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Reigning World Gurning Champion Peter Jackman gets in some last minute practice ahead of the defence of his title at the Egremont Crab Fair, near Whitehaven in Cumbria. * During the championships, which is thought to date back to the days when the village idiot was invited to pull funny faces in exchange for a few pints of beer, contestants put on a horse collar and compete to pull the most grotesque face.