Mr Gay World

Mr Gay World is a registered and trademarked annual international competition for gay men.

Mister Gay World / Mr Gay World
Formation2009
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersSouth Africa (Current) Gay World Events (PTY) Ltd
Location
  • Worldwide
Membership
18+
Official language
English
President
Eric Butter
Key people
Johann van Niekerk; John–Louis O'Neil; Dr Igor Scheurkogel and Jacques du Toit
Websitehttp://www.mrgayworld.com/

The reigning Mr Gay World is José López Duvont from Puerto Rico. López is the first Latino winner, and the first winner from the Americas.[1]

Beginnings

Before there was Mr Gay World, there was IMG Mr Gay International. Brian Merriman (owner of Mr Gay Ireland) and Tore Aasheim (co-owner of Mr Gay Europe) attended the competition with the European delegation. Merriman and Aasheim decided to create their own international competition.

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.

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.

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,[2][3] Taurai Zhanje from Zimbabwe, Robel Hailu from Ethiopia, former Olympian Chavdar Arsov from Bulgaria, Wendelinus Hamutenya from Namibia and Xiao Dai from China.[4][5]

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*. [6]

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.[7]

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.[7]

In 2018, Mr Gay World announced that the 2019 competition will move to South Africa from Hong Kong due to prohibition from local authorities.[8]

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,[9][10] 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.
2022  Puerto Rico José López Duvont Cape Town, South Africa 8
2021  South Africa Louw Breytenbach (Resigned) South Africa | Virtual contest 10 [11][12]
 Philippines Joel Rey Carcasona (Assumed) [13][14]
2020 Leonard Kodie Macayan 9 [15][16]
2019 John Jeffrey Carlos (Completed)[lower-alpha 1] Cape Town, South Africa 24 [17][18]
 Spain Francisco Alvarado (Assumed)[lower-alpha 1] [19]
2018  Australia Jordan Paul Bruno Knysna, South Africa 21 [20][21]
2017  Philippines John Raspado Madrid & Maspalomas, Spain 21 [22][23]
2016  Spain Roger Gosalbez St. Julian's, Malta 24 [24][25]
2015  Germany Klaus Burkart (Resigned) Knysna, South Africa 21 [26][27]
 Hong Kong Mass Luciano (Assumed)
2014  United Kingdom Stuart Hatton Rome, Italy 32 [28][29]
2013  New Zealand Christopher Michael Olwage Antwerp, Belgium 25 —
2012 Andreas Derleth Johannesburg, South Africa 22 —
2011  South Africa Francois Nel Manila, Philippines 23 —
2010 Charl Van Den Berg Oslo, Norway 23 [30]
2009  Ireland Max Krzyzanowski Whistler, Canada 19 —

Country/territory by number of wins
Country/Territory Titles Year
 Philippines 4 2017, 2019[lower-alpha 1], 2020, 2021[lower-alpha 2]
 South Africa 3 2010, 2011, 2021[lower-alpha 3]
 Spain 2 2016, 2019[lower-alpha 1]
 New Zealand 2012, 2013
 Australia 1 2018
 Germany 2015[lower-alpha 3]
 Hong Kong 2015[lower-alpha 2]
 Puerto Rico 2022
 United Kingdom 2014
 Ireland 2009
  1. Originally crowned 1st Runner-Up. Took over the title after the original winner completed his reign.
  2. Originally crowned 1st Runner-Up. Took over the title after the original winner resigned.
  3. Resigned

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

See also

References
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