LatestJinny Lu, a six-year-old rescue pug from South Korea, won the 50th annual World's Ugliest Dog Competition in Santa Rosa, earning $5,000 and a trip to New York for a Today Show appearance. The event celebrates animal adoption and uniqueness, tracing Jinny Lu’s journey from rescue to national spotlight and highlighting the competition’s message about beauty being in the eye of the beholder.Aug 18, 2026