vaughan Gething, politician
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