Bountiful Beards / Hair Wars

If you haven't yet heard, the World Beard and Moustache Competition will be held in Anchorage Alaska on May 23, 2009. If you have any hope of competing you had better get growing! The biannual event will feature the likes of Willi Chevalier of Sigmaringen, Germany

Photograph by Sheri Manson

and Gunnar Rosenquist of Gothenburg, Sweden

Photograph by Sheri Manson

But all is not lost for the Americans because Beard Team USA represents with gorgeous growths by founder Phil Olsen

Photograph by Zach Ramey

and Burke Kenny

Photograph by Zach Ramey

But follicle fantasies are not just for the gents. The ladies get into the action at Hair Wars in Detroit every year. Check out these David Yellen images while listening to an audio track about Hair Wars on NPR