Fug File: Fug Madness

Fug Madness 2013: One Fugging Winner, One Fugging Moment

Apr 9, 2013 By Heather AT 11:00 am

It feels like just yesterday we were contemplating the merits of Nipples vs. Nethers in the play-in game. Or whether Zosia Mamet’s grouchy hipster fug was worse than Chloe Sevigny’s more smiley variety; which nearly nude model, Jessica White or Heidi Klum, was the bigger fashion disaster; whether Lena Dunham’s wardrobe was more depressing than Lindsay Lohan’s; and whether K.Stew or Ke$ha committed the bigger crimes against themselves. It was a particularly grueling spate of match-ups — even the ones that didn’t end up close in the votes somehow still felt like impossible choices.

By yesterday’s final it had come down to Kim Kardashian, the grasping fame-obsessed climber who got herself to A-list name recognition even as she clung to D-list tastes, versus Justin Bieber, the bieberly bieb who biebed himself into bieberly bieberdom.

Whom did you choose? Was this the second time the aura of Kanye West propelled his ladyfriend to a Fug Madness crown, or did a teen twerp’s pantalunacy make him Fug Madness’s first male champion?

whose fug reigned supreme?

Fug Madness 2013: THE FINAL GAME

Apr 8, 2013 By Jessica AT 10:00 am

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(2) KIM KARDASHIAN vs. (1) JUSTIN BIEBER

Are you ready to cast your final vote in this year’s Fug Madness? Will it be for Justin Bieber — the first man to ever advance to the final game, having defeated the otherwise unstoppable Rihanna, and the seemingly unbeatable Lindsay Lohan, not to mention Lady Gaga, who actually emerged from an inflatable vagina this year and STILL lost? Or will you use your civil might to advance, at last, Kim Kardashian, who took down Kristen Stewart’s Cavalcade of Sheer before destroying her brother’s ex, Rita Ora, who (never forget) once wore a florescent pelvic harness.

I suspect both of these people spend more time thinking about Kanye than they’d like to admit.

Whose fug reigns supreme?

Justin Bieber (59%, 5,815 Votes)
Kim Kardashian (41%, 4,068 Votes)

Total Voters: 9,858

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Fug Madness 2013, Final Four, Game Two: Bjork Bracket vs Charo Bracket

Apr 4, 2013 By Heather AT 12:00 pm

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(1) JUSTIN BIEBER vs (1) RIHANNA

Remember, it’s not about the good things they wore. It’s not about whether they’re performing or not (in part because these two don’t dress that differently between sidewalk and stage, but also: We declared stage outfits eligible, so eligible they are). It’s JUST about which one you think committed worse crimes against themselves, and thus, us. Or, to put it another way, it’s about perusing the slideshow and their archives (Rihanna, Bieber) to find the answer to our favorite Fug Madness question:

Whose fug reigns supreme?

Justin Bieber (79%, 7,722 Votes)
Rihanna (21%, 2,061 Votes)

Total Voters: 9,780

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Fug Madness 2013, The Final Four: Cher vs. Madonna Brackets

Apr 4, 2013 By Jessica AT 10:25 am

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In which a woman who dated Rob Kardashian takes on the sister of Rob Kardashian. How is it possible that this entire match hinges on Rob freaking Kardashian?

Archives: Rita Ora, Kim Kardashian

Whose fug reigns supreme?

Rita Ora (37%, 3,471 Votes)
Kim Kardashian (63%, 5,940 Votes)

Total Voters: 9,417

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Fug Madness 2013: Final Four preview

Apr 3, 2013 By Heather AT 11:30 am

It feels like this year, more than most, the matchups have been really, really intense starting at the Sweet Sixteen level — even if the ultimate vote count doesn’t reflect it. Just for fun, if you want to wander down memory lane, here is a History of Fug Madness page that details each year’s winner, runner-up, and vote tally, plus links to the video (early ones are really grainy; we are trying to update them where we can) and completed brackets. I had completely forgotten certain tidbits — like, that the person who lost the last round to Bai Ling in 2008 was Posh, or that SWINTON came within two percent of beating 2009′s winner Aubrey O’Day. Enjoy!

And here is this year’s final group, all of whom will face off on Thursday because we realized we like having each poll open for the same amount of time. The final will be Monday.

(1) RITA ORA vs. (2) KIM KARDASHIAN

Just think — we ALL once said “Why is she even famous?” about both of these ladies, and now they’ve won their brackets and are battling for a spot in the finals.

Rita elbowed past play-in winner Adrienne Bailon and her vagkin, last year’s champ Vanessa Hudgens, a crazily clad Jessie J, and most recently, glum upstart Zosia Mamet, whom she defeated handily with 59 percent of the vote. Kimbo Slice put away Liberty Ross, Emma Roberts, Carly Rae Jepsen, and top seed Kristen Stewart, who — despite wearing some of the worst outfits of the YEAR — could only scrape together 29 percent of the vote against the Kardashian juggernaut. (And, based on the comments, I need to note that we’e not giving her pregnancy gear a pass — it’s just that most of it is not eligible this year. Remember, each Fug Madness term is essentially Oscars to Oscars and not beyond.)

The clash of these two WILL BE INSANE. I am very much looking forward to this slideshow, although my eyeballs disagree with that.

the next one will also be killer