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Fat Bear Week champion about to be crowned

Original: It’s almost time to crown a Fat Bear Week champion: Inside the National Park contest that became an internet obsession.

Katmai National Park's annual Fat Bear Week contest is reaching its finale, with voters choosing which brown bear has bulked up most before hibernation. The playful popularity contest, run by the National Park Service and explore.org, has grown into a viral internet phenomenon, drawing millions of votes and widespread media attention as fans debate their favourite chubby competitors.

Why now: The annual contest's championship vote is happening now, drawing its usual wave of online enthusiasm.

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• It’s almost time to crown a Fat Bear Week champion: Inside the National Park contest that became an internet obsession. · Yahoo

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