About the Show

Animal Planet goes to the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, California for the 18th Annual World's Ugliest Dog Contest. Get up close and personal with many of the dogs who competed for the prestigious title, World's Ugliest Dog.

Host Debra Wilson Skelton joins Animal Planet to meet the 18 contenders -- ranging from a mutt named Pee Wee, a Chinese Crested named Archie, a one-eyed Chihuahua named Jake, and many former winners such as Rascal, Winston and Munchkin. Visit some of their hometowns and go with them on the journey, meeting the people who took these "ugly" dogs home and made them some the most well-loved pups in the world.