A two-year-old Chinese Crested and Chihuahua mix named Elwood won in the annual ugly dog contest held at the Marin-Sonoma County Fair.

Dark coloured and hairless except for a mohawk-like puff of white fur on his head is often called Yoda or ET for his resemblance to those two fictional characters. So what does Elwood’s owner Karen Quigley think of her pet? “I think he’s the cutest thing that ever lived.”