Contestants will continually be added to the Photo Gallery up to December 20th, the contest closing date. Due to the high volume of entries, we will group the entries into collages of 8 and post on separate blog entries.
Contestants 57 to 64 will be coming out on December 5th.
We will be giving away a MEAN PRIZE pack valued at $100 to one lucky voter-commenter on our blog after December 20th - so start leaving your comments now for your favorite MEAN BEARD!
Below we feature Contestants 49 to 56
Who is your favorite MEAN BEARD?
It's not only the Beard, it's the Attitude.
Vote by leaving your comment below.
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| First Name | John |
| Last Name | Dyer |
| Instagram Username | jd.1071 |
| Hometown | Herndon |
| State/Province/Region: | Virginia |
| Country | USA |
| Bearded Since: | Sept 2017 |
| What Do You Do? (Career, Hobbies, Interests) | Retired; facial hair enthusiast; photography |
| What's Your Motto / What Do You Stand For? | It's not the critic that counts...the credit belongs to those who are in the arena. |
| Tell Us Why You Have The MEANEST Beard? (What Is Your Story? What Inspired You To Grow A Beard? Who Is The Man Behind The Beard?) | Started growing a full beard for the first time at age 56 .... I thought after 56 years it was about time to man up. |
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| First Name | Joseph |
| Last Name | Bieri |
| Instagram Username | Bashfulbeard |
| Hometown | Grand Rapids |
| State/Province/Region: | Michigan |
| Country | The USA baby |
| Bearded Since: | 2009 |
| What Do You Do? (Career, Hobbies, Interests) | I am an AT2 working in the solar industry. Like to fish, hunt, disc golf, skateboard, work with leather in my spare time. |
| What's Your Motto / What Do You Stand For? | Never miss an opportunity to put a smile on someone's face. |
| Tell Us Why You Have The MEANEST Beard? (What Is Your Story? What Inspired You To Grow A Beard? Who Is The Man Behind The Beard?) | My beard is thick and mean as hell. Started growing it because I hated to have to shave everyday to keep a clean face. The beard gives me confidence, and I feel like a protector of sorts. Ladies die for it. |
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| First Name | Mirko |
| Last Name | Milenkovic |
| Instagram Username | @thebeardedmirk |
| Hometown | Cossonay |
| State/Province/Region: | VD |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Bearded Since: | 2014 |
| What Do You Do? (Career, Hobbies, Interests) | Case Manager in a social centre. I enjoy traveling, music and playing guitar. I'm the founder, manager & guitarist of Swiss rock band ''Snurfu''. |
| What's Your Motto / What Do You Stand For? | Be(ard) yourself |
| Tell Us Why You Have The MEANEST Beard? (What Is Your Story? What Inspired You To Grow A Beard? Who Is The Man Behind The Beard?) | I've always wanted to grow a beard and I finally gave it a try 4 years ago. The more it grows the longer I want it. |
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| First Name | Douglas |
| Last Name | Middleton |
| Instagram Username | The_Mantler |
| Hometown | La Pine |
| State/Province/Region: | Oregon |
| Country | United States |
| Bearded Since: | 1982 |
| What Do You Do? (Career, Hobbies, Interests) | My interests are Veteran's Patient experience and have contacted many representatives over this issue. I am an occasional writer, fisherman and vet having fun traveling around to beard competitions. |
| What's Your Motto / What Do You Stand For? | My motto is: be nice to everyone ... except assholes. |
| Tell Us Why You Have The MEANEST Beard? (What Is Your Story? What Inspired You To Grow A Beard? Who Is The Man Behind The Beard?) | My last real career job was in the golfing industry. Polo shirts galore and business suits every Friday and always shaved. I have always grown a beard when work allowed it and when injuries overcame my ability to play I started growing my beard. I cut it off at one point to ask the bank for money and they turned me down and it had nothing to do with my face. So since that day I have said "to hell with the norms" and will never shave again. |
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| First Name | Piyush |
| Last Name | Sharma |
| Instagram Username | PYS.official |
| Hometown | Shivpuri |
| State/Province/Region: | Madhya Pradesh |
| Country | India |
| Bearded Since: | July 2018 |
| What Do You Do? (Career, Hobbies, Interests) | Student and also a singer |
| What's Your Motto / What Do You Stand For? | Bearded guys are like lions🦁 |
| Tell Us Why You Have The MEANEST Beard? (What Is Your Story? What Inspired You To Grow A Beard? Who Is The Man Behind The Beard?) | My grandfather loves a heavy beard and now he's no more So now I want a mean beard just like grandfather. |
| First Name | Jamie |
| Last Name | Accardo |
| Instagram Username | Jamieaccardo |
| Hometown | Madison |
| State/Province/Region: | Alabama |
| Country | United States |
| Bearded Since: | Sept 1 2017 |
| What Do You Do? (Career, Hobbies, Interests) | Beer man |
| What's Your Motto / What Do You Stand For? | LOYAL |
| Tell Us Why You Have The MEANEST Beard? (What Is Your Story? What Inspired You To Grow A Beard? Who Is The Man Behind The Beard?) | Proud husband and father to twin boys. Just look at those platinum highlights. |
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| First Name | Kirby |
| Last Name | Dunagan |
| Instagram Username | Pkd05 |
| Hometown | Jeffersonville |
| State/Province/Region: | IN |
| Country | USA |
| Bearded Since: | 2007 |
| What Do You Do? (Career, Hobbies, Interests) | Account Manager in the waste industry, dad, golf |
| What's Your Motto / What Do You Stand For? | Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard. |
| Tell Us Why You Have The MEANEST Beard? (What Is Your Story? What Inspired You To Grow A Beard? Who Is The Man Behind The Beard?) | Started truly bearding in 2014 when my best friend joined the marines and had to shave his mean beard. Now I've seen how mean my beard is. I'm a bearder for life. |
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| First Name | Linus |
| Last Name | Ressler |
| Instagram Username | |
| Hometown | Umatilla |
| State/Province/Region: | FL |
| Country | United States |
| Bearded Since: | 1978 |
| What Do You Do? (Career, Hobbies, Interests) | Retired Specialty Steelworker. I like to hike in various parks around the country, kayak, work out at the local gym, bike, cruise different beaches, and basketball. |
| What's Your Motto / What Do You Stand For? | Stand by your word and fight to keep America strong. |
| Tell Us Why You Have The MEANEST Beard? (What Is Your Story? What Inspired You To Grow A Beard? Who Is The Man Behind The Beard?) | I've had a beard for quite a while now and made a bet with my father back in the late 70's about growing a full beard. My EX always wanted me to have the beard and I enjoyed having it. When I met my girlfriend a few years ago she also liked it and I've started growing it longer since my retirement 3 1/2 years ago. Inspired by the series Vikings I asked my lady to braid my beard a certain way and she's been doing it ever since. |
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Who is your favorite MEAN BEARD?
It's not only the Beard, it's the Attitude.
Vote by leaving your comment below.
8 comments
Kirby has my vote for sure!!! Love the beard and the story behind why he started growing it.
Joseph gets my vote in this batch 👊👊
Douglas Middleton! The man escaped polo shirts and business suits! Go Doug!