Meet Coco, voted Fort Worth’s cutest cat by Star-Telegram readers
With hundreds of votes and weeks of searching for the cutest cat, there is finally a feline that can be named the most adorable in Fort Worth.
Coco, a 5-month-old Norwegian Forest cat, posed purrfectly in her pink frilly dress. That was enough to receive 48 % of the vote in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram cutest cat competition.
The runners-up were Boots, a domestic long-haired cat, and Princess, a Birman cat. They received 9% and 7%, respectively, in the final poll.
About Fort Worth’s cutest cat
Coco was found about three months ago outside a Dairy Queen the family of Ava Atchison, who now owns the cat.
At first, she was living with Atchison’s grandmother, but then the cuteness took over.
“I love kittens and kept going over to see her, I finally convinced my mom to let me bring her home for one night, then one night turned into two nights then she finally decided we could keep her,” says Atchison.
Atchison’s aunt came up with the name, and it just sounded right.
“When we thought about it, it really just matched her personality,” she said. “I also love fashion designers, and I loved the name Coco, for Coco Chanel.”
Coco fit right into her new home with other feline friends. She has especially taken a liking to her sister Hazel, a light-colored Calico.
Atchison says Coco is a one-of-a-kind cat, and everything about her makes her special.
“When she walks with her tail up in the air she just looks so happy and her walk is very sassy,” says Atchison. “She also loves getting into the blinds and looking out the window at birds and bugs, she will sit there for hours and just love life.”
But her favorite thing to do is eat breakfast and play with Hazel, her sister.
“Every morning all the cats get wet food along with their dry food they have out all day. The moment she knows it’s breakfast time she is in the kitchen so fast.”
And after her morning eats she goes and bugs her sister, “Hazel is like her big sister so she follows Hazel around the whole house.” Atchison says they like playing with leaves from plants around the house or toys that make noises.
Though her name is Coco, she also goes by Coco Atchison, Coco Chanel, Coco-nut, or Ms. Fluffiers.