Manhunt International
Manhunt International ( German "Men Fang International " ) is an international beauty contest for men. The event is organized since 1993 by the Singaporean organization Metromedia Singapore, in collaboration with the Australian event organizers Procon Leisure International at different locations in Asia and Australia. The competition is officially the first international beauty contest for men.
History
Manhunt International 1987 was due to a resulting local beauty contest for men in Singapore. Alex Liu, organizers of beauty contests for Metromedia Singapore had this set up. With the competitions Lord products should be more marketable. On 30 November 1993, Liu held with his Australian business partner Rosko Dickinson the first international beauty contest for men on the Australian Gold Coast. In the exclusively female jury majority were international fashion journalists. It won the 26 -year-old Berlin student Thomas Sasse, who was able to prevail against 24 competitors and was awarded a bonus of 10,000 Australian dollars.
In 1995, the final was first broadcast on TV in 39 countries and pursued by approximately 420 million viewers. In 2005, the event has been in South Korea -sponsored by Mercedes Benz. A year later Manhunt International reached at his host in China a billion viewers worldwide. Previously held exclusively in Asia and Australia, the event outside these two continents is poorly understood. Although no immediate plans exist to host the beauty contest in the U.S., the organizers are hoping for a greater perception in the Western world.
As with the Miss World beauty pageant, the candidates are (eg Mister Germany) determined in national competitions and must be between 18 and 30 years old. They occur in a preliminary, semi -final and final round among other fashion shows (Swimwear, national costumes and so on) and talent competitions against each other. The winner is determined by a jury, in the since 2001 and male jurors can be recorded. The Manhunt winner will receive in addition to a cash prize and a modeling contract a white scarf. As with the Miss World beauty pageant special prices ( "Mr Friendship ", "Mr Personality", "Mr Photogenic ," " Best National Costume ", etc. ) are issued sporadically.
With the award of the title in 2008 in South Korea voted eleven jurors with the Moroccans Abdelmoumen El Maghraouy first time an Arab participants as the winner. El Maghraouy received a cash prize of U.S. $ 10,000 and a modeling contract worth U.S. $ 30,000 with the Chinese agency Mythmodels Beijing.
Award winners
In the 14 competitions held so far, participants cut out of India from the most successful that once won the title twice and occupied second place. The most frequent victories were candidates from Europe to unite ( five wins).
1996 should be held to hand over the final, it was postponed due to the upcoming parliamentary elections Singaporeans to 1997. 2003 and 2004, the beauty contest was due to the outbreak of the SARS virus or avian influenza H5N1 in Southeast Asia. 2009, again to be held in South Korea event due to the global influenza pandemic was canceled and postponed to 2010 to Taiwan.
¹ = 1998, the runner-up Sandro Finoglio Speranza from Venezuela elected Mister World.
² = 2003 took the runner-up Belgians Fabien Hauquier in the election for Mister World a third place.