Championship Cat Show – Feline Beauty Galore!

By Veron Ang | Tags #cat

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I love cats! Love the sound of their mews, the way they rub themselves on you, and their cute whiskered faces! Last weekend, I visited the cat championship show at expo with much anticipation. It was organised by the Singapore cat club that’s celebrating its 35th anniversary!

It sure felt awesome to be admiring so many cute feline beauties all in one place! They were in their own cages and visitors could walk by to ooh and ahh at them. Some cat owners would proudly open the cages to let people pet the kitties!

Doesn’t this exotic shorthair kitty resemble garfield? I just love his grumpy look!

Championship Cat Show ribbons

The term “championship” may bring the illusion of cats being pitted against one another in some form of sports. (at least, that was my first impression!) it’s really a beauty pageant show, where owners bring their precious kitties to compete for various awards, such as “best of breed” or “best of color”. Winning kitties get their own special colored ribbons!

Kitty having a good stretch

This kitty has a nice coat of grey and white fur. He’s enjoying a good stretch, the way cats do (even lions!). And it’s a “he” because he’s got a beard! Haha!

White longhair kitty

A white longhair beauty with a long bushy tail. She’s gorgeous! At one point she kept swaying her beautiful tail at passers-by. Awww!

Gorgeous blue-eyed kitty

I particularly adore the sapphire blue eyes of this one. What an intent gaze! Beautiful!

For a rarer breed, there’s always the hairless sphynx cat! I had never seen one before except on the TV show, friends (rachel’s pet, mrs. Whiskerson) and the movie, austin powers (dr. Evil’s pet, Mr. Bigglesworth).

Sphynx cat

This was the one and only sphynx cat at the event, but the poor little fella looked neglected. There weren’t many people making a fuss over him as compared to the other cat breeds. But the sphynx cat certainly is ideal for people with cat hair allergy!

Bollywood-themed cat cage

As the kitties were also judged on how well decorated their cages were, many cat owners had found creative ways in beautifying the cages.

Bollywood-themed cat cages

The theme for the day was “bollywood”. That explains the colorful flowers and peacock flowers being used to adorn many cat cages. I wonder if the kitties felt extra special in them?

Bollywood-themed cat cage

I’m not sure which cage won, but for me this mostly black and dark grey cage was easily the best decorated one.

Cat cage in the shape of Taj Mahal

The owners had painstakingly built a mini taj mahal on the roof of the cat cage! It looked mighty impressive! Hope they won the first prize!

Exotic Shorthair kitty

Meanwhile, here are more exotic shorthair kitties!

Exotic Shorthair kitty

They really remind me of garfield!

Exotic Shorthair kitty

Ehn! Ehn! If you’re wondering why this grey kitty was struggling and looking extra grumpy, that’s because his owner was just about to dress him up in a shiny little costume for the “best dressed cat” competition.

Kitty dressed like Aladdin

My most favorite cat of the day has got to be the one dressed like aladdin. His owner carried him like he was a baby! Gotta give the little guy props for being so well-behaved. Not once did he fidget about or fuss over his hat and costume. No wonder he was crowned the “best dressed cat”!

Sleeping kitties

As different competitive events went on for the day, some cats got tired from the competition stress. Look at the two sleepyheads!

Friskies

Of course, what’s a kitty event without kitty food, right? And when it comes to kitty food, there’s always friskies!

Sterilise cats

“sterilise cats” was the main message carried at the cat adoption booth. Very important stuff!

Perhaps, if more people could see the beauty of cats at such events and realise how lovable and harmless they are, they might treat the animal with more dignity and compassion. Cases of such mindless torture would come to an end.

I love cats!

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Veron Ang is the founder and chief editor of Sparklette. She lives in Singapore and has dined and traveled across the world. She also runs Sparklette Studio, a web design and WordPress development firm. If you'd like to connect with her, head on over to the contact page or follow her personal updates on Twitter: @VeronSG.

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py
April 10, 2008

Beautiful cats.

Wishing you a recharging weekend.
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Valerie
April 10, 2008

Wo w…so amazing cats…they look like soft toys haha
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Miccheng
April 10, 2008

Very nice…
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Jolin
April 11, 2008

I know of a friend who loves cats dearly..too bad I missed the show..if not can notify him of this event. He’d sure love it. Haiz..

Nicee catz pix by the way! =P
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Veron
April 11, 2008

Many cat lovers here! I knew you guys would love these pictures. Don’t worry about missing this event though. They have it every year!
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Edmund Ng
April 11, 2008

wow, awesome report and lovely pics. I was planning to go to the Cat Show but now i can see it on your blog!
keep it up :)
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pkchukiss
April 11, 2008

I always go to icanhascheezburger.com to look at Lolcats. It’s cute to see cats in different poses, and even funnier to see the captions next to them!
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Kor Shu Yen
April 11, 2008

They might end up at LOLcats!
http://icanhascheezburger.com/
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xinyun
April 11, 2008

awww… so cute!!!
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abra
April 11, 2008

Cute! Thanks for the coverage~
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dingo
April 11, 2008

woot! Next year must go!

Thanks for pics, they’re lovely
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sylv
April 11, 2008

awwww cutiesss!! i like the aladdin cat too! so cute! hahahaha~ =D
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ahwei
April 11, 2008

tml is caturday!
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Veron
April 12, 2008

Happy Caturday everyone!

Caturdays should be declared Pet a Cat Day!

Meow!
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cat barrier
May 20, 2008

congrats!!! your cat deserves all of them! ;)
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selena
August 23, 2008

yollah evry1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my name is selena and i timk these kitties r soooooooooooo
cute!!!!!!
i mean really cats cant get ny cuter than these kitties!!!!!
=D =P
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Kattitude
April 28, 2009

What beautiful cats and such a variety.

Thank you for bringing this to us.

I would love to see more photos on the “best dressed cat” competition.

Meeeow!
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raven rose
August 12, 2009

thows pooor kittys they looked so tired and feed up with being dress 2 impress. i have a cat and i never put him in any kind of monkey suite. he doesent even like his collar so we had 2 make an indoor cat. he is my best friend when it comes 2 animals he is #1.
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Marloes
October 13, 2009

very cool pictures…! I’ve been to several shows myself, and always wondered about the cages… you sometimes never could see the cat inside anymore :-)
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