At GroomExpoWest 2021, poodles became living sculptures, their hair shaped into Sailor Moon characters and scenes from Disney movies Take a look at the Pasadena Pup Pageant
One blistering July weekend, Leslie Waldrep, a pet spa owner from Tuscumbia, Alabama, stood behind a trestle table inside the Pasadena Convention Center. It was amoment: She’d driven 29 hours to reach California, only to work against the clock onstage for two and a half more, transforming her once-white family poodle, Secret, into a pageant-ready rendering of Walt Disney’s 1950 animation.
Leslie Waldrep with Secret. “I loved the Disney movie when I was younger, and my children love it now too ... I picked out my favorite elements of the movie, and sketched them out onto paper. I then began to shape the hair into these characters,” Waldrep explains. “I only work on Secret in short sessions—about the time of a standard poodle groom.”Poodles abounded at Groom Expo West, often recast as surreal, living sculptures.
Starke runs a grooming business full-time, like many creative groomers who gathered in Pasadena, though serious hobbyists were welcomed too. Programming on site catered to their professional development, and upskilled them for future competitions—which bring with them the promise of clout, cash prizes and sponsorships. Attendees took classes in canine massage, brushed up on the anatomy of shears, and learned how to ensure a Springer Spaniel’s coat gleams.
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