Italian Whip Miuccia beat over 18,000 dogs with her elegant yet brisk strides and was named the best performance at the Crufts Dog Show in Birmingham, England on Sunday.
The four-year-old boy from Venice became the first Italian dogs to win a century-old history.
Unlike her more chili rivals, Miuccia sat on the podium and stood next to the precious silver trophy, taller than her, and her manager Giovanni Liguori was calm.
“It’s a real dream come true. I’m really overwhelmed.” Liguori seemed to tear apart. “Miuccia performed the best. I felt she was relaxed on the belt,” he added.
“We are very proud as Italians, which means we have done a great job,” he said.
Founded in 1891, Crufts is a marketing campaign for dog biscuit manufacturers, developing as the world’s largest dog show and attracting thousands of dogs and their handlers every year.
Over the course of four days, they will evaluate their criteria for the breed in a series of events.
Dogs think the best dogs in each breed compete for the best team championship, and then seven winners of each group compete forward to win the highest award.
Miuccia won the victory, defeating Ana, Jack Russell Terrier, Liza, Miniature Schnauzer, Viking, The Tibetan Mastiff, Shake, Shake, Australian Shepherd, Sophia, Papillon and Suzie, Suzie, Cocker Speniel.
However, her victory is not without controversy.
Shortly after the announcement, some Jack Russell fans took to Instagram to express regret for Miuccia’s victory and said she was “robbed” her own victory.
Others support Miuccia.
Liane Pendlebury wrote on Instagram: “The dog was perfect, almost real, absolutely beautiful, well deserved, standing and leaving perfectly.”
