{"id":2677,"date":"2026-06-07T17:47:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T16:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/ugly-in-a-beautiful-way-denmarks-mullet-championship-celebrates-divisive-hairstyle-denmark\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T17:47:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T16:47:00","slug":"ugly-in-a-beautiful-way-denmarks-mullet-championship-celebrates-divisive-hairstyle-denmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/ugly-in-a-beautiful-way-denmarks-mullet-championship-celebrates-divisive-hairstyle-denmark\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Ugly in a beautiful way\u2019: Denmark\u2019s mullet championship celebrates divisive hairstyle | Denmark"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Business in the front, party in the back. A packed Danish crowd has celebrated the much-maligned but enduring mullet hairstyle, defined by very short hair at the front and longer hair at the back.<\/p>\n

Denmark\u2019s raucous 2026 Mullet Championship, presented on an outdoor stage in central Copenhagen, attracted 12 well-coiffed competitors and more than 1,000 spectators.<\/p>\n

The organiser, Steffen Stiw Weber, a 37-year-old electrician, said the championships began after he had a hair transplant and chose to grow a mullet. \u201cI think in our culture, when everything must \u2026 be perfect on social media and everything like that, I think that\u2019s why people have to stand out from the crowd,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

<\/svg><\/span>Competitor Martin Sedolf performs as character pro wrestler Benny Bacchus at Denmark\u2019s Mullet Championship.<\/span> Photograph: James Brooks\/AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Competitors in Saturday\u2019s championships were evaluated on their cuts\u2019 style, uniqueness, and overall performance and \u201cmullet moves\u201d. They were given 60 seconds each to perform on stage to showcase their cuts.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like the finesse, the twist, the nostalgia. I like it if it looks ridiculous or maybe ugly in a beautiful way,\u201d said Bobby Agren, a judge in the contest, who owns two hair salons in Copenhagen.<\/p>\n

The event featured an array of exuberant performances, including beer swilling and body popping. One competitor wore a mullet haircut styled to resemble the Danish flag. The crowd screamed and chanted.<\/p>\n

<\/svg><\/span>The judges displaying their mullet ratings<\/span> Photograph: James Brooks\/AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thomas Berg, 43, a construction worker, eventually took home the top prize after wowing judges by frantically jumping on a trampoline while clad in neon green gym wear.<\/p>\n

He complemented his mullet haircut with an orange headband. \u201cI think it\u2019s just funny. It\u2019s just a big party,\u201d said a smiling Berg after collecting his prize. \u201cIt\u2019s just nice to be a bit outside the box.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though mullets have probably been around for longer than there have been barbers, the Oxford English Dictionary cites the hip-hop act the Beastie Boys for helping to popularise the term mullet with the song Mullet Head on their 1994 album Ill Communication.<\/p>\n

The coiffure was popular with ice hockey players and 1980s musicians but later fell out of favour. The fashion magazine Vogue reportedly once described the mullet as \u201chistory\u2019s most divisive hairstyle\u201d.<\/p>\n

<\/svg><\/span>Competitors at Denmark\u2019s Mullet Championship in Copenhagen<\/span> Photograph: James Brooks\/AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But in recent years, the mullet has seen a global resurgence. The British magazine i-D declared 2020 \u201cthe year of the mullet\u201d as the Covid-19 crisis shuttered hair salons and lockdown-weary citizens let their locks flow.<\/p>\n

Numerous mullet competitions are now staged around the world. Belgium hosted the European Mullet Cup last month. Agren said: \u201cIt comes back every 20-30 years. There\u2019s always a circular motion in fashion.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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