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Kissing contest, an interesting type of “race”, popped up around the world in recently years. Particularly on the valentine day,  it has become an organized even government sponsored activity for lovers in many regions. Most of the contests compete for the length of kiss, but there are others competing for creativity and difficulty. The following is a gallery of the kissing contests championing among thousands of varieties.

1. The largest kissing show

On June 9, 2008, over 12,800 people were kissing at the same time in front of Hungary’s  Congress Building. The organizer of this kissing event declared that they had broken the world record for the largest number of people kissing simultaneously.

2. The most massive kissing contest

A massive kissing contest was held in four different cities in Philippine on the same day. Over one million people participated. The organizer claimed they had created a world record for the largest kissing contest. I don’t know how the contests were judged, though.

3. Kissing contest with the most winners

A gentleman was surrounded by kissing couples during a kissing contest held in Madrid, Spain last year. All participants were winners. Prizes? Yes, a t-shirt.

4. Most disappointing kissing contest

On a day devoted to worldwide record-breaking, the French have invoked their spirit of romance and attempted the largest ever mass kiss. Romantics were undeterred by the small turnout and sought to preserve Paris’s reputation. The event in Paris was part of the a record-breaking effort organized by Guinness World Records.

5. Longest kissing world record

Sweden’s state-owned pharmacy invited people for a kissing contest, in a bid to highlight the benefits of good dental hygiene. In that kissing contest, a couple did break the world record for the longest kiss, which was 30 hours, 59 minutes and 27 seconds maintained by a American couple for many years.

6. Most incredible underwater kissing contest

The annual underwater kissing contest was held in Riccione, Italy. A couple won the “gold medal” with an astonishing underwater kissing time of 111 seconds.

7. Most diversified kissing contest

A kissing contest held in Taiwan was said to be most diversified. The participants in this contest included not only young couples but also elderly and even kids.

8. Most beautiful kissing contest

A kissing contest was held in S. Korea for the purpose of selecting models to film an advertisement. All contestants were beautiful or handsome, making the contest the most beautiful kissing contest in the world.

9. Most difficult kissing contest

A kissing contest held in Guangdong China got to be the most difficult one. According to a contest rule, female’s foot couldn’t touch the floor during kissing. A couple won the contest with an unbelievable score – 4 hours.

10. The funnist contestants in kissing contests

Two male college students kissed for two hours in a kissing contest held in Zhjiang, China. Accoding to them, they are not gays; they just couldn’t find female partners to kiss in the contest.

11. The oldest kissing contest on record

The kissing contest can be traced back as early as 1937. This is a 1937 postcard depicted a kissing contest. How they performed the contest is a little different from what we see today.