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Streaming platform Twitch lets users enter viral ‘mogging’ beauty contests

The Guardian UK Sunday 10 May 2026, 11:00 UTC By Isaaq Tomkins 1 min read
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Twitch has permitted the use of websites like Omoggle, which previously connected streamers to strangers' video feeds for comparison. These platforms allow users to participate in "mog-off" contests where their physical measurements are compared, such as canthal tilt and nose-to-face width ratio.

Previously prohibited use of websites such as Omoggle that connect a streamer to a stranger’s video feed now allowed

Last week, at 4am, 19-year-old Sammy Amz was scrolling through X when something caught his eye: a popular Twitch streamer was competing in a 1v1 “mog-off” with a stranger, and losing.

The next day he opened the Omoggle gaming website and began to play. Quickly he matched with another user – green dots appeared on their faces onscreen, as the website began to compare their measurements: canthal tilt, palpebral fissure ratio, nose-to-face width ratio and so on.

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