Fug Madness 2008: Your Final Four

I closed comments on the most recent brackets just to keep things neat -- comments ahoy here!

After laboriously explaining Fug Madness to my husband last night and gushing over our final four mavens of fashion he suggested that next year Fug Madness should be televised. I'd like to second that, and add that Fug Madness would make an excellent drinking game!

I'm so depressed about Courtney Peldon. I was seriously considering taking down my bracket from the door of my dorm (as my own sad little protest), but then I remembered all the funny looks it got from tour groups, and I decided to leave it up.

Good idea Bonemot! There should be catfights with weave pulling and turban throwing!

Will next year be limited to 2008 fug, or still the body of fug work?

I have to say I'm morally opposed to Paris Hilton winning anything, so she's gotta be first to go. Wile I have nothing against Bai Ling, I don't want to 'reward her behavior' (whatup, Natalie Cole) by putting a tiara on that wig, either, so for me, it's down to batty Sharon Stone vs. Posh.

Now both la Stone and Posh embody what is to me the essence of Fug: that is to say, they are crazy batsh*t insane, their clothing is at times fabulous but mostly cringeworthy, and I would cut off my right arm to have brunch with either of them in a hot minute.

I'm at an impasse. Give it to Posh because her skin is starting to seem like it would make a fine purse? Or go with Sharon, whose scalp would ironically make a fine trim for one of her outfits? I am all atwitter.

I'm supposed to be revising for my finals at the moment (6 weeks to go...) but instead spent all today sitting in the library, daydreaming about a bitchfight between Bai Ling and Paris. Can't wait! This is all that's keeping me awake right now...

Putting in my vote for next year being one year's worth of fug only. From now on, it needs to be "but what have you fugged for us lately?", to keep the competitors on their peekaboo platform toes.

It should really be on a FY (that's "Fug Year") basis, with the official end of the FY being the day after the Oscars, but that may be too confusing.

How could La Peldon lose? I thought she was a shoe-in for sure.

Laaaame.

Now I'm rooting for Bai Ling for all her hard work in the field of fug.

Seriously, can you look into television rights for this? Because awesome. I'm sure E!!!!!!! or VH1 would be willing participants. Or I guess if you wanted to be a bit edgier you could go with FX. Your call.

I'm predicting a final smackdown between Posh and Bai. I want Posh to take it all!

Cannot.Believe.Sev.Lost. =(

I am STILL very angry about Le Sev.
I have a bitterness inside me that will actually allow me to vote Paris into the finals just to get Bai Ling off the polls. I don't even want to look at her anymore.
Bitter. Just bitter.

i see a bai/posh showdown in the near future!

just think - if bai wins the whole thing, this will be her single most impressive accomplishment to date!

There is no justice. Without Chloe as top fug, the world simply does not make sense...

This Final Four is like VD Gone Wild. Is it sponsored by Valtrex or something?

A televised version could run on the American Idol format, with the voters calling or texting their selections. There could be fashion shows and musical extravaganzas. Who could host? My vote's for Intern George.

ps - i too am completely FOR the televised version next year!!!!

I thought Fug Madness was the best idea ever, but TELEVISED Fug Madness would be the BEST THING EVER!!!
Ladies, please get on that! You've got to get your spangled, be-turbaned empire of fug on the march!

Televised Awards next year would definatly be fuggin' fun, but can they be sent online as well then? for those of us who aren't actually American and have all the television canals? thank you very much please!

I was so looking forward to a Sharon Stone VS Chloe Sevigny FINAL. Oh well. I will still wear my white sunglasses, high waisted shorts and black uggs to the finals despite the unfortunate defeat of my fav, Princess Catsuit McCigarette. Got to go find some dead animal to wear to the semis.

Stone of Bai??? That's what it will be. I feel like it has to go to Sharon because she really is what fug means.

Both of my Kentucky teams fell short of that other Final Four -- thanks for giving me someone to keep rooting for (bring it, Sharon Stone)!

But, but, but Sev was supposed to win the whole lot! Didn't everyone see with their own eyes the extreme fug she not only wears and embodies, but that she pedals. She sells her fug on the street! Bai Ling is simply an attention seeker. Sev is much more ambitious and seditious and perditious than that.(Sorry, can't think of any other -itious words off the bat, but you get the idea.) Sev wants your money! I demand a recount!

Oh, man, it's gotta be a Posh/Bai Ling death match.

Oh, my goodness. I love the idea of a doubles tourney! That would be fantastic.

As with any great competition, there are points to reflect on...

I feel weird about Paris in the final four. I feel like she doesn't belong. Not that she doesn't fug - she just doesn't inspire any feelings in me. I see a photo of her in something godawful and I think, "That's Paris Hilton". Had she been up against Chloe, I would have voted Chloe. There are bigger fug fish to fry in the final four (how's that for alliteration?) that P, I feel.

And where was Bobby Trendy in all this? I could see he and Bai Ling in a taffeta VS. mesh throw-down. Although... perhaps they, too, aren't "serious" enough.

*sigh* These are the questions that weight so heavily on our society...

Time for pudding!

I'm depressed about Chloe--I mean, Bai Ling is totally wackadoo, but Chloe seems to take herself So. Very. Seriously. You just know she's actually putting thought and effort into those nutso getups.

I can not, CAN NOT, ABSOLUTELY CAN NOT believe that the Sev didn't make the Final Four. Now that chinny and smug girl will think this is validation that she is not, in fact, fug. When, in fact, she is the QUEEN OF ALL THAT IS FUG. And also? Queen of all that is wrong in the world of fashion today.

Interesting bit of knowledge: Sev was discovered by Andrea Linnet, the oh-so-fug Artistic Director (or something like that) of Lucky Magazine. Gee, thanks A LOT Linnet! Like the hot mess you perpetrate each month wasn't enough.

Fug Maddness on TV? I dunno, folks. Just recall any book you've read that gets turned into a tv or big screen movie. Is it better or even just as good? I didn't think so.

i will support a televised fug madness next year if, and only IF, h & j commentate a la mystery science theater. you know, with the little silhouettes. one can have texas hair and the other can borrow la sev's atrocious lace "hat" so gloriously fugged by them.

After the excitement of Chloe v. Bai Ling, my heart's just not in it anymore. Should have been the championship match. Bai Ling for the win.

I can't believe Chloe was knocked out - I truly thought she owned this Madness?!? Paris must be knocked out now, I can't stand to look at her anymore... At this point I'd like to see Sharon take it, but I think Bai will stand a good chance.

And on a side note - ladies, this has made my work days SOOO much more interesting - thank you!

I'm predicting that Bai will go all the way, and I'm sticking to it...

Kind of like how Bai stuck to that patio chaise in June 19, '07 fug picture.

Heather & Jessica, I STILL laugh my big Midwestern butt off at those comments about Bai. That was the best fug EVER!

Bai is going to kick the shit outa this thing. Bai for the win!

I am desperately, dreadfully, and deeply wounded that Peldon did not make the cut. Sharon Stone is at least a valuable human being to whom I feel we can give due credit for tour de force performances, such as her chach-flashing turn in Basic Instinct, and of course that spine-tingling film with shades of Orwellian voyeurism, Sliver. Peldon merely exists to be fugulous.

As for Paris, we must laud what I can only call aesthetic consistency . . . and then there is her unerring moral compass.

Posh is no match for these other ladies. Bai Ling in 2008!!!!

Fug Madness on TV could work as little E! News Updates or screen crawls. Probably not a whole show, though.

I already miss Peldon and Sevigny... {sigh} At least Bai is still in the running.

i'm steel reeling from Sev's loss yesterday...wth, people?
i guess when the world is scrambling for the latest Chloe design, i'll have you to thank.

without c. peldon, I'm pretty sure Bai has it in the bag.

Today I grieve for the incomprehensible loss of the Sev. Tomorrow I begin composing haiku in honor of Bai Ling, whom I (grudgingly) favor.

I am truly disappointed that Chloe didn't make it through. I really did envision her as the winner of this whole thing. Wasn't she partly the insipiration for this site? Isn't she actively trying to get other people to become as fugly as she is? I should stop, as there's no use in lamenting the past. Looking toward the future, Bai Ling's got to be in the finals now. She faced the worthiest opponent (IMO) and won. A Sharon Stone/Bai Ling Fug Finale. Scary!

My hubby also commented that it should be televised (maybe a special on MTV or E! or something), because it would be way less boring than the ACTUAL March Madness. Makes me wonder if he's actually gay, now that I think about it...

I'll miss Chloe...

Wow! My Bai made it through. Way to go -- that shows real tenacity, integrity, underwear-as-outerwear. It's inspirational, at least in a theoretical sense; I don't think I'll start dressing like any of her many personalities.

Maybe that explains her win -- even more personalities than Sevigny - - ?

Go Bai! (Or should that be Go Ling! Does anyone know? Does anyone care?)

I suppose a hooded sweatshorts jumpsuit isn't enough for you people.

I don't know what else to say, except that anyone who voted for Bai Ling will feel my wrath at some point in their lives. Oh, yes. It will occur.

As for the final four, I don't usually employ this sort of language, but I no longer give a meadow vole's gonads.

I am sad to see The Sev get knocked out. She must take heart, it was a spirited match full of drama.

I hope to the bottom of my rotten heart that the trollop of fug, P.Hilton, gets knocked out decisively. She is a scourge on the human race and I would hate to see her add Fug Madness 2008 champion to her resume.

I am all about the Posh. The terra cotta that is her skin is so similar to my bedroom walls that I find comfort in her fug.

Stoney, ah Stoney, I love her hot cup of crazy, it is an elixer for all that ails. Her uncompromising fug brings levity to the world.

Bai, what can one say about her???? She is a fug enigma and a force to be reckoned with. I would love to visit her home planet one day.

Much decisions to be made tonight. I will consume double stuff Oreos and a box of wine as I ponder tomorrow's match ups!

This is all turning out so differently than I had bet. Where's Fergie? Why oh Why did la Sev lose to The Many Personalities of Ling? http://kjbpod.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/positive-reinforcement/

Gwen didn't make it past the first round?

Is my fug-o-meter miscalibrated?

Paris vs. Bai... could there BE a more appropriately matched pair? It's like having a set of bookends made of skank. Beautiful!

Without C-Peld and Sevigny, the Final Four is the weaker. Seriously, other than Bai Ling, have you ever seen any of the other 3 in clothing more routinely hideous than anything La Peldon or La Sev has ever worn? No. No. They are the queens of Fug, and they should be here.

Chole Sevigny was robbed.

Yes, after the excitement of yesterday this final 4 feels like something of a let-down. Nothing can beat the C.Sev and Bai L. match. To me, Bai Ling has won, now.
And wouldn't it be like her to try to ...show up...to collect her prize...wearing...what??? Sadly this may only encoruage her.
BUT...I would not trade the fun of this madness and do not mean to take anything away from the brilliance of the competition. Thank you for brightening up the long last days of an interminable, record-snowfall winter.

Oh CRAP...are you kidding me?

Bai Ling - I still can't figure out who she is.

Sharon Stone - She has forgotten who she is

Paris Hilton - She has forgotten who she's been with

Posh - Who cares

I think the final four should be a "live" fug-e-vent at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. Master of Ceremonies: The plastic duo: Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers

Calling the event? Carrot Top

Please may we have several pictures of each one of the candidates, easily accessible with a click, for the next rounds of voting? This is so significant, I would hate to see it influenced unduly by a particular choice of representative photo. We need to judge a body of work.

Aww...Chloe was my FUG version of Davidson College...without her in the hunt for the win, I just don't care anymore!

I propose we bring Sev back as a Wildcard in the final round.
I just don't believe that Bai actually beat her. Something must have gone wrong.

Chloe's out? I'm stunned... I don't even know who to vote for now.

Oh, I feel very strongly that Chloe will be back in it next year. I do think that next year will be just based on that past year's accomplishments, however.

I'm so depressed Bai Ling beat The Sev. I'm not sure I can even vote anymore.

I'm so upset about Chloe. I had a burger and a beer riding on her taking the whole thing. But luckily my competitor picked La Peldon FTW, so it's not a total wash.

I can't wait for the final!!! Please let it be Posh v. Ling

Jessica, I agree with your plan. One year's worth of fug is the easiest to judge, without getting confused by all the past fuggery.

Could we have an All-Star Match? The Sev against C-Peld? That would ROCK.

I can't believe the Sev is out! I still don't think she and Bai should have been in the same bracket -- they should have been the final two. So now it's got to be Bai v. Posh and I don't even know who I want to win out of those two. Probably Posh just because she takes her fashion so seriously.

Please, oh PLEASE do as PRCRAP says and have a live event at Dollywood!! I'm actually going to be in Pigeon Forge this weekend, so it would be perfection!!!

And who doesn't secretly LOVE Dolly??

This is Bai's tournament to lose. She's got all the lunacy of Sharon, the fashion disasters of Posh and the self-promoting sluttasticness of Paris all rolled into one zany package. Bai Ling is an unstoppable triple-threat of Fug.

I am quite sure there's a "Paris Hilton shouldn't be on top of anything except [insert skeevy Rick Solomon type whom she's publicly banged more recently than Rick Solomon]" joke to be made here, but her victory has left me listless and too sad for clowning. Bai had best martial all 18 of her personalities (and her legwarmers) for a holy war the likes of which we've never seen.

Beckham v. Stone is too delicious a match-up for mere mortals to sup. I fear looking directly at this clash of the titans (tightened-ones didn't quite sound right) may kill me instantly, or at least turn me into a pillar of salt. My heart is with Catherine Trammell, but my money's on the Spice Girl. The fug is always greener on the other side of the ocean.

SURELY Bai Ling has to take this. The rest of these ladies are dabble in the fug for sure, but surely none of them have shown the consistency of fug - or as we in Blighty call it, "ming" - that this Bai Ling character has. In fact, the only reason I know of Bai Ling at all is because of this site. True fug indeed.

PS That Peldon woman was robbed.

Ugh! Paris Hilton in the Final Four?! Folks, have we forgotten that is a sartorial competition? Yes, we can all agree that Paris is the spawn of Satan, and yes, she dresses like a whore. But Mischa Barton looks like she gets dressed in the dark! We need to remember to vote according to people's fashion choices, not their black, black souls.

Either way, I've got Bai Ling taking the whole thing!

By the way, I'm loving Sharon Stone's new handle . . . I think Rapid Beaver sums her up rather nicely.

VIVE LA BEAVE!!!

I'm bummed. I was really looking forward to some type of formal institution recognizing how vomit-inducing Mischa and Chloe's clothing choices are. Oh well, I guess I can settle for Paris.

It's official - there is no justice in this world if Chloe Sevigny is out. Did people even look at her "clothing line?" It's like a terrible combo of hipster/80s grandma/mental patient! It saddens me even more than Posh winning out over Sienna Miller.

Okay, we've lost some top quality fuggers, and that icky Paris is all over things again. She's like a freaking Whack a Mole with an agent! When will she go away?

Oh, Chloe. I say that Chloe Sev will take her defeat as some sign that she actually IS all that, and she'll fug so hard and so egregiously that the Fug Girls (all bow down) will have a year full of glorious fugtriciousness to write about.

Fug like that creates its own weather pattern, I tell you. And an early win might have stopped her fuglocity in its tracks. Now, we get another glorious 365 days of rat's ass fug to savor. Yechhy Yum Fug! Go team Chloe FTW 2009!!!!

In honour of the Sharon Stone beaver call I have given the finalist animal representatives for my own joy. Sharons the Beav. Bai-Ling is the bat as in bat-sh*t. Victorias the croc. And Paris is a ferret. Because I once read that if female ferrets dont have sex when they are on heat... they die.
I see a plush-toy range in this, potentially to be released under the Kimora Junior line.

I'm still staggered about the outcome of the whole Chole/Bai contest. Yesterday I was angry, but now I'm just bummed. How can we have a final four without the queen of unintentional fug, Chloe Sev.? I am saddened and hurt by this outcome, and will be voting against Bai out of pure spite.

On the other hand - go SHARON!!

I really wanted to see a Peldon vs. C. Sev final. SO dissapointed. Such worthy fug outvoted!!

I've lost my will to cheer. I, too, lament the loss of Sevheinous as a formidable player in this contest.

I still maintain that Posh HAS looked KINDA good at times, whereas Sharon Stone is a totally sadistic banshee with a Cruella complex who never, ever, ever, ever, looks good. The clincher for me was that hysterectomy dress. That, combined with ALL THAT FREAKING FUR AJKLFHASDLFH!!! just totally gives me the willies. She is just straight-up disturbing! Sharon Stone loves dead things. I'll bet she's a necrophiliac for reals.

She will DESTROY Posh, so I predict a matchup between Minky VonBeaverton and that herpalicious little sprite Bai Ling.

The ubiquitous Paris Hilton? UGHHHHH. Do I have to effing TALK about this bitch? I am SO sick of that stanky broad it's not even funny. The gigantor feet in the size 6 shoes, the bleached n' scraggly fraggle hairdo (which is how the absolutely unfugly goddess Tina Fey described P's extensions of yore), the hilariously unfortunate wonkeye, the El Extremo Slutto poses with her tongue lolling out and/or her vulva pushed towards the camera, etc. -- ALL of it is so tiresome to me at this point, and she's obviously a gigantic whorebag and she supposedly leaves her little dogs locked in closets when she goes away on coke-fueled boinksprees with her revolting troglodyte boyfriends, but PLEASE don't get me started on THAT.

Now, I voted for Chloe over Bai the last time EASILY, because I personally find nothing more abhorrent than The Sev's bat-blind style *radar*. It is a regurgitated mixture of mauve, peuce, and chartreuse. At very odd angles. And it smells like old ladies smoking Pall Malls on fire escapes. It's like pretentious art that you see hanging in the most SELF-AWARE gallery EVER and it provokes a reaction that makes you wanna hork. Nastay. I will miss her though. I suppose her chances next year depend on how many well-photographed Hipster Douchebag Asshole Conventions pop up in NYC during the next Fug Cycle.

But Bai is completely batshit. I think someone yesterday alluded to the fact that this chick thinks she's from SEVERAL different planets instead of some Chinese fishing village or wherever. Oooookay. And we can obviously tell that she and Paris have something in common in that they will basically put their mouths on anything. They are equally grody, but Bai has a -- dare I say it? -- certain charm about her grotesque and abundant sluttiness?

Like many voters, I can't bring myself to vote for Paris and I think that Bai deserves it anyway. I hate Sharon Stone, but to be honest, I KNOW it's because of the fur industry she so gleefully patronizes, and I don't want to get obnoxiously political on y'all. I know some of you might wear fur. If so, shame on you, but I'll just end it there. I love you.

Come on Bai! If you're following this (can you IMAGINE?): Go on, girl! Bring it home! Do it for the Sev!

In a perfect world Chloe and Bai would both be in the final four (along woth LiLo).

Oh honey, it is so gonna be Sharon and Bai-Ling deathmatch. Just a bitter, clawing, is-she-just-visiting-Earth-until-Hale-Bopp-returns schizoid fest.

And I'm pretty sure the victor will eat the living heart of her opponent ---cannibal style, pulled freshly bleeding and covered with sequins--- just to further assure us of her ultimate fug supremecy.

We mere mortals would only be able to recoil...er, I mean kowtow, to such a worthy performance.

I hope Paris doesn't win the title, but instead goes home with the "Miss Congeniali-fug" ribbon for having the fugliest personality of any contestant. (Can't come up with a cleverer way to combine "Congeniality" with "Fug"; sorry.)

LADIES!!!! Not only would I watch and RECORD a televised FUG MADNESS (so I could covet it and watch it over and over on rainy Sunday afternoons while snuggled under a blanket on the couch eating icecream straight from the pint) but I'd be willing to even order it on pay-per-view. This is a MUST ACCOMPLISH entry on your to-do lists!

and p.s., can't wait for the Posh/Bai throwdown.

Mr.Mrs. is actually getting excited about a non-roller derby sporting event! Our sources on the ground CONFIRM that a shortages of both tetnus shots and cipro have been announced in the region.

Although we have also heard of unheard of runs on the toxin botulin, inside sources are chalking that up to prom season.

STONE LING, STONE LING? STONE LING!
Or better yet, LING STONE! I'm having the diamond in my wedding knuckle ring replaced with a Lingstone!

I'm so disheartened...my dreams of a Peldon/Sevigny face-off have been heartily squashed. How did this happen? How could a girl who wore a German barmaid costume in public get knocked out? And Chloe Sevigny, the Patron Saint of Fug, didn't even make it to the final four. WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO???

I believe this is one of the signs of the apocolypse, no?

Oh, how I would love for the two of you to have a TV show! Joan Rivers used to dish about the Fugginess of the "Beautiful People", but she is nothing but a suck up to them now. (And, she has over to the Fug-side herself.)
I so not watch any of the celeb shows because they all have their little favorites that they gush over no matter how badly they need a kick in the rump.
You guys are never mean, you are just honest.

I agree that the Seventh Seal has been opened, but I think it was with Sharon's prom queen/June Cleaver ensemble that truly unleashed the four horsemen... probably rushing to either trample her or drape some black crepe on her...

At least the coming Rapture will ease congestion at Starbucks and I still will be able to see La Stone kick some Posh ass - it's not like either of those two are ascending to the heavens any time soon...

As disappointed as I am by C-loe's loss, it could not have been to a worthier opponent.

O, Wherefore art thou, Peldon? After all your desperate attempts, Stone has once again conquered. I am consoled only by the thought of the many years you have left ahead of you to fug - as some may say, the best fugging years of your life.

I do hope you consider throwing in a wild card entry. Lindsay Lohan and her leggings really need to be back in this comp.

I voted for Bai yesterday, and I'm still rooting for Bai to take the whole thing. But Chloe Sevigny was a worthy opponent.

I feel like I must do something in her honor.

Haiku, anyone?

Don't get cocky, Chlo.
We've still got 2009
To reward your fug.

Get away from me
With those leopard-print leggings!
Be gone, evil one!

I'll pair my poncho
With mukluks, tights, and turban.
Look! I'm Chloe Sev!

You're not avant-garde.
You are avant-idiot!
Push the bounds of fug.

What the hell are those?
Did you make a granny shoe
Breed with a black wedge?

Aah! You made Mom jeans
Couple with high-water pants
Like Dr. Moreau.

Floral prints on a
Skinny pant? Grandmother, my,
What big hips you have!

T-shirt with a dress?
Plaid skirts over leopard legs?
What were you thinking?

Floral bustier
With some weird-ass dotted print
For pants? DOES NOT MATCH!

Not that matching helps.
From your chest to your ankles,
Rose prints make me sick.

Given the choice of
Your clothes or potato sacks,
I would wear burlap.

I will never wear
Your clothes. Never never nev-
Er never never.

Fuck it. I'm voting Green.

All bow down to Miss V!

You're the Haikukiest!

"Cannot.Believe.Sev.Lost. =("

Me, neither, Madeline....me neither.

::sigh::

Well, my mission is clear. I must begin taking spoonfuls of instant coffee and washing them down with Jolt cola so I can pull an all weekender and vote vote vote for Paris and Posh. Clash of the Titans, indeed!

And for the win, Paris all the way. Why? Because Posh is a Spice Girl, and Paris Hilton is a bitch-ass-cunt-rag. It's simple science, really.

I wonder if she will start a MySpace campaign to demand a recount once the title has been stuck to her like a toilet seat protector hanging from the polyester pants of Dick Vernon?

Spartans!!! Let's FUUUUUUUG!

I'm still in shock that Fergie didn't do better. Pee-stained pants almost rank up there with a rat's paw. And that's just the capper on some really perseveringly ugly clothes and an apparent total disdain for grooming.

Well, there's always next year... Although I don't know if Bai Ling can be toppled now or ever.

I've been out of interwebs for a few days, and I CANNOT BELIEVE that Peldon and Sevigny are out. I know the competition is fierce, but these are truly Princesses of High Fug. Sigh.

NEXT YEAR!

Does anyone remember the West Wing Thanksgiving episode when CJ tells President Bartlett that the turkey that doesn't receive a presidental pardon gets eaten, and he comments, "If the Oscars were like that, I'd watch" ?

If presidental politics were like Fug Madness, I'd pay more attention. "Meet the Press" has nothing on the level of analysis and discussion on this site during this tournament. Thank you, Heather and Jessica.

How did this happen? I whine with wine "Icky-Sticky-Sevigny is supposed to WIN this competition." Please let the final be Bai v. Posh...in my heart Chloe will always be the best, I mean worst.

Seems to me that Bai Ling wants to be goofy; Posh wants to be sexy; Paris wants to be photographed.

What does Stone want? To give the finger to clubbed baby seals everywhere! EFF YOU, innocent animals that I don't need to wear because I live in FREAKING LOS ANGELES!!

She must be punished for she is the most fug.

Whoever wins Posh VS Stone (ps: Eeee! Who will it be?! Posh has never shown us her lady parts, but Stone has never worn glittered underware in the place of pants. Posh rocks tacky Zebra print spandex dresses, while Stone rocks ACTUAL animal hide...GOOD GOD MAN! HOW CAN I CHOOSE??)...anyway, I digress. Whoever wins this will stomp Paris or Bai to smithereens. That's right. SMITHEREENS!!

Everyone seems surprised, but I have always that of Bai Ling as World Class Fug. It's all she works on.

While I, too, bemoan the loss of Chloe, might I suggest a MVP-type award vote for the hardest working outfit - the one that pushed the winner's fugly over the edge into Ultimate Fugdom?

Most Fug Outfit? Or, for short, the MoFO? : )

Everyone seems surprised, but I have always thought of Bai Ling as World Class Fugtastic. It's all she works on.

Joe: How about "Confugeniality"?

Bai will not be denied!! I still wish C-Peld could have pulled off the upset though. Seriously, you have to hand it to the self made fuggers. They got up the fug ladder on nothing more than pluck, spunk and drive, not like the rest of the pack who are like fug entitlementists.

If there isn't a doubles tourney, there should at least be a NIT fug equivalent of some kind.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! How did Chloe not pull this one out? She should clearly have won the entire thing. Bai Ling is just crazy. Chloe actually thinks she's dressing well. You're all fools!

So many people are so down on my Bai for beating Chloe. It was a huge upset yes. All my faith in Bai and i didn't think it would happen either.
I think it was her failure to be as consistent as the final four. I mean Look at them. They'd attend the opening of a drawer (not a panty drawer mind you, they wouldn't know what that is). We have been confronted with their fug over and over again.
Chloe just doesn't show up enough places anymore.

So Bai Haters, Bai Lovers, Let's all join hands and help make sure Paris doesn't EVER win ANYTHING in her life. Recall for a moment your venomous hatred of La Sev's clothing line...

Now think of this.
At least she doesn't screen print her face onto everything in said clothing line.

Holy FugMadness Batman! Posh vs Beyonce! Paris vs Bai!! (my money is on Bai....she brings a new definition to "nekkid" every time she leaves the couch....)

I'm gonna need more cheerios and chocolate to get through the Final Four!

Fug Girls - thank you for this inspired tournament!!! I've only missed 2 rounds of voting due to the infernal flu. Next year, I'll have to make sure to be on my DEATH BED before missing ANY voting!!

As a fellow Asian, I hope Bai brings home the Fug Crown so it can be a lesson / inspiration to asians every where (men and women! ha!) to rethink their definition of Nekkid. That woman is a pioneer. And apparently also owns more enormous wedges than is natural......

How about Miss Congenitalia? That's what I nominate Paris Hilton to win.

I cannot beg enough for a wild card slot for ChloSev. Or do a vote tally and whomever got the most votes but did not advance to their next round gets to be in the finals. Because I also miss LaLohan.

Or maybe I am in denial that Fug Madness is almost over. One more round!

I picked Paris (vs. LiLo) but now I'm totally rooting for Sharon, even though I also have Bai Ling in the F4. Such is the power of fug, I am willing to vote against myself. And! There are even prizes at stake!

How could Le Sev lose??? ah....pickles. The fact that her crap is being touted as a "line" of clothing makes me shudder. No wonder I resort to buying vintage when ChloeSev is the state of fashion in America.

Now let's please get rid of Paris. Inbred is not fug. I see a Stone-Ling death match, but my heart is still with Le Sev......

MISS CONGENITALIA!!!! Should have been a chapter in the book.

Ladies, I hear your pain on the defeat of the Sev, but such is the nature of the bracket cage -- Two fugs enter, one fug leaves. Welcome to Thunderfug!

Long Live Queen Bai!

Chloe, if you are reading, know this:

You losing by one percent to Bai Ling does not unfug you. It doesn't make you part of some hilarious clique. Your outfits are hideous, and they stink of effort. Your look is not ironic. Shut up and stop dressing like that. You look like a fool.

Ps: Your hair is also terrible. Conditioning treatment, lady. I'm pretty sure you can afford a hair mask.

As I was educating my almost 16 yo daughter on Fug Madness and your website today, she had her first glimpse at the sartorial terror that is Bai Ling. After recoiling in horror, she exclaimed "she looks like one of those Japanese Hooker Schoolgirls from Manga and Anime! Yikes!". Paris doesn't stand a chance.

As to the Sev, her reponse was "Hello! The 80's meets Granny!".

She will be voting in the final four and is a new fug convert. I think it's better to expose them to the ways of the fug early so they can better avoid embarrassing mistakes in their future. Right?

Did Chloe Sevigny hire people to vote for Bai Ling?? My heart is so broken that she LOST.

I think it's Bai Ling's people that hired people to vote (I was pulling for Sev since she totally deserves a bracket of her own!). Yet I believe Bai is fug enough to win too. Funny comments.

Dudes, this is why it's called Madness! Win or go home! I had Chloe to go all the way, and I'm devastated that she didn't even get to the final four, but upsets just make it more exciting.

I watch TV ONE NIGHT a year (guess!) but a Fug TV special I would not only watch, but also LIVEBLOG (while eating Flamin Hot Cheetos and drinking gin). DO IT.

No Sev? As Winston Churchill put it ( to avoid ending in a preposition) UP WITH THIS I WILL NOT PUT!!!

I cannot BELIEVE Sevigny lost! I agree with one of the other posters up there, my world just doesn't make sense anymore.

I love Bai.
She is the fuggiest of the fug.
Chloe is gross and deluded, thinking she has any place in fashion. Or cinema. Or anything really.
BUT, Bai, oh Bai, what fun you are! You are truly inventive and fearless in your fugness. You write cryptic messages on bandaids, believe nipples to be accessories, and apparently are unaffected by cold weather. You are otherworldly.
Chloe seems lazy in comparison.

I'm rooting for Bai Ling to take it all. The achievement of several lifetimes deserves appropriate reward.

PELDON! How could you DO THIS to me? After coming so far...

ah, there's always next year. Just, TRY HARDER in 09, ok?

Until then, I guess I'm throwing my support to Bai Ling. Which, really, is a kinda unfair contest... whoever faces off against her is going up against not one, but 19 crazy bitches, all in one petite frame. It'll be delicious.

"I love Bai.
She is the fuggiest of the fug.
Chloe is gross and deluded, thinking she has any place in fashion. Or cinema. Or anything really.
BUT, Bai, oh Bai, what fun you are! You are truly inventive and fearless in your fugness. You write cryptic messages on bandaids, believe nipples to be accessories, and apparently are unaffected by cold weather. You are otherworldly.
Chloe seems lazy in comparison."

Damn well said, Z!!!
Bai was thoroughly deserving, and is also a crazy delight, unlike the repugnant and lazy Chloe.
Sharon Stone beat (my beloved) C.Peld by being *fabulous* in her Fug.
Bai is fabulous, no way around that.

I can't believe the Sev is out.
My hopes and dreams now lie with Shaz.
We can not give Bai the crown, she would relish it too much.

My coworkers (at ESPN, yo) were confounded by Fug Madness, but since K-State's suckage effed up my other bracket I am living over here. Posh FTW!

I unfortunately missed the first four rounds of fugrivolity but I am so happy to have my voice heard for the final rounds.

I am also most bummed at the Sev being booted. I gave her my vote v Bai but it didn't count, so now... well I'm at a loss. Maybe I'll just go for the Stoner. She has knocked out some worthy opponents thus far.

This is good stuff. I am laughing so hard, I let out some pee.

Gina you are a true unfugly person and I am so glad your daughter is being steered clear of fashion fuggery.

Bring on the final showdown biatches!

Oh, Chloe. How I shall miss you as I attempt to make the difficult decisions of the coming days.

You will always be the fugging MVP of this tournament in my eyes.

I so love La Stone. Take it all, you wacky one!

Long live Queen Bai! I understand all of the Sev-haters (or lovers??)out there, but I can't help but think she lacks that extra fantastical element that Bai brings to the table. Although, I am a little surprised that Phoebe Price didn't make it to the top - she really takes the cake on so many levels.

Bonemot, I too love the idea of next year being televised! Or perhaps J & H could have a Fug Madness convention . . . a televised convention! We could all hang out in a posh hotel for a week, drink copiously, eat to our hearts content and debate the fug merits and demerits of the contestants! There might even be a Fug contest - dress as your favorite fug (if you dare!). Voting machines for audience members (audience vs. online voters)! I'm sure some of the contestants would even stop by. It's not like C. Peld or Paris have anything better to do. LiLo could have a leggins booth!!!! La HeinousHilton a booth selling shirts to which her face is affixed!! Imagine the insanity - by the Final Four, the press on nails and extensions flying all over the place. Move over Jerry Springer - Fug Madness has arrived!!!!!

I too am disappointed by several of those who didn't make it to the Finals - after HBC lost so early on, I was ready to give it up. But, somehow I'm back into the game - La Stone, la rapid beaver FTW!!!!!!!!

Miss V, I bow to you - you are the reigning Queen of Haiku!

I want to say that I loved how some people were typing *Chole* instead of Chloe! That's totally how I say her name now! :D

Sigh...it's a sad day in Fugville Le Sev lost...Bai just isn't strong enough to fight off Stone, Hilton and especially Post. Sev had her own brand of fug (literally), how could she lose? The four left could never have beat Sev, they look clean and, with the exception of Hilton, usually look well put together...even Stone, whose love of carcasses is alarming. I think Bai is hated because she's slutty looking, I would rather see t Bai's nipples than Chloe's smug face with amature makeup and camel toe any.day.

The Sev is gone.

Armageddon has arrived.

I hope Bai gets pulverized by Posh or Sharon, can pick which one.

So sad for the Sev.

Miss V your splendid haiku have eased my pain a little.

James, your logic is unassailable. Also your hilarious remarks in re: sweet baby jesus in a handbag, which I enjoyed very much.

All of this has made me a little less angry at the Bai-partisan. Thank you.

I think those who are writing off our Ling-let are maybe missing the one thing that makes her more deserving than the others. What is the first thing you think of when I say the following names?

Sharon Stone? Probably her acting career or the time she flashed her snatch in that film of hers.

Posh Spice? Her presence in the Spice Girls or her current WAG-dom as half of the Posh/Becks superfandom.

Paris Hilton? Her slutty antics and rotating parade of famewhore friends.

Bai Ling? DRESSES LIKE A LUNATIC.

Bai Ling is synonymous with bizarre style choices. Even Chloe Sevigny, there's a slight chance you might think of her acting career before the way she dresses. When you think Bai Ling, your mind instantly jumps to her blonde Little Bo Peep wig, or her dress that looks a casino craps table, or the NIPPLES MY GOD THE NIPPLES.

If anyone but Bai Ling wins this, it will be a travesty. Rise, Bai-ologists, and help our queen ascend to her rightful status.

In addition to that, Bai Ling is about eighty times more fun than Chloe, and aren't the reality shows always better when the winner is entertaining and likable? If Chloe found out she won, she'd just sniff that we didn't get it and move on unaffected -- the woman is certainly no stranger to detractors. If Ling found up she won, she would gleefully show up to accept the award in an outfit made entirely of Saran Wrap and Christmas ornaments and she would be FIERCE as she did it.

Can't believe that Chloe is out. That is so wrong. But Bai will have to my vote now.
Posh is entertaining and fabulous and is MAJORly less fugly than Shazza Stone. So I think I'll have to vote for Bai over Shazza in the finale.
Have to agree with previous posts... this would make for an enthralling TV show!

I too am gutted Chloe didn't make it, but looking on the bright side, she would've considered it a badge of honour and further evidence that she's misunderstood and from the future. Now I'm supporting Sharon because her fried hair and lacy black dresses make it look like she is off to a roadhouse to see if she can get some drinks bought for her.
Maybe next year there could be sub-categories of fug to ease the agonising. There's your 'I'm not sure if everyone is quite sure yet how hot my bod is and how on the pulse of accessories I am' fugger, and the 'been told i'm a fashion icon and have become overly confident' fugger, etc etc. Young fug, old fug, on-stage fug, unflattering fug, too flattering fug. And then there's Chloe.

Bai Ling FTW. Not only because she has the best, craziest outfits, but also because I think the funniest, wittest pieces of writing on GFY have been inspired by her Royal Bainess.

Also, I live in Europe and have never, ever heard of her apart from this site, so ironically, it is defintiely her biggest achievement.

PS. Eurovision's in Serbia next month. GET EXCITED!

well i am sad that the sev did not make it through (i absolutley thought she would win). my heart must go with bai at this point. bai vs stone in the final. posh 'n paris just dont cut it for me when compared to some of the fugs that didnt make it.

I had Chloe to win, so I am completely at a loss as to who I should vote for. I will not be voting for Paris or Bai Ling on principle. So, I guess, La Stone to win?

I was counting on a Courtney/Bai battle! I am shocked it will not happen. But now all my money's on Bai. Whenever I voted, I asked myself, "Can you think of even one time when this person looked good, put together something charming?" If the answer is yes, they cannot be Fug Champion, but Bai sure can.

Has there been any media coverage of fug madness? It's more awesome than 99% of fashion entertainment stories I see on other sites or in print.

Sharon Stone is the Queen of Fug. Posh, Paris and Bai are just ladies in waiting.

The beauty (is beauty the correct word?) of Sharon Stone making it to the final four is the fact that Fug has no age.

She'll still be duking it out in Fug Madness 2038, and I for one will be right there voting her on.

Bai Ling! Bai Ling! Bai Ling! My terrible angel of sartorial anguish!

Where is Chloe Sevigny? Her stiff, amateurish posing in the hideous floral concoctions she peddles as "fashion" have the look of a bad 1980s high school photography shoot and truly, who can aspire to look that consistently atrocious? I miss La Peldon too, but Chloe is just wrong.

Perhaps she can storm the stage, rip off the voile of Bai Ling, or attack Sharon Stone and force a run off...

Picture it: Televised Fug Madness...

Super secret voting will have taken place earlier on Go Fug Yourself, revealed only to the top 4.

Remakes of the craziest outfits of the year will be modeled by rejects (or winners, same difference) from America's Next Top Model. This show was MADE to be on CW (and Heather's got connections).

Just like the Razzies, the most desperate of the "winners" will show up to claim their prizes.

Pure, unadulterated AWESOMENESS!!!!

Can I come produce?

Great fun, all this!
... but all in all, I think Sevigny should have made the final four. Actually, there should be separate categories for "just fug" (or, for Sharon Stone, "fug with style") and "dangerous fug" (Sevigny)! also, I think Johansson was kicked out too soon - and she tries so hard (that would be the boob-and-waist-fug category)!

... while we're suggesting ideas for next year, I really think we might want to consider adding a man-bracket or two. And of course the *idea* of a televised show is highly entertaining, but really, the blog is so much better. You can't say "batshit" on E! for example, nor have all these highly entertaining comments. And WHERE would the haiku go?

As I said to a friend this morning, there's *fug* and there's *we have soap and water in this country*. That's why Chloe should have won.

Ahh Fug Madness...how I revel in it! I too am sad and disappointed that The Sev is not in the final 4, she should have been in another bracket to ensure a Sev/Bai showdown at the finals. Oh that would have been sweet. I join my voice to the chorus seeking a special honorary award for the pretentious, obnoxious self-important high fuggery that is the thing La Sev calls her personal style. Sev FTW 2009!!!

Nevertheless I unabashedly throw my support behind the 19 fug personalities that is the lovable and always entertaining Bai Ling. Z, Loob and Tats said it best Bai is likable, fun and entertaining and is known best for her ridiculous and horrendous dress sense. Without her, the world of fug would be a little less bright.

GO BAI GO FOR FUG MADNESS CHAMPION 2008!!!

I have to say that reading the comments each day has been as fun as watching this whole thing go down. All you bitches are the hilarity.