--- title: Photo: Artists Compete in Buffalo Painting Competition description: Artists from eight countries covered buffalo in vivid colors as a part of a bodypainting competition this weekend canonical: https://time.com/104031/bodypainting-buffalo/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-18T16:46:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:09:45.243Z og:title: Photo: Artists Compete in Buffalo Painting Competition og:description: Artists from eight countries covered buffalo in vivid colors as a part of a bodypainting competition this weekend og:url: https://time.com/104031/bodypainting-buffalo/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt41e5f9ba49fb82e0/6986900255a8598afba80e35/2014-05-18t075333z_813399993_gm1ea5i17.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1500 og:image:height: 844 og:image:alt: A woman leads her painted buffalo onto a stage during a buffalo bodypainting competition in Jiangcheng county, Yunnan province og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Photo: Artists Compete in Buffalo Painting Competition twitter:description: Artists from eight countries covered buffalo in vivid colors as a part of a bodypainting competition this weekend twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt41e5f9ba49fb82e0/6986900255a8598afba80e35/2014-05-18t075333z_813399993_gm1ea5i17.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Might Be the Most Beautiful Buffalo in the World > Sponsored content. 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A woman leads her painted buffalo onto a stage during a buffalo bodypainting competition in Jiangcheng county, Yunnan province, China, May 18, 2014\. Artists from eight countries painted on buffalos to compete for a 100,000 yuan ($16,042) prize reward during the competition on Sunday, according to local media.Wong Campion—Reuters  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney May 18, 2014 4:46 PM UTC Those large, brown, beastly masses known as buffalo are rarely described as pretty, but this weekend a lucky few of them became works of art that would make all the others jealous. 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