In a ferocious competition, 12 chunky brown bears in Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve have been battling it out in one of the most cutthroat places on the planet – the internet.

As part of the park's annual Fat Bear Week, the oversized ursines are pitted against each other in online popularity contests, where fans from around the world vote for the bear they like best.

A live camera lets voters follow along with the bears as they forage for salmon in a last-gasp chance to pack on the pounds ahead of their upcoming winter hibernation.

After one week of voting, bears competed against each other until only two challengers remained – numbers 856 and 32.

This year's winner is bear 32, AKA Chunk.

In addition to his impressive girth, Chunk's Cinderella story appealed to voters as h

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