Drake University hosted its 47th Annual Beautiful Bulldog Contest on April 19. At the contest, a champion was crowned as the Most Beautiful Bulldog and named the 2026 Drake Relays mascot.
This year’s winner was Flora, who sported a sparkling gown featuring the Drake ‘D.’ A puppy mill survivor from Iowa Falls, she was accompanied by her entire family, who held signs in support of her “Cinderella story.”
“She was the one that would give birth to [the puppies]. When we got her, they found her stomach stitched up with fishing line,” said Ava Hess, one of Flora’s human siblings…