The winner for 'world's ugliest dog' has been announced, and people have strong feelings.

Every year, people of all ages, races and creeds gather around to find out what might be the most controversial news of the year. Palms are sweaty, eye movement is rapid, and the stakes are high as judges deliberate on which contestant takes home the crown of "World's Ugliest Dog."

On Saturday, this pinnacle moment of overt shallowness and die-hard canine competition returned to us when the 9-year-old English Bulldog Zsa Zsa was crowned "World's Ugliest Dog" at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, California.