--- title: Meet SweePee Rambo, Officially Crowned 'World's Ugliest Dog' description: At 17 years old, Chinese crested chihuahua SweePee Rambo took home the title of "World's Ugliest Dog" in the annual canine pageant. canonical: https://time.com/4383864/meet-sweepee-rambo-officially-the-worlds-ugliest-dog/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-27T17:21:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:33:48.334Z og:title: Meet SweePee Rambo, Officially Crowned 'World's Ugliest Dog' og:description: The tiny Chinese crested chihuahua is a "ride or die chick," her owner said. og:url: https://time.com/4383864/meet-sweepee-rambo-officially-the-worlds-ugliest-dog/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d1ab90210b27893/6988998cab6d7796626aa398/sweepee-rambo-ugliest-dog-2016.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Canines Compete In World's Ugliest Dog Contest og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Meet SweePee Rambo, Officially Crowned 'World's Ugliest Dog' twitter:description: The tiny Chinese crested chihuahua is a "ride or die chick," her owner said. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d1ab90210b27893/6988998cab6d7796626aa398/sweepee-rambo-ugliest-dog-2016.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Meet Sweepee Rambo, Officially the 'World's Ugliest Dog' > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) PETALUMA, CA - JUNE 24: Jason Wurtz of Van Nuys, California, holds his dog Sweepee Rambo after winning the 2016 World's Ugliest Dog contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair on June 24, 2016 in Petaluma, California. Sweepee Rambo, a blind Chinese Crested dog, won the annual World's Ugliest Dog contest. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Justin Sullivan—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 27, 2016 5:21 PM UTC At 17 years old, Chinese crested chihuahua Sweepee Rambo is no beauty. But the tiny canine who is blind is a winner in other ways: she just took home the title of “World’s Ugliest Dog” after competing in the [annual dog pageant](http://www.sonoma-marinfair.org/worlds-ugliest-dog/) in Petaluma, California. Sweepee, who owner Jason Wurtz [originally gifted](http://abcnews.go.com/US/worlds-ugliest-dog-crowned-meet-sweepee-rambo/story?id=40122383) to his ex-wife, has bat-like ears, a few wisps of white hair, and one blue eye and one yellow eye. She weighs only four pounds. But to her devoted owner Wurtz, SweePee is a “ride or die chick,” [he told TODAY](http://www.today.com/pets/isn-t-she-lovely-meet-sweepee-rambo-2016-s-world-t100264). He even takes her to work daily on [his motorcycle](http://ktla.com/2016/06/25/van-nuys-mans-pet-crowned-worlds-ugliest-dog/). “I’ve had girlfriends over the years and they were jealous of her and like I told them, she was here when you came and she’ll be here when you leave, that’s the best friend I have,” he said. Competition was stiff in the show, which has been running for 28 years. There were [17 hopeful entrants](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/26/us/here-she-is-the-ugliest-dog-in-the-world-2016.html?%5Fr=0) in the 2016 pageant, and the second and third place winners were both Chinese crested chihuahuas as well, suggesting that the breed may not be too easy on the eyes. 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