--- description: At 17 years old, Chinese crested chihuahua SweePee Rambo took home the title of "World's Ugliest Dog" in the annual canine pageant. title: Meet SweePee Rambo, Officially Crowned 'World's Ugliest Dog' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d1ab90210b27893/6988998cab6d7796626aa398/sweepee-rambo-ugliest-dog-2016.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Meet Sweepee Rambo, Officially the 'World's Ugliest Dog'  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 27, 2016 5:21 PM CUT  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) 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](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 27, 2016 5:21 PM CUT 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/ "undefined") 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 "undefined") 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 "undefined"). He even takes her to work daily on [his motorcycle](http://ktla.com/2016/06/25/van-nuys-mans-pet-crowned-worlds-ugliest-dog/ "undefined"). “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 "undefined") 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. Then again, beauty is in eye of the beholder, and these owners do seem to love their odd-looking pets, imperfections and all. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4383864/meet-sweepee-rambo-officially-the-worlds-ugliest-dog/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4383864/meet-sweepee-rambo-officially-the-worlds-ugliest-dog/"},"headline":"Meet Sweepee Rambo, Officially the 'World's Ugliest Dog'","datePublished":"2016-06-27T17:21:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:33:48.334Z","description":"Some titles are about more than just vanity.","url":"https://time.com/4383864/meet-sweepee-rambo-officially-the-worlds-ugliest-dog/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d1ab90210b27893/6988998cab6d7796626aa398/sweepee-rambo-ugliest-dog-2016.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d1ab90210b27893/6988998cab6d7796626aa398/sweepee-rambo-ugliest-dog-2016.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Canines Compete In World's Ugliest Dog Contest","caption":"Canines Compete In World's Ugliest Dog Contest","creditText":"Justin Sullivan—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4383864/meet-sweepee-rambo-officially-the-worlds-ugliest-dog/","name":"Meet Sweepee Rambo, Officially the 'World's Ugliest Dog'"}}]}] ```