33 Movember moustache inspirations
We’re halfway through November, which means many of you are close to sporting a full-out forest on your face. That’s right, it’s Movember, a month-long event that calls on those with follicly-gifted faces to raise money and awareness for “men’s health issues, specifically prostate and testicular cancer initiatives.”
To inspire your hirsute pursuit, we’ve compiled a showcase of gentlemen who have made facial hair into an artform. And whether your ‘stache ambitions are geared toward the world stage, or if you’re just having some fun for a serious cause, we’d like to thank you not shaving.
If you’d like to share your ‘stache, feel free to upload a pic and join the ranks of these brave souls.
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- Hans-Peter Weis of Pforzheim, Germany wins the Gold Medal in the Full Beard Freestyle competition at the Beard Team USA National Beard and Moustache Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada November 11, 2012. (Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureau/Handout /Reuters)
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- A Swiss participant poses in the northern city of Trondheim in Norway on May 14, 2011 ahead of the Beards and Moustaches World Championship 2011 held in the city on May 15. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A participant is reflected on a mirror as he gets ready for the 2012 European Beard and Moustache Championships in Wittersdorf near Mulhouse, Eastern France, September 22, 2012. More than a hundred participants competed in the first European Beard and Moustache Championships organized in France. (Vincent Kessler/Reuters)
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- Overall winner, Elmar Weisser of Germany reacts after winning first place of the Full Beards Freestyle category during The Beards and Moustaches World Championship 2011 in the northern city of Trondheim on May 15, 2011. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Johnny Tatum sported his usual up-turned mustache as he enjoyed the annual croquet match between St. John’s and the Naval Academy on April 20, 2011. (Monica Lopossay/Baltimore Sun)
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- Participants have a beer as they take part in the 2012 European Beard and Moustache Championships in Wittersdorf near Mulhouse, Eastern France, September 22, 2012. (Vincent Kessler/Reuters)
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- Participants read documents as they take part in the 2012 European Beard and Moustache Championships in Wittersdorf near Mulhouse, Eastern France, September 22, 2012. (Vincent Kessler/Reuters)
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- Wolfgang Schneider of Germany poses after winnning first place of the Moustach Natural category during The Beards and Moustaches World Championship 2011 in the northern city of Trondheim on May 15, 2011. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A contestant reacts to the camera at the third annual National Beard and Moustache Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 11, 2012. (Frederic J. BrownAFP/Getty Images)
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- Saddi Muhammad achieves a record for using his mustache to pull a 1.7 tonne pickup truck a distance of 60.3 metres at the week-long youth festival in the eastern city of Lahore on October 21, 2012. Pakistan may not have brought home any medals from this summer’s Olympics, but it can now lay claim to world records in chapati-making, plug-wiring and chessboard-arranging. (Arif ALIArif Ali/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Baltimore Orioles fan Dan Petrowski wears orange shades and funky mustache with his orange hair outside Pickles Pub, across the street from the stadium (background) on Opening Day 2012 Friday, April 6, 2012. The city celebrates 20 years of the existence of Oriole Park at Camden Yards. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)
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- Germany’s Gerhard Knapp prepares ahead of the World Beard and Moustache Championships in the northern city of Trondheim, on May 15, 2011. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Adam Orcutt from Michigan City, Indiana, poses after winning first place in the Natural Moustache category at the third annual National Beard and Moustache Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 11, 2012. (Frederic J. BrownAFP/Getty Images)
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- German hairdresser Elmar Weisser, 48, poses with his beard, which is shaped as a stork, during the 2012 European Beard and Moustache Championships in Wittersdorf near Mulhouse, Eastern France, September 22, 2012. Weisser, who won the World Beard and Moustache Championship in 2011, ranked second in the freestyle category of the European championships. (Vincent Kessler/Reuters)
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- Jake Crage of Britain competes in the Beards and Moustaches World Championship 2011 in the northern city of Trondheim on May 15, 2011. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images)
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- The crowd is reflected in the glasses of a bearded competitor at the third annual National Beard and Moustache Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 11, 2012. (Frederic J. BrownAFP/Getty Images)
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- Contestants with their moustaches face the judges at the third annual National Beard and Moustache Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 11, 2012, won by Patrick Fette (#2) from Louisville, Kentucky, in the English Moustache category. (Frederic J. BrownAFP/Getty Images)
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- Germany’s Peter Weiss poses in the northern city of Trondheim in Norway on May 14, 2011 ahead of the Beards and Moustaches World Championship 2011 held in the city on May 15. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Karl-Heinze Hille of Germany poses after winning first place in the Imperial Partial Beards category during The Beards and Moustaches World Championship 2011 in the northern city of Trondheim on May 15, 2011. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Daniel Lawlor from Los Angeles, California, poses after winning first place in the Freestyle Moustache category at the third annual National Beard and Moustache Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 11, 2012. (Frederic J. BrownAFP/Getty Images)
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- Bill Mitchell of the US poses after winning the Sideburns Freestyle category during The Beards and Moustaches World Championship 2011 in the northern city of Trondheim on May 15, 2011. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Steve McQuaide from Burbank, California, poses after winning first place in the Imperial Moustache category at the third annual National Beard and Moustache Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 11, 2012. (Frederic J. BrownAFP/Getty Images)
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- Dieter Besuch of Germany poses after winning the Partial Beard Freestyle category during The Beards and Moustaches World Championship 2011 in the northern city of Trondheim on May 15, 2011. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Wojo Wrzesniewski from Toronto, Canada, poses after winning first place in the Fu Manchu Moustache category at the third annual National Beard and Moustache Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 11, 2012. (Frederic J. BrownAFP/Getty Images)
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- Johan Dominic of the US poses after winning the Moustach Imperial category during The Beards and Moustaches World Championship 2011 in the northern city of Trondheim on May 15, 2011. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Patrick Fette from Louisville, Kentucky, poses after winning first place in the English Moustache category at the third annual National Beard and Moustache Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 11, 2012. (Frederic J. BrownAFP/Getty Images)
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- A participant competes in the Beards and Moustaches World Championship 2011 in the northern city of Trondheim on May 15, 2011. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Indian Hindu devotee of goddess Mahankali, M.Ramadass holds two limes in his seven ft. moustache as he poses during a Swarnalatha Rangam ceremony at The Sri Ujjaini Mahakali Temple in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad, on July 18, 2011. Swarnalatha Rangam is a ritual where it is believed that the goddess Mahankali enters the body of an unmarried woman and predicts the future. (Noah Seelam/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Germany’s Gerhard Knapp poses in the northern city of Trondheim in Norway on May 14, 2011 ahead of the Beards and Moustaches World Championship 2011 held in the city on May 15. Based on past performance, American and German challengers are favoured among the 163 contestants from 15 different countries who will compete in a range of categories. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A participant competes in the Beards and Moustaches World Championship 2011 in the northern city of Trondheim on May 15, 2011. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A participant competes in the Beards and Moustaches World Championship 2011 in the northern city of Trondheim on May 15, 2011. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images)
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- (L-R) Germany’s Gerhard Knapp, Dieter Besuch and Peter Weiss pose as they gather at the northern city of Trondheim in Norway on May 14, 2011 ahead of the Beards and Moustaches World Championship 2011 held in the city on May 15. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Germany’s Dieter Besuch poses in the northern city of Trondheim in Norway on May 14, 2011 ahead of the Beards and Moustaches World Championship 2011 held in the city on May 15. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images)
Featured photo: A combination shows nine participants during the 2012 European Beard and Moustache Championships in Wittersdorf near Mulhouse, Eastern France, September 22, 2012. (Vincent Kessler/Reuters)
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