Mr Gay World

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Mr. Gay World is a registered, trademarked annual international competition for gay men, established in 2009.

The 2024 Mr Gay World Competition was held in Durham & Tyneside & Northumberland, United Kingdom on August 26, 2024. The reigning Mr Gay World is Paul Carruthers who represented Great Britain.

History

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Brian Merriman invited Tore Aasheim, Morten Ruda (owner of Mr Gay Norway and co-owner of Mr Gay Europe) and Dean Nelson (owner of Mr Gay Canada) to Dublin, Ireland to plan a brand new international competition. They invited Eric Butter (who is the current President and co-founder of Mr Gay World and Noemi Alberto (owner of Mr Gay Philippines) to what was to become Mr Gay World.

Merriman and Ruda bowed out due to other commitments, and the ownership was divided equally between Aasheim, Nelson and Butter. Both Merriman and Ruda stayed involved in the competition as Directors responsible for finding delegates in Europe and Africa to attend the competitions.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

After a while Nelson left the competition and left his shares of Mr Gay World to Eric Butter, and later Eric Butter and Tore Aasheim exchanged their shares in Mr Gay Europe and Mr Gay World respectively, making Eric Butter the President and co-founder of Mr Gay World and Tore Aasheim the sole owner of Mr Gay Europe.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Media coverage

The event explicitly seeks to highlight discrimination against LGBTI people and provide select positive role models. A number of contestants from a number of countries has faced sanctions for their selection or competition, including Nolan Lewis from India,[1][2] Taurai Zhanje from Zimbabwe, Robel Hailu from Ethiopia, former Olympian Chavdar Arsov from Bulgaria, Wendelinus Hamutenya from Namibia and Xiao Dai from China.[3][4]

Mr Gay World is defined as an annual contest for gay men, seeking to establish ambassadors for LGBTQIA+ and human rights, with winners of national contests competing as delegates in a variety of categories. Mr Gay World not a beauty contest and there is no age limit. In an all-inclusive move, Mr Gay World has amended its policy to encompass the male-identifying spectrum within the LGBTQ+ community,” said the organisation in a statement on Tuesday, June 15, 2021*. [5]

Controversy

In 2014, Mr Gay New Zealand, Mr Gay Australia and a sponsoring skincare company all pulled out of the competition claiming 'bullying, poor living conditions, and inappropriate pressure to hook up with other contestants'. Mr Gay World replied claiming that the two contestants had been removed for alcohol abuse and rule breaking.[6]

In 2015, the winner of the competition, Mr Gay Germany Klaus Burkart, stepped down seven months later citing “personal changes,” and was replaced by Mr Gay Hong Kong.[6]

In 2018, Mr Gay World announced that the 2019 competition will move to South Africa from Hong Kong due to prohibition from local authorities.[7]

In November 2021, Mr. Gay World South Africa 2021 Louw Breytenbach resigned; the title was given to South African Runner-up Bonginkosi Ndima, who then resigned in March 2022,[8][9] and then Mr. Gay World Philippines 2021 Joel Rey Carcasona took over the title Mr. Gay World 2021.

Titleholders

Year Country/Territory Mr Gay World Location Entrants Ref.
2009 Script error: No such module "flag". Max Krzyzanowski Whistler, Canada 19 —
2010 Script error: No such module "flag". Charl Van Den Berg Oslo, Norway 23 [10]
2011 Script error: No such module "flag". Francois Nel Mandaluyong, Philippines 23 —
2012 Script error: No such module "flag". Andreas Derleth Johannesburg, South Africa 22 —
2013 Script error: No such module "flag". Christopher Michael Olwage Antwerp, Belgium 25 —
2014 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Stuart Hatton Rome, Italy 23 [11][12]
2015 Script error: No such module "flag". Klaus Burkart (Resigned) Cape Town, South Africa 21 [13][14]
File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong Mass Luciano (Assumed)
2016 Script error: No such module "flag". Roger Gosalbez Valletta, Malta 24 [15][16]
2017 Script error: No such module "flag". John Raspado Maspalomas, Spain 21 [17][18]
2018 Script error: No such module "flag". Jordan Paul Bruno Knysna, South Africa 21 [19][20]
2019 Script error: No such module "flag". John Jeffrey Carlos (Completed)Template:Efn Cape Town, South Africa 22 [21][22]
Script error: No such module "flag". Francisco Alvarado (Assumed)Template:Efn [23]
2020 Script error: No such module "flag". Leonard Kodie Macayan South Africa | Virtual contest 9 [24][25]
2021 Template:SAF Louw Breytenbach (Resigned) 10 [26][27]
Script error: No such module "flag". Joel Rey Carcasona (Assumed) [28][29]
2022 Script error: No such module "flag". José López Duvont Cape Town, South Africa 8
2023 File:Flag of Guam.svg Guam Troy Michael Smith 11
2024 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Paul Carruthers Northumberland, United Kingdom 11

Country/territory by number of wins

The 2020 finale was held alongside the 2021 finale, creating an Epic Finale in which two winners were crowned.

Country/Territory Titles Year
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 4 2017, 2019Template:Efn, 2020, 2021Template:Efn
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 3 2010, 2011, 2021Template:Efn
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 2 2016, 2019Template:Efn
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 2012, 2013
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 1 2024
File:Flag of Guam.svg Guam 2023
File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico 2022
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 2018
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 2015Template:Efn
File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong 2015Template:Efn
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 2014
File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 2009

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Runner-up

Year 1st Runner-Up 2nd Runner-Up 3rd Runner-Up 4th Runner-Up 5th Runner-Up
2009 Alexis Cespedes
File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay 		Pico Velasco Michel
File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 		Ben Edwards
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 		Reece Karena
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 		Darren Bruce
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
2010 Byron Adu
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 		Rick Dean Twombley
File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong 		Xindai Muyi
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 		Sergio Lara
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 		Not awarded
2011 Michael Kevin Holtz
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 		Israel Acevedo
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 		Leigh Charles
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 		Aaron Comis
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
2012 Lance Weyer
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 		Remy Frejaville
File:Flag of France.svg France 		Kevin Scott Power
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 		Thom Goderie
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
2013 Benjie Vasquez Caraig
File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong 		Matthew Simmons
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 		Not awarded Not awarded
2014 Kiriakos Spanos
File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus 		Robbie Lawlor
File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 		Luis Vento
File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 		Bridge Hudson
File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong
2015 Mass Luciano (Assumed)
File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong 		Tomi Lappi
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 		Not awarded Not awarded
2016 Chris Krauel
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 		Christian Reyes Lacsamana
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 		Kyle Patrick
File:Flag of Sint Maarten.svg Sint Maarten 		Rafael Fagundes
File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
2017 Cándido Arteaga
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 		Raf Van Puymbroeck
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 		Marco Tornese
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 		Alexander Steyn
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
2018 Ricky Devine-White
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 		Samarpan Maiti
File:Flag of India.svg India 		Chen Po-Hung
File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan 		João Pedro Carvalho Gonçalves de Oliveira
File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
2019 Francisco Alvarado
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 		Oliver Pusztai
File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 		Cjayudhom Samiat
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 		Nick Van Vooren
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
2020 Marek Piekarczyk
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 		Vicente Miron
File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 		Not awarded Not awarded
2021 Joel Rey Carcasona (Former)
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 		Joshuan Aponte
File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico
2022 Tony Ardolino
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 		Max Appenroth
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
2023 David Allwood
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 		Dion Alexander
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
2024 John Bench Ortiz
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 		Poosit Changkaewmanee
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand

See also

References

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External links

  • Official event website
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