Natali Johnston 42, has beat her husband Aaron, in a beards competition.
The couple usually travel the world together, both competing in bearding contests and while you would typically expect Aaron to be more adept at wining the first prize it’s actually his wife who is taking the gold.
Natali recently took home first place in the ‘realistic freestyle category’ – for fake beards, because she doesn’t have a real beard but Aaron came second in the Goatee category of the 2023 world championships in Burghausen, Germany on June 11.
Aaron initially began competing in beard competitions in 2014 after watching a TV show called Whisker Wars.
Woman beats her husband to win Gold in Beard competition (photos)
The South Carolina, USA couple then competed in the same competition just one year after with Natali creating her own beards from scratch.
The couple now compete in different categories, but attend the same competitions worldwide, with 170 competitions under their belt since 2015.
Natali said: ‘You can either compete in the realistic full beard or the creative full beards.
‘They can be made of absolutely anything. For a realistic beard I use synthetic or real hair.
‘But you can make them from absolutely anything like cutlery or bacon – anything you can imagine so long as it’s in a beard shape!’
