Premise: Elwood (2005 – November 28, 2013) was the 2007 winner of the World's Ugliest Dog Contest, and had come in second in the contest the year before. His owner was Karen Quigley, a resident of Sewell, New Jersey, United States. He was a two-year-old Chinese Crested/chihuahua mixed breed. Elwood died on November 28, 2013. He was eight years old.
Hypothesis: Elwood became very famous after placing second in 2006.