the goals we say they're about never getting up every weekend on d w. l g, a vastly by the judge. i'm not at the today is the festival of the ugly. we both discussed the day when ugly people take center stage, along with everyone who feels less of and due to the way they look funny to see, you know, i gotta pull it up. we want them to feel important. we recognize their value and boost their self esteem. that is crucial out when we say specifically on the

outside. beautiful inside. need up and see i'm a time to go. yes. in front of us. yes. we're coming the this is feel because one week before the festival of the ugly begins home to just about 2000 residents. this village is the center of the rebellion against italy's pervasive obsession with beauty. this is where the ugly club has its headquarters and this has its president for now at least a chelsea mo, oh, anyone's talking about is the festival of commerce. i go on that. how's it going? i'm on my way to the army club. the festival is this sunday. we are stuck with all

of you in a domenico to day. any of you have to come back, we're going to just follow behind the parade for a minute or maybe come by earlier. so you can vote for me or i need vote to hear me hope you're doing evil with your wrist on the tool tool. so you don't have a strong challenge or this year. so you on sunday, child coach out what i got christmas time campaigning for votes this year could be closer to whatever sound fair. yeah, the ugliest and p o be co. uh the president and his team are having a planning meeting at club headquarters family. so jeanine luigi has been president for 11 years now. like most people in pos eco. he's been involved in the club since he was a child. every year during the festival, they elect their next president bought good boy, you know, pretty fair to said, i believe during the parade, you'll play my body guard to lee as well, and you'll be just be right. as always, the guy who manages the whole thing. okay,

okay. i got from a uniform. let me let me see christie a lot. so because this is what i think this is a ugly clubs founding charter from 1879 as incredible with it. and it started as a match making service on the out. it, there were too many older women who were unmarried at all and then the local tax, then it was common for women to have 3 children by the age of $21.00 of the new hands for farming and whatnot with them to die to laura, you speak to me so they created the position of president of the ugly, able to show me the form of the call being pulled up and all that you helped to match up. ugly women with the unattractive man. i know you've talked in queer, still full even later the club started advocating for ugly folksy. we tried to de dramatize ugliness and a light hearted way on that goal. yeah, the good,

you gotta see mental sheets to these that i'm lucky example. when the boy and i was tired of, i'm all, we used to receive a lot of letters from people looking to the ugly clap for comfort and solidarity, mostly with the device. i am with the, with the for the side equity vinyl. instead of going to some letters like this one came with a photo in a personal description of vehicle into kind of, let's see if i can read it. city as college or something like that. so you're going to know that i'm a 29 year old man. they lose or that i'm dissolution with life because of my looks, normal navy, i don't have any real friends and i've never had a girlfriend for my godsa. so the one that i got sent on over to them, i'm no good with girls. i'm awkward around them, a golf swing by and i'm still a virgin minimum and normally my satta level is the so profitable data. i'm a complete failure. okay. i will make sure that i'm not even one meet or 70 tall. and as to what i took in a little but not muscular him, but he enters my of shaggy hair. wake up,

my eyes are bright and bulging and asked the bull. i have a long, bumpy nose in my mouth as to say, but it will not go cuz i'm really distressed. when i close my eyes, i wish i were dead. a movie took a piece you come by today and at the end here, right. so i left the end of the se, spirit. ok. i hope that at least you can understand amendable. you have been the last that i hope to see you soon. stephan. of course on i looked on thought that was a 19, maybe interested in this one, that there are a lot of letters like that policy that we need to catalog about it to it for god. yeah. what's that mean? there's good news from the us. someone from the new york times is on their way to po because the festival is just 5 days away. the

. this is where the ugliest man in italy lives. where the bank government, the net. when i look at myself in the mirror, so in a little bit, i am truly ugly jargon as on paul to my noise is weird though they can pull my is there a little square full square that up on my teeth? best not to talk about them to keep my eyes, let's say, a normal, that opportunity issue. i often get told that i'm ugly or you know, but everyone has something ugly about all. when someone calls me ugly. i just ignoring it doesn't really drew me into the i pretend, i don't mind read the yet. they are my. i'm used to it by now. we'll have to or is still cause he lives alone to see people. he goes out for

breakfast. the good morning. hi paula. his calendar has sold $150.00 copies this year. he started having the made in 2019 after he was crowned italy's ugliest man told though, is famous around town. the 50 validate booty is a well known tradition in the region. and it's featured in the local newspaper. you're what you're going to use. i used to be a truck driver. me, which i loved it. june, july, 13th of next g. marks 30 years since the accidental. i remember everything that happened that day. right up until the moment i drove on the highway to the next thing. i know i'm waking up up to 45 days in a coma, the song or something. yeah. don't. don't. why don't the cheaper jordan

a diploma bring them as soon as i opened my eyes, i saw that i was connected to a bunch of machines. i called for help in aust, where i was kim, i think on lucia and the nurse said you were in an accident because it wouldn't you there and there's also really cool. i lifted the bed sheets and i wasn't drunk. most of them, but my left leg was there, but my right one was the one check. i checked again. sure. go don't say then i turned away and broke down in tears. shut them aside us and get out of their stuff. a lot of thought or d as instead of i had 10 operations on my side because it was destroyed at the door . so i looked like a monster world monster. you and my auto body was messed up to infinity into them. in the 30 years since the accident because i've spent 20 going in and out of the

hospital, no joy can be able to be done into fidelity. and other than that, it is what it is, right? they saved my life. so i let go of what was before and started my life over from the beginning of the part of the 3 days from now he wants to defend his title of italy's ugliest man. for janine luigi, it's back to work at the bar. he runs in p o because customers here know the ugly club president is always prepared to admit new members. yeah, sure. i'll go inside and get some membership cards for you in the past that were given a bunch of them. you know, obviously you're going to have the time you joined who came by? he seems a friendly institution, but well, spotted the me, your name and you already have a lot of them for i need to read your ugliness that you can. how many about how

ugly, as are john franco? noble, enough to all jump, franklin, a 12. what's the scale die and they find inadequate average good grades. and extraordinary, extraordinary means ugliest to say that right? but it's ugliness coupled with like ability level states. this is the model of ugly . i've seen the vehicle. you'll see it all. i'm reading you is good to know because you have a friendly face. so you might be using flat because a, i think you're a good jump drunk or you're now remember for life and you take pride in any kind of going on or thank you. nice a gentlemen to want the membership comes with duties to exhibit, such as preaching. nice to me about ugliness saving money and i have the page you might hear us and where is your card? you don't have one yet to what size is it? i will change that right away. h of that level is 2, has to be ugly. losing my last membership number was

31447. so the next one will be $31448.00. what i'm so, so of course we have members everywhere, mainly in italy, in europe, but worldwide to offer my best to people are obsessed with beauty. but luckily, this ugliness to it gives ugly people behind by some sort of battle. what that means, what else is a big society based on beauty, you may have to make money. you need to be due to federal ban. so to help with beauty, let's do something ugly people do after all their money. what exactly and what does that lady remember? it's subjective, would've been better. this would just be, we need to give this a positive spin. we must so that it loses it stigma. so what sort of kids uh, where is the goal? and that's precisely what the ugly club aims to achieve. those who shared that

mentality are welcome to join, regardless of how they look the definitely to the, to the accident force me into retirement commission. and i live off of disability pension here. so we are a lot of our southern, i often come here to pass the time you open in the evening to the one to try to push it. but it brings me a bit of happiness that i see and spending evenings with other people. this is really important to me for the price of it. and i said, i think she in polio was 28 when he had the accident. he's now 57. he's headed back home. america said a daughter, but i've heard that some of the ugly people want to challenge me on sunday. had a tardy to meet people, but i really hope i can defend my title over my utilities ugly as man

to refresh him with my greatest joy, but is the sash, but me. it's an honor to wear it. our ship. here it is a winter pleasure from the battle. i remember i showed off at an event once wearing the sash or something, and dr. horton and everyone applauded and congratulated me on a pro data run officer search. first, i've been wearing it with pride since 2019. hello fresh a are. does the district, if you're ugly, you're ugly republican in order to get done. don't say the beauty doesn't matter. so blessed perhaps, being ugly. it gets to even more attention. i'm listening for say, say brought all the people, when i see someone ugly than me,

i think you're the person on know he's even ugly to me, but of what's out there. so he could still my title, the worst at the end of him writing me back and forth. on the outskirts of p, o, b, code, janina luigi, is visiting the man who holds club membership, number 8. as a boy, the future ugly club president learned a lot from him about dealing with ugliness cha, model. are you cool? i'm a pretty good except the able to see my that's a real cause unity. it was the ugly club that gave me the chance to meet my wife. so everyone thought i wasn't showing a bachelor for like they will find that course to rebuild. because i could think then girls who weren't at least engaged by 20 and guys who weren't engaged by 25 were considered outside or don't know. and then we'll see you then said, you know, because she that have to trouble 40 the both 40 that actually you may have to leave and all i can, i was one of them. and i felt doug legal battles of these, many people consider themselves ugly because they're cast into the site, able to do that, but then they feel sorry for themselves and say so yeah,

why am i so ugly to load back then? i always thought that, let's see for the been event these, this, these are the, the, the mac, but she'd be like a, so the cheapest, i will say i'm, but if in the late 19 seventy's we were on a really popular tv show with the ugly club the phone that took place so, so she had, she had evolved with that the rest of the lab. we were a huge hit push them. and that's the only thing. we got one box of letters from thousands of people on the apple go, including some from abroad to suggested or yeah, most agree. so it's, i mean, yeah, my future wife wrote in as well. it's got to do, i need to find out more about the clock. could i get a list though? she sent a photo of herself. is that it put it to you have given me on beforehand because i was helping out at the club. i happened to see the letter as clear at the time i was working through the phone company am on zillow, so i could make calls free of charge. it's about the s and then they, i began bombarding her with the phone calls on the kennel. i mean, we got married just in 6 months after we 1st met and loved the telephone,

add the p. c means you're going to shoot those present. let's go, sir. i'm not on the. come out here on a sweetie. come out for a sec. come out and say curse the day when i sent the letter. she is look up beautiful. she is at the top that gave me a guess of none of the stuff talking nonsense is i met him. your going throughout then fell in love. a asked me to know that recently no more out that i fell in love with them. yours could i wrote to the club then he replied muddy. suppose to louie be so we're going to minister to the employee and body. and every saturday he be standing there outside city all morning at 600 kilometers with 3 through 5 different videos he believe on friday evening and come by train. but i, you know,

i was impressed and thought, here's a guy i can rely on a no kid duffy das see. he was submitting the com, the mayor, my boss watched what was going on for a while and asked me why not finally say yes. so you guys have it tough. i called on monday if that she was lucky to marry one of the ugly ones was able to do where would beautiful people be without ugly people and their phone . and why don't you don't have to shores without told was or nothing. and no fat will be like him to move without a slim guys like me. okay. my girlfriend. okay. when the 2 of us are out together, she'll always look good for him, but the beneficiary writes, but she's even more beautiful with me next door. exactly. it's great. so i'm only beautiful because of handling uh come on. yeah, the festival is now just one day away. but suddenly there's a change in the weather with thunderstorms in the forecast,

helping the open air concerts in the village square go on as planned, with the parade have to be cancelled. and what about the 5 or 6000 festival goers expected to attend? when things are all doom and gloom, there's a place people in po, be co turn to the janine luigi has been coming here to them. i don't, i don't be so since he was a boy the ones of each month on monday about that'd be so i come here to ask for your help and trust myself to you and i and trust the card to you for the cause of the ugly is very important to your son. jesus are always there for the more vulnerable

one. so make sure we have a good festival of the ugly. says please help us. i am for you, the will the best, the validate route to start is scheduled. so far. everything's going forward as planned at the clubs headquarters. the polling station is just about ready for action as a it's not the way i don't know. so do i, history may have continue on but i got the, let's get started, books, time to open the po. i feel, i guess the 1st boat. okay. ill the so gentlemen. okay. alright. the secret ballot itself for anyone in po because this weekend can become the clubs president

regardless of whether or not they're ugly, the incumbent president has voted. okay. but will we keep his position northeast? who knows what the check was? there is somebody who could replace me by. did they get enough votes? degree of me serious? yeah, very cool and fancy, but they point people can tell when you're tired is that when someone else is more enthusiastic into the as more the president's bar is full of people who have come from far and wide to rebel against conventional beauty standards. don't have traveled 100 kilometers, others 500. we're here for the festival. and some 1300 kilometers. this is a heartfelt hug. i'm happy you made it and i see a representative from the club in belgium. i important. you're the only chapter outside italy. anytime you that sort of piece,

and there are even people who cross the atlantic, like the journalist from the new york times and his friends tears to the me. one the field because and from around the world for more the club is financed through donations. and this sale of souvenirs, sporting club deep rooty slogans. almost 400 new members will sign up this weekend . the as tradition dictates the sitting president goes around canvassing for both the president of the ugly club, number one guy who after 11 years in office, everyone knows who he is. so the law says, yeah,

right. do you think you learned the president's job? oh, well, let's see our anthem for you know, the just around the corner from the polling station next to the main stage on the village square. other candidates are also campaigning. miracle martin natalie, known as mir cobra,

is running for president. did you vote for me? hello, ugly one. he studied hotel management and also runs a bar in the village. the vote for me 1st get to drink or not. yeah, we don't by boat. we keep things fair. i can do that. i've run before, but now i'm trying again we've got we'll see if anything is possible. who's the policy that that will be so good. we're both bug like really, he's a strong candidate. let's hear what he's been through because of his ugliness level . also for out of the book and like all the ugly people i've experienced discrimination is maybe not the man that are going to one to and i applied for a job at a fancy hotel and was rejected for not being good. looking at that i guess. but

if i have to get a little bundle, i think to be a waiter and a gift basket. all that matters is you're a good way to remedy your stuff. he was discriminated against because of his ways helping himself, telling me to call voting continues into the night. the next morning, the incumbent president gets ready for the parade. the deal, france, so proper. the said being ugly, has made my make the most of my strength. you're not to being kind and but thoughtful respect and having a healthy self esteem the model on which is why people appreciate and you'd be on my looks at the, the festival of the ugly has been taking place in po, be co for nearly 150 years, what started out as a marriage market has become an act of rebellion, a parody of over the top you the standards. let's see if

our life philosophy is all about not attaching importance to the word ugly. so always saying something is ugly or beautiful means we're taking these categories to seriously teen so it is important that it's important that we remove the need to distinguish between ugly and beautiful you better look better. what is beauty anyway? i won't get any my, unless you can see the slogan on our t shirts. the beauty is in me. i have never holder for intelligence to go into man . some people can only see with her eyes, not but their soul line, you know, but out of beauty doesn't mean much better. the ugliest thing out there is an ugly soul. no doubt about that. it's a philosophy that children appeal because they are taught from a young age the when there is about to be announced with the ritual that

inspiration from the election of the pope except that the smoke here is read, the white flowers were sold out of the formal announcement in latin is also borrowed verbatim from the proclamation of a new pope dog. man. this time he's done it. the, the ugly club will do a lot of social work. no more discrimination. the beautiful and the ugly are equal. what counts as a person's character?

if someone says they're beautiful on the inside, that means everything about them is beautiful. we want the ugly club to be a lifeline against any form of discrimination. but there's one more election left to guessing photo is italy's ugly as man and proud of it. but do we have someone who wants to challenge and the cuban come on the tube and it's the nickname of pull those challenger to vote for the cuban please class. i know applaud if you vote pulls though you've been chosen,

it's italy's ugliest man. the stuff that really didn't get re elected, but i'm still happy mood pen, very tired and fucking the weather held up. and the festival was fantastic in my prayers to them and don't leave out. that'd be so we're also important another she helped me to me. i, i use and so the ugly clubs, life philosophy will be passed on for generations to come. the

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