Who Is Knobbly Knees?

A knobbly knees (or knobbliest knees) competition is a parody of a beauty contest, in which the winner is the person judged to have the knobbliest, or most misshapen, knees.

What does it mean if you have knobbly knees?

This condition is called osteonecrosis, which literally means "bone death." In the knee, the knobby portion of the thigh bone on the inside of the knee is most often affected. However, osteonecrosis of the knee may also occur on the outside of the knee or on the flat top of the lower leg bone.

Are knobbly knees bad?

Demi Moore, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Kate Moss have all revealed painfully bony knees. And doctors are warning that the look is not just unflattering, it's downright dangerous. ... Even worse, he points out that behind these unseemly knobbly knees is dangerously poor body composition.