{"id":82931,"date":"2026-04-23T21:59:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T21:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/catsters-weekly-photo-contest-winners-best-happy-face-april-23-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T21:59:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T21:59:16","slug":"catsters-weekly-photo-contest-winners-best-happy-face-april-23-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/catsters-weekly-photo-contest-winners-best-happy-face-april-23-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Catster\u2019s Weekly Photo Contest Winners: Best Happy Face (April 23, 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/catster-photo-contest-23-4-26-800x572.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block;margin-bottom: 10px;clear: both;max-width: 100%\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"p-jump-links\">\n<p class=\"p-jump-links__title\">\n\t\tIn this article\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"p-jump-links__items p-jump-links__items--custom p-jump-links__items--toggle\" data-expanded=\"false\" id=\"jump-links-items\">\n<p>Winner<br \/>\nRunner-Up<br \/>\n3rd Place<br \/>\nEnter Your Cat\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\tView 3\t\t\t<span class=\"p-jump-links__view-more-plus\">More +<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"p-jump-links__view-more-minus\" style=\"display: none\">Less &#8211;<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Welcome to our Catster Weekly Photo Contest, where every Thursday we pick the best three photos from our readers, based on that week&#8217;s topic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s topic was\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Best Happy Face<\/strong><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\"><strong>&#8220;, <\/strong>and we received<\/span> some amazing photos from you. And although every cat is gorgeous, we had to pick our winners. Congratulations, and thanks to everyone who submitted their cats to our photo contest!<\/p>\n<p>Next week&#8217;s topic is: <strong>&#8220;Hide and Seek&#8221;. <\/strong>Do you want to have a chance to get your cat featured on Catster, our Facebook and Instagram?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Send us your photos!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-659896\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Catster_Website-dividers_v1_Oct-1-2024_7-scaled.webp\" alt=\"divider cat paws oct 2024\" width=\"2048\" height=\"205\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"winner\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-718264\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PHOTO-CONTEST-CAT-Winner-Overlay.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-719642 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PXL_20260327_004752243-d0f604f504f89de6c0474d41c21dd900-600x619.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"581\" height=\"599\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-table breed-table su-table-alternate\">\n<table width=\"623\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"90\"><strong>Name:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"450\">Rasputine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"90\"><strong>IG:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"450\">@rasputinethecat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"90\"><strong>Fun Fact:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"450\">&#8220;Rasputine is showing his smile after a cuddling session \ud83d\ude0a&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-659896\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Catster_Website-dividers_v1_Oct-1-2024_7-scaled.webp\" alt=\"divider cat paws oct 2024\" width=\"2048\" height=\"205\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"2nd\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-718263\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PHOTO-CONTEST-CAT-2nd-Overlay.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-719643 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5624-f9415476afa98481d3ac53415a1129db-600x800.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"444\" height=\"592\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-table breed-table su-table-alternate\">\n<table width=\"623\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"90\"><strong>Name:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"450\">Shegwa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"90\"><strong>Fun Fact:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"450\">&#8220;She likes to make faces and usually forgets to put her tongue back in&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-659896\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Catster_Website-dividers_v1_Oct-1-2024_7-scaled.webp\" alt=\"divider cat paws oct 2024\" width=\"2048\" height=\"205\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"3rd\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-718262\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PHOTO-CONTEST-CAT-3rd-Overlay.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"679\" height=\"151\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-719644 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27964e96-23e9-4526-8f09-e4cb43455d15-fd96eec96b83b2bdf11a74e442c6820c-600x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"447\" height=\"596\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-table breed-table su-table-alternate\">\n<table width=\"623\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"90\"><strong>Name:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"450\">Luna<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"90\"><strong>Fun Fact:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"450\">&#8220;Little diva who loves demanding attention and is terrified of the outside world&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-659900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Catster_Website-dividers_v1_Oct-1-2024_4-scaled.webp\" alt=\"divider cat paws 2 oct 2025\" width=\"2048\" height=\"205\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Enter Your Cat<\/h2>\n<p>Want to see your cat featured as our weekly winner? The next week&#8217;s topic is:<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">&#8220;Hide and Seek&#8221;<\/h3>\n<div class=\"su-button-center\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 40px;font-size:29px;line-height:58px;border-color:#ff944d;border-radius:17px\"> Submit Your Cat<\/span><\/div>\n<p>We are looking forward to seeing your best photos!<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-box-container\">\n<div class=\"su-box su-box-style-default\" id=\"\" style=\"border-color:#282475;border-radius:3px\">\n<div class=\"su-box-title\" style=\"background-color:#5b57a8;color:#FFFFFF;border-top-left-radius:1px;border-top-right-radius:1px\">This article is a part of our Weekly Photo Contest<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-box-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"border-bottom-left-radius:1px;border-bottom-right-radius:1px\">\n<div class=\"su-list\" style=\"margin-left:0px\">\n<ul>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-star\" style=\"color:#F4B242\"><\/i> View our previous week&#8217;s winners here: April 16, 2026 &#8211; Best Happy Face<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-star\" style=\"color:#F4B242\"><\/i> Click here to view our full list of past winners<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-star\" style=\"color:#F4B242\"><\/i> Did you know our newsletter features the latest photo contest winners? 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