Dog Beauty Competition Crowns Winner

By Amy Sinatra Ayres


Dazzling in a pink tutu and painted toenails, 18-month-old Lucey lapped up the attention as she won Drake University's 35 th annual "Beautiful Bulldog" contest in Iowa on Monday.

Lucey topped a field of 49 other wrinkly contestants to take the crown - and win her own cake. She was calm and collected as always when she took the prize. Her owner, Dr. Tiffany Torstenson, who's a breast surgeon, says she often brings her dog to work. Her patients love Lucey so much that Torstenson plans to start training her as a therapy dog.

"She is very docile, and she doesn't get really excited," said Torstenson, who lives in Iowa. "Every room we go into, she's in that room. She likes to sleep in the bed, and hog the bed. And she loves cheese." The Beautiful Bulldog event started in 1979 to honor the English Bulldog breed, and to find a real dog to represent Drake's mascot, the Bulldogs. Lucey will continue her reign until next year's contest. - Read it from the AP via the Washington Post

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