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Manhunt International is an international male beauty pageant which began in 1993, though the roots of the pageant go back a few years more to when one single national preliminary was held in Singapore. The pageant is held by Metromedia Singapore and Procon Leisure International.
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History
The Manhunt Contest started in 1987, when Alex Liu, pageant director of Metromedia Singapore, decided to stage the first male model contest in Singapore, as there were numerous pageants for women and none for men. Liu consequently planned and engineered the first Manhunt contest in Singapore.
Manhunt became Manhunt International in 1993. It was first held in Australia's Gold Coast in 1993, when Germany's Thomas Sasse took the first Manhunt International title from 25 contestants. In 1994, the pageant remained in Australia's Gold Coast when Nikos Papadakis of Greece won. The Manhunt International Event is a joint partnership with our Australian partner, Procon Leisure International Pty Ltd, headed by Mr. Rosko Dickinson.
The pageant saw one of its most successful years in November 1995 when 35 contestants came to Sentosa Island, Singapore to compete for the prestigious title. The cash award and prizes for 1995's winner alone exceeded $100,000.00.[citation needed]
Eligibility criteria
Sex: Male Age range: 18 to 30 Marital status: Single Height: at least 1.8 meter / 5'11" Skills: speak English (optional), modeling experience Additional attributes: photogenic, good physique (not bodybuilders), wonderful personality, cool character, enthusiastic Competition
Manhunt competition is staged on two rounds, preliminary and final. During the preliminary round, the contestants are judged in national costume, swim wear, evening wear, and fashion wear. The contestants with most scores will be named as finalists, from which the judges will determine the winner and the runners up.
During the pageant final, several other awards also given aside from the ultimate title of Manhunt International. These awards are Best in National Costume, Best Runway Model, Mister Photogenic, Mister Friendship, Mister Personality, Mister Physique, and Mister Popularity (voted by people via internet). Since the 2005 edition, Manhunt International has also given five continental awards to the best representatives of each continent. In the 2007 edition, it was announced that the winner of Mister Popularity would automatically advance to final round.
Titleholders
Not held in 1996, 2003, 2004, & 2009.
Year Manhunt International Country Location event 1993 Thomas Sasse 
GermanyGold Coast, 
Australia1994 Nikos Papadakis 
GreeceGold Coast, Australia1995 Albe Geldenhuys 
South Africa
Singapore1997 Jason Erceg 
New Zealand Singapore1998 Peter Eriksen 
SwedenGold Coast, Australia1999 Ernesto Calzadilla 
VenezuelaManila, 
Philippines2000 Brett Wilson Australia Singapore2001 Rajeev Singh[1] 
IndiaBeijing, 
China2002 Fabrice Wattez 
FranceShanghai, China2005 Tolgahan Sayisman 
TurkeyBusan, 
Korea2006 Jaime Augusto Mayol 
USAJinjiang, China2007 Jeffrey Zheng Yu Guang ChinaGangwon, Korea2008 Abdelmoumen El Maghraouy 
MoroccoSeoul, Korea2010 Peter Meňky 
Slovak RepublicTaichung, 
Taiwan2011 Chen Jiang Feng ChinaSeoul, Korea"League tables"
Performance by country
As of 2010:
Country Titles Winning years China2 2007, 2011 Germany1 1993 Greece1 1994 South Africa1 1995 New Zealand1 1997 Sweden1 1998 Venezuela1 1999 Australia1 2000 India1 2001 France1 2002 Turkey1 2005 United States1 2006 Morocco1 2008 Slovakia1 2010 By country tally
Main article: Full Country Rankings for Manhunt InternationalAnyone who follows the Olympic Games or other sporting events will be familiar with the concept of the Medal Table, which ranks countries based on their first (gold), second (silver) and third (bronze) place finishes. Below is a similar table of the top rankings for the Manhunt International, based on all results from the first event in 1993 to the most recent competition in 2010.
Rank Country/Territory Manhunt International 1st runner-up 2nd runner-up 3rd runner-up 4th runner-up Semifinalists Total 1 China2 1 1 1 0 5 10 2 India1 2 0 0 3 4 10 3 Venezuela1 1 1 1 1 4 9 4 Turkey1 1 1 1 0 3 7 5 Australia1 1 0 1 0 3 6 6 Sweden1 1 0 0 0 3 5 7 Germany1 1 0 0 0 1 3 8 USA1 0 3 1 0 2 7 9 Greece1 0 1 0 0 2 4 10 South Africa1 0 0 2 1 2 6 By continental region
As of 2010:
Region Titles Best Performance Europe 6 Germany, Greece, Sweden, France, Slovak Republic and Turkey (1). Asia 3 China (2) and India (1). Africa 2 South Africa and Morocco (1). Americas 2 Venezuela and United States (1). Oceania 2 Australia and New Zealand (1). References
- ^ Business India, Issues 615-620, A.H. Advani, 2001, p. 160, http://books.google.co.uk/books?cd=4&id=oKlIAAAAYAAJ&q=Manhunt#search_anchor
See also
- Mister International
- Mister World
- Mr. Universe
External links
Manhunt International Countries • Awards • Rankings Categories:- Male beauty pageants
- Manhunt International
- Recurring events established in 1993
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