With perfectly trimmed pompoms and fluffed out fur, she's the very essence of poodle pulchritude.

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But with perfectly trimmed pompoms and fluffed out fur, she was the very essence of poodle pulchritude.

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Apart from the lack of pulchritude on display, Komsomolskaya Pravda was aghast at the poor photographs used.

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