2003 Results - Carson City, Nevada
Karl-Heinz Hille of Berlin, Germany, took top honors at the World Beard and Moustache Championships held in Carson City, Nevada, on November 1, 2003. Second place in the overall division went to 82-year-old Alf Jarrold of Manchester, England, while Dave Traver of Anchorage, Alaska, took third place.
Heinz Christofel of Heddesheim, Germany, was chosen by the spectators as the people’s choice. Seventeen-year-old Cameron Bynum of Reno, Nevada, was awarded a special trophy as the youngest competitor, and Bram Rosenfeld of Hong Kong received a trophy as the contestant who traveled the farthest to attend, 6900 miles.
| Category | World Champion | Second Place | Third Place |
| Moustache Natural | Cosimo Lepore Italy | Arne G. Jacobsen Norway | Bram Rosenfeld Hong Kong |
| English Moustache | Tony Papai Germany | Ferdinand Romankiewicz Germany | Lutz Giese Germany |
| Dali Moustache | Jeff Well Port Angeles, Washington | André Nathusius Germany | Martin Trendle Switzerland |
| Handlebar Moustache | Gary Hagen Gilroy, California | Maury Apfel Carson City, Nevada | Herbert Braunschmid Germany |
| Wild West Moustache | Günter Rosin Germany | Josef Ibach Germany | Bruce Roe Bremerton, Washington |
| Fu Manchu Moustache | Ted Sedman England | Paul Miller Alta Loma, California | Detlef Steinhöfel Germany |
| Imperial Moustache | Karl-Heinz Hille Germany | Franz Mitterhauser Austria | Jürgen Burkhardt Germany |
| Freestyle Moustache | Günter Krauss Germany | Lars Olav Brå Norway | Arwed Leichsenring Germany |
| Natural Goatee | Dieter Gugel Germany Gerhard Mueller Germany (co-champions) | (no second place) | Doug Claussen Seabeck, Washington |
| Musketeer | Gary Johnson Olalla, Washington | Jürgen Draheim Germany | Reinhard Bürker Germany |
| Sideburns | Alf Jarrald England | Uwe Wankmüller Germany | Bruno Panza Italy |
| Freestyle Goatee | Jürg Biland Switzerland | Friedrich Schädel Germany | Gerhard Knapp Germany |
| Full Beard Natural | David Traver Anchorage, Alaska | Alois Plettl Germany | Paul Boschert Germany |
| Full Beard Styled Moustache | Karl-Heinz Rein Germany | Bruce Hagen Paradise, California | Wilhelm Preuss Germany |
| Garibaldi | Gerhard Schmidbauer Germany | Franz-Peter Pill Germany | Fritz Sendlhofer Austria |
| Verdi | Marcus Bross Germany | Willi Segalotto Germany | Peter Diehm Germany |
| Full Beard Freestlye | Hans Gassner Austria | Elmar Weisser Germany | Heinz Christofel Germany |