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Photo by Scott Haraldson Photography

Last Saturday, nearly 1,500 mustachioed Minnesotans assembled under the banner of the Moustache Run 5K.

The event  heralded the end of Movember, a month-long mustache celebration that raises awareness for men's health issues, such as testicular cancer and depression, while encouraging smooth-faced men around the world to risk their vanity and sprout some facial hair. At the event, there were both genuine mustaches and faux ones. Mustachioed women showed up, too, some with mos made from colorful felt. Other women had fake facial hair so wild -- elaborate, finely coiffed Fu Manchus, for example -- that folks with the real thing may have felt emasculated by their luxuriousness.

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Photo courtesy of Mustache Mike

Receiving a haircut from Mustache Mike (née Mike Ader) is like opening a gift.

Unlike many in the hair trade, Mike turns you away from the mirror as he snips your strands. You give him the briefest of directions ("I want to look like Johnny Depp in Public Enemies" or "like Brandon Flowers on Saturday Night Live") and Mustache Mike supplies. The process is mysterious, the steps unknown, and while he cuts you two speak of manly interests like whiskey and women. At the end of the haircut, you open your gift: Mustache Mike turns you around towards the mirror to admire his handiwork. He often nicknames his cuts (e.g., "the Harvard Boogie" or "the Cadillac Whitesides"), and he Instagrams the especially cool ones.

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Last year's stylish winner, Chris Sorensen

This November, people have already voted on weighty matters including constitutional amendments and presidential elections. Now it's time to cast your vote on something even bigger: Who has the most awesome mustache? We've received a hearty stack of submissions for our Show Us Yer 'Stache contest. Though many beautiful 'mos arrived in our inbox, we've narrowed the ballot down to five awesome looks.

Now it's your turn to vote. Who has the best 'stache?

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Photo courtesy of Martin Patrick 3

Erick DeLeon (right) hangs with another dapper gent

Movember is passing fast. As your facial hair has now begun to ripen, you've surely considered its care. A new mustache is like a new pet, after all. You wouldn't let a puppy loose in your home without toys, would you? A mustache is similar. It needs pampering and primping. It must be cleaned and brushed and told that it's loved.

For the low-down on must-have mo accessories, we spoke with Erick DeLeon, the fashionable, perpetually cool-looking manager of Martin Patrick 3 (a.k.a. MP3). The store -- stocked with rakish couture from Moods of Norway, Rag & Bone, and Naked & Famous -- is situated in the North Loop neighborhood of Minneapolis, and bills itself a purveyor of "essentials for mankind."

DeLeon, a man who uses the term "dapper" as often as other Minnesotans say "don'tcha know," is a Movember participant and mustache enthusiast. With his knowledge of men's good-life goods, DeLeon gave us a list of mo-maintenance tips. (We're also sharing some of our pointers, too.)

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Actor Sam Elliot has always had an epic mustache

As children seek candy door-to-door on Halloween, men all over the world shave their faces baby-soft. On November 1, the mustache growing begins. Movember participants, a.k.a. Mo Bros, allow the hair above their lip to thicken, with hopes that the result will be more 19th century bare-knuckle boxer than '70s porn star or '90s pedophile.

The Movember magic began in Adelaide, Australia, in 1999, when some buddies grew mustaches for charity. They termed their pledge "Movember," a portmanteau of "mo," the Aussie slang for a 'stache, and November. The event grew in popularity throughout the following years, and participants have since raised millions. That cashola goes toward the Movember Foundation, which aims to raise awareness for men's health issues like depression and testicular cancer, the manliest of medical mishaps.

Now, as we near the halfway point of Movember, your mo should be looking less like a thin film of milk and more like a rich, dark caterpillar. As Movember inspiration, we've assembled a list of mustachioed forefathers (and one foremother). Consult this list in the weeks to come if your whiskered resolve weakens.

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Last year's awesome winner, Chris Sorensen

November is a beloved month in the U.S. for bringing us its tailgating parties, football games, bonfires, the Macy's Parade, and Thanksgiving. But it is also known as "Movember," a month-long holiday that is celebrated worldwide. During this time, men are encouraged to grow and show off mustaches at art parties, rock shows, and bar crawls. Proceeds from these events benefit men's health organizations, especially those that fight cancers that especially affect men.  

City Pages is getting into the Movember spirit with our third annual Show Us Yer 'Stache contest. We're inviting folks with mighty, dandy, manly, wild, and well-maintained 'staches to share their awesome looks with our readers for the chance to win kick-ass prizes.

So, what can you win? Come take a look. Here's how to enter to win:

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​Last month, City Pages held a contest inviting folks with enviable facial hair to enter our Show Us Yer Stache contest. The stakes were high, as the winner took home a prize pack worth more than $300 from local businesses including Martin Patrick 3, Hell's Kitchen, The Loop, Pat's Tap, and Perfect Ash, as well as a pair of tixx from the MN Wild.

Six men made our top staff pics, and voting has been open to the public for the past couple weeks. But now that Movember is as over as Thanksgiving leftovers, it's time to announce our winner: Chris Sorensen.

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​ The voting on our second annual mustache contest, Show Us Yer 'Stache, begins today. Narrowed down from a few dozen entries, these six lovely contestants manscaped their furry faces in support of Movember for men's health and now stand to win a prize pack worth more than $300 from local businesses including Martin Patrick 3, Hell's Kitchen, The Loop, Pat's Tap and Perfect Ash, as well as a pair of tixx from the MN Wild.

Decide who takes it home by voting for the best 'stache now.

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​​For the past couple of weeks, hipsters, super-bros, office drones, and facial hair enthusiasts of all backgrounds have been getting their hairlip on with this whole Movember thing.  More »