For ten days, some 27,000 voices in 460 amateur choirs from 73 nations will compete in categories as diverse as children's ensembles to gospel.
This is the eighth year of the Nailympics, an event run by Scratch magazine editor Alex Fox, in which nail technicians compete in categories including nail embellishment, stiletto nails and soak-off gel manicure.
While this may be true of the niches into which products like Scalpicin and Vagisil fall, other Combe products compete in categories that have not avoided the attention of the big companies.
8 P.M. (Animal Planet) NUTS FOR MUTTS 2 -- Kim Basinger (right) presides as host while almost 500 mixedbreed dogs compete in categories like most vocal, most toy/ball crazy, fastest eater, best trick and best kisser.
Over the next few hours, dancers parade in front of the judges, competing in categories with names like "Old Way" and "Femme Queen Vogue".
For those who don't know, the ballroom scene is a subculture of families, known as houses, who compete in categories of fashion, runway, beauty and dance (also known as voguing).
The Martian, Mad Max: Fury Road, and The Revenant were all nominated for best picture, but they are also competing in categories of production design, makeup and hairstyling, costume design, and visual effects – as you'd expect from visually stunning masterpieces.
Athletes formerly competed in different categories based on the severity of their blindness.
Leffler, from Long Beach, Calif., had also competed in several categories of Nascar racing and had raced in the 2000 Indianapolis 500.
