42-year-old Natali Johnston defeated her husband Aaron In a competition for beards in a competition for beards (Details)

While you might expect Aaron to be more skilled at winning the first prize, his wife actually takes home the gold when the couple travels the world competing in beard contests.

Natali as of late brought back home in front of the pack in the 'practical free-form classification' - for counterfeit whiskers, since she doesn't have a genuine facial hair growth however Aaron came next in the Goatee class of the 2023 big showdowns in Burghausen, Germany on June 11.

After watching Whisker Wars on television in 2014, Aaron began competing in beard competitions.

Woman wins gold in a beard competition by beating her husband (photos) The couple from South Carolina, USA then participated in the same competition a year later, with Natali creating her own beards from scratch.

Since 2015, the couple has participated in 170 competitions worldwide, though they compete in different categories.

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!’