Nevada Day 2024 beard contest winners, most bearded community goes to Carson City
As the 2024 Nevada Day Parade ended, the fun continued with the annual Nevada Day beard competition. Bob McFadden Plaza in downtown Carson City buzzed with nearly two hours of excitement as the bearded showed off their best.
This was Perry Nixdorf’s and Starr Nixdorf’s ninth year running the Nevada Day Beard Contest. The sponsors of the beard contest are Nick Fontanez of Cipriani’s Downtown Barbershop, and Perry Nixdorf and Starr Nixdorf of Paradise Salon Spa Wellness and Spear Me.
The judges were Taylor Lynch (owner of Taylor’s Scissors ‘n’ Clippers), Nick Fontanez( owner of Cipriani‘s Downtown Barbershop) and Brian Halverson. All judges are professional local barbers.
Most bearded community:
3rd Pl. Lyon County
2nd Pl. Washoe County
1st Pl. Carson City
Best overall winner:
Matt Wagner (he is also fullest beard winner for eleven straight years)
Longest beard:
3rd Pl. Boyd Lester - 23 inches.
2nd Pl. Scott Perry - 25 inches.
1st Pl. Jimmy Johnson - 26 inches.
Blackest beard:
3rd Pl. Joe Yasbeck
2nd Pl. Nick Chaparro
1st Pl. Dan Hague
Whitest beard:
3rd Pl. Kevin McDermott
2nd Pl. Robert Beeler
1st Pl. Tom Simmonds
Reddest beard:
3rd Pl. Shawn Smee
2nd Pl. Jackson Uselman
1st Pl. Lex Garraway
Blondest beard:
3rd Pl. Kevin Liston
2nd Pl. Cody Tucker
1st Pl. Tristan Hein
Salt and pepper beard:
3rd Pl. Anthony Ramos
2nd Pl. Jeremy Litka
1st Pl. Brian Burris
Fullest beard:
3rd Pl. Kevin Liston
2nd Pl. Anthony Borrero
1st Pl. Matt Wagner
Scruffiest beard:
3rd Pl. David Clemensen
2nd Pl. Patrick Justice
1st Pl. Michael Giancontieri
Best groomed:
3rd Pl. Kris Kaltenbacher
2nd Pl. Brant McDaniel
1st Pl. Brian Burris