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The brown bears at Katmai National Park in Alaska have spent the last few months packing on the pounds, all in preparation for the annual Fat Bear Competition.

Fat Bear Week has commenced, bringing a beloved population of Alaskan brown bears to center stage - but only the burliest will take home the crown.

The brown bears at Katmai National Park in Alaska have spent the last few months packing on the pounds, all in preparation for the annual Fat Bear Competition.

Katmai National Park has some of the largest brown bears in the world. Here are the 12 burly bruins competing for the title.

Fat Bear Week will launch this week at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska.

Last year's Fat Bear Week in Alaska was shrouded in controversy after someone tried to stuff ballots "like bears stuff their face with fish." Now the event is back to crown the fattest of Katmai National Park's "burly bruins."

Bear 747 - dubbed Bear Force One - has taken the crown for a second time, as it pulled out the coveted title again and previously in 2020.

Fat Bear Week is back and 12 chunky brown bears are battling it out for the title. Every year in Katmai National Park, a dozen bears are voted on by fans until the winner is revealed on Fat Bear Tuesday.