- Mister Gay Chile
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Mister Gay Chile is the national beauty pageant for gay men of Chile. The winner of the title is the ambassador of the gay community during his reign and its purpose is to project a positive image of gay people. The Mr. Gay Chile competition was created by the Gay Fone company, the phone chat most visited of the country as part of its social responsibility policy, and has the backing of MOVILH, the leading advocacy organization for the GLBT community. Titleholders have represented Chile in international competitions: International Mr. Gay Competition and Mr. Gay World. In February 2011, Pablo Salvador, Mr. Gay Chile 2009 - 2010, won the International Mr Gay Competition.
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Purpose
The purpose of the Mr. Gay Chile contest is to give greater visibility to the gay community, setting up a positive image of homosexuals in Chilean society.
The Competition
The choice of candidates is based not only on physical attributes. Communication skills are measured from applicants, their form of expression and, above all, the level of commitment of each participant with reality, causes and values of the gay community.
In the first and second competition, the selection of candidates was conducted by the Advertising Agency Tsunami after a personal interview.
n the third edition of the contest was decided by a jury composed of representatives of the gay community, Gay Fone and the reigning Mr Gay Chile Pablo Salvador.
The choice of Mr. Gay Chile has changed in each issue. In the first edition, candidates faced a panel of judges headed by MP Marco Enríquez-Ominami in the grand finale at the Hotel Radisson Ciudad Empresarial. In the second edition, a total of 25 candidates competed in an online poll. The 10 candidates with more popular support, became finalists and faced a panel of judges led by photographer and journalist Jordi Castell. In the third edition of the competition by a jury selected 10 finalists are faced with an online vote that defined the 50% of the total score. The other 50% was defined by the votes of those present at the Grand Finale.
Mr. Gay Chile Titleholders
- 2008 – Roberto Andres Alvarez Alvarado.
- 2009 - 2010 Pablo Salvador.
- 2011- Alex Klocker.
Mr. Gay Internationals Titleholders
- 2008 - Mr. Gay Europe: Antonio Almijez
Spain - 2008 - Mr. Gay International: Carlos Melia
Argentina - 2009 - Mr. Gay Europe: Sergio Lara Spain
- 2009 - Mr. Gay International: Ricco Muller
Switzerland - 2009 - Mr. Gay World: Max Krzyzanowski
Ireland - 2010 - Mr Gay World: Charl Van den Berg
South Africa - 2011- Mr Gay International: Pablo Salvador
Chile - 2011- Mr Gay Europe: Giulio Spatola
Italy
Mister Gay Chile 2008
In November 2008, the first event was held in the Hall Pyramid Hotel Radisson Ciudad Empresarial. The event began with the presentation of the 10 finalists, a total of 30 original applicants, and with sharp questions from the jury. The jury was composed of Marco Enríquez-Ominami, Oliver Leleux (owner of Gay Fone), the president of MOVILH, Rolando Jimenez, Latin America correspondent for Rolling Stones magazine, Morten Andersen, the representative of Amnesty International, Patricio Quevedo and the presidents of Chile Gay Sports and Social Action Center for Diversity, Ricardo Leon and Ricardo Santos.
The jury evaluated the knowledge of the candidates on the main causes of the LGBT movement and on the rights of other discriminated groups.
"The important thing is that regardless of play, we stay with the bottom of this competition, which aims to promote non-discrimination. In this talk, human rights," noted Enriquez-Ominami who a year later became a presidential candidate.
The jury selected three finalists, who went to a second round of questions, those elected were: Roberto Alvarez, Alvaro Pastrian and Pablo Salvador. The winning prize was one million pesos in cash.
Roberto Andres Alvarez Alvarado (28) Chemical Technical, won the pageant. About his victory Roberto Alvarez said: "I know I'm not the most handsome gay Chile, but if I dared to compete and contribute to ending the cartoons. I feel I can contribute to combat discrimination." Alvarez was invited to TVN program, Animal Nocturno and was the face of the Gay Fone advertising for a year.
References
External links
- Pablo Salvador`s Web http://www.pablosalvador.cl
- Mr Gay World http://www.mrgayworld.org
- International Mr. Gay Competition http://www.mrgaycompetition.com
- C.H. y A.R. PRIMER CERTAMEN DE MISTER GAY CHILE APOSTO POR EL ATRACTIVO FISICO Y EL COMPROMISO CON LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS, Santiago, 04/112008, http://www.opusgay.cl/1315/article-84183.html
- El Repuertero, Premio al más "mino": Concurso Gay regala Un Palo al ganador, http://www.elrepuertero.cl/admin/render/noticia/16300
- La Nación, Técnico químico es el más guapo de los gay de Chile, Santiago, 05 de noviembre 2008, http://lanacion.cl/prontus_noticias_v2/site/artic/20081104/pags/20081104214507.html
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