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54 Innovations That Celebrate Ugliness

From Three-Faced Dolls To Subdermal Implants

— June 5, 2009 — Unique
It is said that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” and nothing proves this more than this cluster of “ugly” trends. Of course, while some things are purposefully made ugly such as the three-faced doll and the subdermal implants, other things such as real-life gremlins and freaky felines are simply ugly by nature.

It’s also quite warming to know that no matter how ugly an object may be, someone, somewhere, will love it and that is what makes the world go around.
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Popularity
Activity
Freshness
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Destroying Ugly Auto Designs
Destroying Ugly Auto Designs
iMOTOR ‘Design Disasters' Equips You With an Ugly Stick
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51
Intentionally Ugly Power Strips
Intentionally Ugly Power Strips
Standby Surge Protector
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50
Ugly Food Glasses
Ugly Food Glasses
Blue Shade Glasses Help You Lose Weight?
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49
Flaunting Ugly Couches
Flaunting Ugly Couches
The 'Surefit Slip Covers' Contest
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48
Fake Webcams for the Ugly
Fake Webcams for the Ugly
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47
Ugly Sweater Love
Ugly Sweater Love
The Holiday Sweater Song
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46
Photoshopping For Evil: Fox News Makes NY Times Reporters Ugly
Photoshopping For Evil: Fox News Makes NY Times Reporters Ugly
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45
Ugly is the New Hot
Ugly is the New Hot
Modern Studies on Ugliness
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44
Anti-Barbies
Anti-Barbies
Ghoulish Mezco 'Living Dead Dolls' Continue to Terrify With a New Collection
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43
Ugly Pizza
Ugly Pizza
Difficult Branding?
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42
Ugly Pageants
Ugly Pageants
The Award for the Ugliest Icelandic Native Goes to...
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41
Pee & Poo Dolls
Pee & Poo Dolls
This Cuddly Duo Wins Over Hearts at Design Expo
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40
Pretty Ugly Plush Toys
Pretty Ugly Plush Toys
Uglydolls
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39
Showcasing Ugly Art
Showcasing Ugly Art
MUMOK's Bad Painting-Good Art Exhibition
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38
Ugly Christmas Sweater Parties
Ugly Christmas Sweater Parties
One Time of Year Tacky Is Trendy
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37
Celebrating Ugly Mugs
Celebrating Ugly Mugs
Nerve Magazine Compiles Top 20 List of Unfortunate Looking Celebs
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36
Windblown Shockvertising
Windblown Shockvertising
Pretty Fast Delivery Makes Ugly Pictures But A Great Point
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35
Headless Dolls
Headless Dolls
Historical Dolls Show How They Died
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34
Dolls With Body Hair
Dolls With Body Hair
Super Hairy 'Shave the Baby' Doll is Designed to be Trimmed
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33
Really Freaky Dolls
Really Freaky Dolls
Psycho Sally
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32
Mail-Order Marriages
Mail-Order Marriages
MailOrderHusbands.net Shows Good, Bad and Ugly
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31
Rebellious Toys
Rebellious Toys
Pierced BeGoth Fashion Dolls with Tattoos Don't Conform to Barbie Beautiful
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30
Intentional Ugly
Intentional Ugly
8 Posts For the Ugly Obsessed
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29
Ugly Endangered Species
Ugly Endangered Species
10 Creatures Nearing Extinction
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28
Digitally Aged Dolls
Digitally Aged Dolls
Barbie Gets Old, Complete With Wrinkles and Crow's Feet
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27
Modeling Agency for Ugly People
Modeling Agency for Ugly People
The UGLY Model Agency
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26
3-Faced Dolls
3-Faced Dolls
These Terrifying Toys Will Not Be Destroyed
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25
Subdermal Implants
Subdermal Implants
Customize Your Flesh with Body Modifications
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24
Ugly Drunk Scenarios
Ugly Drunk Scenarios
Maktub Ads Encourage Drinking at Home
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23
Egyptian Animal Tattoos
Egyptian Animal Tattoos
Bald Sphinx Cat Has A Real Tutankhamen Tattoo
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22
Durex Puts Ugly on Your Pillow
Durex Puts Ugly on Your Pillow
"Last Longer" Campaign
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21
Unlikely Supermodels (UPDATE)
Unlikely Supermodels (UPDATE)
Ugly Agency Specializes in Odd Characters
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20
Making Celebrities Ugly
Making Celebrities Ugly
Planet Hiltron
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19
Forked Human Tongues
Forked Human Tongues
Bizarre Body Mod Craze Splits Tongues for Lizard-Style Lickers
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18
Hardcore Tattoo Removal
Hardcore Tattoo Removal
Go for the Burn With This (Fake) Iron-Inspired Treatment
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17
Body Mod Records
Body Mod Records
Jeremy Stroud Gets 1,197 Piercings in One Day
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16
Multifunctional Nose Piercings
Multifunctional Nose Piercings
Carrying Cigarettes & Screwdrivers in Your Septum
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15
Celebrating Bad Tattoos
Celebrating Bad Tattoos
From Britney Spears' Shaved Head to Unicorns Shagging
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14
Skin-Crawling Tattoos
Skin-Crawling Tattoos
Insect Body Art
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13
Real-Life Gremlins
Real-Life Gremlins
10 Ugly Animals
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12
Frightening Facial Tattoos
Frightening Facial Tattoos
From Permanently-Inked Gashes to Tattooed Bone Eyebrows
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11
Freaky Subdermal Implants
Freaky Subdermal Implants
Body Mods That Literally Get Under Your Skin
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10
Incarcerated Art
Incarcerated Art
Permanent Tattoo Mugshots Prove Identification Isn't Always Tricky
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9
Needled Bodies
Needled Bodies
Playful Piercing For Beautiful Temporary Body Modifications
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8
Horned Women
Horned Women
La Nega, Argentinean Queen Of Female Body Modification
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7
Full-Body Zombie Tattoos
Full-Body Zombie Tattoos
Rick Zombie
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6
Painful Piercings
Painful Piercings
Mr. Tetanus' Extreme Achilles Heel Body Modification
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5
Satanic Body Mods
Satanic Body Mods
One Man's Transformation Into A Devil
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4
Extreme Body Modification
Extreme Body Modification
Twin Amputates Arm To Give His Brother Third Arm
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3
Body Mod Addictions
Body Mod Addictions
Pauly Unstoppable is the World's Most Modified Man
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2
Butt Crack Piercing
Butt Crack Piercing
Barbells for Backs
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1
3D Body Art (UPDATE)
3D Body Art (UPDATE)
Cosmetic Implants, Raised Tattoos And Other Bizarre Body Modifications
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