“LAUGHTER IS FREEDOM”

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Gabrielle Rivera a 23 year old Puerto Rican model, was the decisive winner of the first  California Ultimate Laughing Championship in front of over 200 people at the Fremont Cinema in San Luis Obispo, California Saturday night. Rivera said she loves laughing, and that “laughter is freedom."

Rivera was declared “Best Laugher in California 2011.”

She said she practices by laughing at herself.

Rivera, triumphed in the Diabolical laugh, Snort laugh, and Laugh at Yourself competition before defeating 10 contenders in  a series of knock down Laughter Duels.

The San Luis Obispo Tribune called the event a "laugh riot." TV station KSBY reported that the contest brought smiles to the faces of San Luis Obispo residents. “

Organizer, Laughologist Albert Nerenberg said the humble Rivera possesses a “spectacular heartfelt laugh.”
“I have to say, I would have been surprised that a model won’t take the championship. They are often robots. But this woman really had an authentic unstoppable laugh.”
RIvera said she got her laugh from her mom.

This was the first ever formal laughter championship in America. There are already plans for making the contest an annual event in California.

“There are some really tremendous laughers in California,” said Nerenberg.

Nerenberg is the director of Laughology, the first feature documentary on laughter.

Rivera, a resident, San Luis Obispo, says she plans to move to Los Angeles to continue her modelling career.

“I have a feeling she’ll be laughing all the way to the bank,” said Nerenberg.

The California Ultimate Laughing Championship was held in conjunction with the San Luis Obispo

International Film Festival.

The Award is called The California Joy Crystal. 

The event was dedicated to Japanese laughter champion, Eito Saiko and the city of Sendai Japan which was hit by a Tsunami. Saiko was missing at the time of the contest, but she has now been found alive.

The next laughter contest is set for the Czech Republic April 12th.

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