SweePee Rambo wins as canine contest gets ugly

A 17-year-old Chinese crested chihuahua with leg bowed like a frog and an oozing sore has won this year's World's Ugliest Dog contest.

SweePee Rambo took home the title at the annual contest in Petaluma, California, after besting 15 other malformed dogs, local media reported.

Judges in the contest, which is in its 28th year, take into account bad appearance, including odor, poor complexion and a host of other inherited and acquired maladies.