The CFA International Cat Show is a cat show

Cat show

A cat show is a judged event where the owners of cats compete to win titles in various cat registering organizations by entering their cats to be judged after a breed standard. Both pedigreed and companion cats are admissible, although the rules differ from organization to organization...

 hosted by the Cat Fanciers' Association

Cat Fanciers' Association

The Cat Fanciers' Association was established in the United States in 1906 and is the world's largest registry of pedigreed cats and the predominant pedigreed cat registering association in North America...

 in the United States of America. It is a show that has been held on an annual basis since 1994 with the exceptions of 2007 and 2010. Considered the Rolls-Royce

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 of international cat shows, it is the largest show of its type in the USA. Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

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 and Houston, Texas

Houston, Texas

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 have each hosted the event a record four times. Males have won the "Best in Show" eleven of the fifteen times the show has been held. The Persian cat breed have won "Best of Show" ten of the past fifteen years, including the last three shows as of 2009.

Competition

The show is held the weekend before Thanksgiving

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 in November in the United States. At each show, there are twelve specialty judging rings, which are for both longhaired

Domestic longhaired cat

A domestic longhaired cat is a cat fancy term used to describe a cat with medium or long fur that is not a pedigreed member of a recognized breed. Domestic longhairs come in all the standard cat colours including tabby, tortie, bi-colored, smoke etc...

 and shorthaired

Domestic shorthaired cat

A domestic shorthaired cat is a cat fancy term used to describe a shorthaired cat that does not have a pedigree or belong to a recognized cat breed...

 cat breeds, including kittens, Championship cat (non-spayed or neutered pedigree

Pedigree chart

A pedigree chart is a diagram that shows the occurrence and appearance or phenotypes of a particular gene or organism and its ancestors from one generation to the next, most commonly humans, show dogs, and race horses....

 cats over eight months old), and Premiership cat (spayed or neutered pedrigreed cats over eight months old). Day one of the show is preliminaries for best in breed such as Persian, Maine Coon

Maine Coon

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, and Tonkinese

Tonkinese

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. The second and final day of the competition shows the best in each cat breed in all three categories mentioned then compete for the best in each category overall, then for "Best in Show", which the overall winner of the competition. Top five winners in each category and overall are presented.

Charity

Proceeds from the show go to the Winn Feline Foundation. Since 1968, the foundation has raised over USD

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 2 million with the entire amount going to cat health

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 research.

List of Best in Shows

Year	Location	Name of cat	Breed of cat	Gender of cat	Owner(s) - location	Breeder(s) - location	Number of cats and kittens in competition
1994	Atlanta	El-Dia Blue Danube	Blue Mackerel Tabby Oriental Shorthair Oriental Shorthair The Siamese cat was imported to Britain from Siam in the later half of the 1800s. According to reports, both pointed and solid colors were imported. The gene that causes the color to be restricted to the points is a recessive gene, therefore the general population of the cats of Siam were largely...	Male	Barbara L. Phelps	Not listed.	Not listed.
1995	Chicago, Illinois	Sol-Mer Sharif	Brown Tabby American Shorthair American Shorthair The American Shorthair is a breed of cat believed to be descended from European domestic cats brought to North America by early settlers to protect valuable cargo from mice and rats...	Male	Mary Jo Mersol-Barg	Not listed.	Over 1300
1996	Anaheim, California Anaheim, California Anaheim is a city in Orange County, California. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was about 365,463, making it the most populated city in Orange County, the 10th most-populated city in California, and ranked 54th in the United States...	Agonistes Commotion of Scrimshaw	Black Persian	Male	Not listed	Not listed	1144
1997	Atlanta	Tinbat Morgan's Passing	Ruddy Abyssinian Abyssinian (cat) The Abyssinian is a breed of domesticated cat with a distinctive ticked coat. There are many stories about its origins, often revolving around Ethiopia, but the actual origins are uncertain...	Male	Not listed	Not listed	1245
1998	Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...	Pajean's Bougalie	Cream/ White Bi-Color Persian	Male	Not listed	Not listed	1244
1999	Kansas City	Noblessa's Peace Maker of Stunning	Red Persian	Male (Neutered Neutering Neutering, from the Latin neuter , is the removal of an animal's reproductive organ, either all of it or a considerably large part. The process is often used in reference to males whereas spaying is often reserved for females. Colloquially, both terms are often referred to as fixing... )	Kris Vanderbeck - Charlevoix, Michigan Charlevoix, Michigan Charlevoix is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 2,994. It is the county seat of Charlevoix County....	Not listed	Over 1300
2000	Kansas City	Wishes Lyric	Copper-eyed White Persian	Female	Not listed	Not listed	1300
2001	Houston	CO-MC Candy Kisses of Caliente	Black/ White Manx Manx (cat) The Manx cat , formerly often spelled Manks, is a breed of domestic cat originating on the Isle of Man, with a naturally occurring mutation that shortens the tail...	Spay Neutering Neutering, from the Latin neuter , is the removal of an animal's reproductive organ, either all of it or a considerably large part. The process is often used in reference to males whereas spaying is often reserved for females. Colloquially, both terms are often referred to as fixing...	Richard and Terry Brown - Grand Prairie, Texas Grand Prairie, Texas Grand Prairie is a city in Dallas, Ellis, and Tarrant counties in the U.S. state of Texas and is a part of the Mid-Cities region in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Grand Prairie is a suburb of both Dallas and Fort Worth and had a population of 175,396 at the 2010 census.- History :The city of... , and Jeanne McPhee - Houston	Not listed	1000
2002	Houston	Catsafrats Shine On of Agonistes	Black Persian	Male	John Ramirez, Ken White, and Donna & Bruce Isenberg - all Culver City, California Culver City, California Culver City is a city in western Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 38,883, up from 38,816 at the 2000 census. It is mostly surrounded by the city of Los Angeles, but also shares a border with unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County. Culver...	Not listed	Over 1000
2003	Houston	Ruemerz Walk This Way of Teahs	Seal Point Himalayan Himalayan (cat) The Himalayan cat is a breed of long-haired cat identical in type to the Persian, with the exception of its blue eyes and its point coloration, which were derived from the crossing of the Persian with the Siamese...  Persian	Male	Donna Debelius and Tim Steiner - Linthicum, Maryland Linthicum, Maryland Linthicum is a census-designated place and an unincorporated community in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. The population was 7,539 at the 2000 census. It is the approximate location of Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport...	Not listed	Over 900
2004	Houston	Buphar's Beyonce of Inthewind	Dilute Calico Persian	Female	Maurice Ruble, Jr, and Linda Fisher - Parkville, Missouri Parkville, Missouri Parkville is a city in Platte County, Missouri, United States. The population was 4,059 at the 2000 census. Parkville is known for its antique shops, art galleries, and historic downtown. The city is home to Park University and English Landing Park....	Not listed	Over 700
2005	San Mateo, California San Mateo, California San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area. With a population of approximately 100,000 , it is one of the larger suburbs on the San Francisco Peninsula, located between Burlingame to the north, Foster City to the east, Belmont to the south,...	One-O-One Mascalzone Latino	Black Exotic Shorthair	Male	Marcela Marenco - Santa Margherita Ligure Santa Margherita Ligure thumb|250px|Villa Durazzo.Santa Margherita Ligure is a comune in the province of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about 35 km southeast of Genoa, in the Tigullio traditional area.left|220px|thumb|16th century castle.... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	Not listed	823
2006	San Mateo	Jadon Comefly With Me of Kenkat	Blue Persian	Spay	Donna Cook, Susan Cook Henry, and Leah Fowler - all from Warrenton, Virginia Warrenton, Virginia Warrenton is a town in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States. The population was 6,670 at the 2000 census, and 14,634 at the 2010 estimate. It is the county seat of Fauquier County. Public schools in the town include Fauquier High School, Warrenton Middle School, Taylor Middle School and two...	Not listed	721
2007	Not held.
2008	Atlanta	Kuorii Santos of Cuzzoe	Black Persian	Male	Eric Valencia and Justin Pelletier - Raleigh, North Carolina Raleigh, North Carolina Raleigh is the capital and the second largest city in the state of North Carolina as well as the seat of Wake County. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city's 2010 population was 403,892, over an area of , making Raleigh... , and Linda Accomb - Fallbrook, California Fallbrook, California Fallbrook is an unincorporated community in northern San Diego County, California. The Fallbrook census-designated place population was 30,534 at the 2010 census, up from 29,100 at the 2000 census....	Paolo Carnevaletti - Italy	729
2009	Atlanta	Kuorii Gorilla of Cuzzoe	Black Persian	Male	Eric Valencia and Justin Pelletier - Raleigh, North Carolina	Paolo Carnevaletti - Italy	630
2010	Cancelled.