Anne Woods

Anne Woods (5 December 1947 – 29 March 2015) was a British gurner who won the women's world championship 28 times. Known as "the world's ugliest woman", she was proud of that title, according to former Copeland council leader Elaine Woodburn.

Woods first started gurning in 1977, when her sons entered her into the competition at the Egremont Crab Fair as a joke. Her first victory came as a surprise to both Anne and her husband Alex, who started gurning himself more than 20 years later. Daeschner noted that Alex Woods was also able to remove his dentures, with the added advantage of having a broken nose. Her rare defeats included a one-off loss to Pauline Hoyle, a local rival who shouted "It's a fix!" each year when Woods won.