There's a mullet competition for kids - and the photos are impressive

They say everything old is new again and when it comes to the mullet, nothing could be more true! A small business owner from the US, Kevin Begole, noticed the trend recently and decided to bring the best mullets together so that everyone could enjoy.

The USA Mullet Championships may have started with adults, but the kids' division has become more popular, with over 38,000 people following their Facebook Page.

"That really blew up," Begole told USA Today. "We actually had to cap (the number of entries) at 500 kids, because we were getting hundreds of entries a day, and I couldn't imagine going through a contest with thousands of kids."

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To enter the competition, contestants must provide a front and side view of their hairstyle, as well as a $10 fee, half of which is donated to a local paediatric hospital. Finalists are then chosen through fan votes on Facebook.

There are strict definitions for what is and isn't a mullet, according to Begole.

"We obviously look for the whole 'business in the front, party in the rear,'" he says.

"Within the mullet community, if you can look straight on at somebody and see their hair short in the front and not necessarily tell what's in the back...And then when they turn their head and you see that long flow of hair, that's a solid mullet.

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"Some of these kids have had a mullet for four or five years already," adds Begole. "If they're eight years old and they've had a mullet for four years, that's half their life and they definitely own it."

He says the competition is all about having fun.

"Some of these kids, they're from really small towns, so they get here and it's a little bit of 15 minutes of fame," Begole said. "They really feel awesome...It's fun. I stress that this is for fun. We're just trying to have a little bit of fun along the way, and mullets are kind of wild, so we're definitely enjoying it.

"The cool thing is it's cut through politics, it's cut through COVID. People love it and some of these kids are super empowered right now."

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