Mister Lebanon

Mister Lebanon, is a male beauty pageant which is held annually to select a young man who takes on humanitarian duties and represents Lebanon in international beauty pageants, most notably Mister World. The first Mister Lebanon competition was held in 1995 and concluded with crowning Hadi El Esta.

Mister Lebanon winners often graduate from the pageant circuit to become models, actors or TV hosts. Lebanese titleholders proved considerable performances at international pageants, placing almost every year since the launching of the male beauty pageantry, leading the world to classify Arab men generally, and Lebanese men particularly, among the most attractive in the world.

The competition is sponsored by Lebanese Tourism Services which has often contracted with modeling agencies, most notably Nidal's Agency to assign representatives instead of throwing competitions, due to special circumstances such as the 2006 Lebanon War.

Many of the Mister Lebanon winners and competitors went to become celebrities of wide fame and popularity. Ghassan Mawla dominated throughout 2004-2007 with many reality television appearances, a music album and some successful enterprises. In 2012, Wissam Hanna placed fifth in the Arabic version of Dancing with the Stars. The latter and fellow Miss Lebanon winner Rosarita Tawil brought the pageant circuit in Lebanon to massive media and public attention through the show. Assaad Tarabay, Abdel Rahman El Balaa and Ali Hammoud began successful careers in the modeling and fitness domains after their highly publicized wins.

The current titleholder is Ayman Moussa who won the prestigious title in late August 2013 and took a break from his interior design studies at Lebanese American University to fulfill his duties, which were politically oriented, unlike the previous Mister Lebanon winners who mostly worked on environmental and social causes.

Lebanese delegates proved successful internationally, unlike those from the female parallel of the Mister Lebanon contest, Miss Lebanon. In 2012 Ali Hammoud was assigned to represent Lebanon in Mister International 2012 and was crowned after winning two awards for Best Body and Most Handsome, thus becoming the second Lebanese man to win the pageant, the first being Wissam Hanna. 2012 official Mister Lebanon placed within the Top 10 in one of the greatest male pageants on the planet, Mister World.

Titleholders

• 1995: Hadi El Esta
• 1997: Ghassan Mawla
• 1998: Steve Basmadjian
• 2000: Omar Meyho
• 2003: Assaad Tarabay
• 2004: Ants Melhem
• 2005: Wissam Hanna
• 2007: Bassel Abou Hamdan
• 2008: Mohamed Chamseddine
• 2009: Abdel Rahman Balaa
• 2010: Roy Emad
• 2011: Mohamed El Hajj
• 2012: Rodolphe Bou Nader
• 2013: Ayman Moussa
• 2014: Rabih El zein

Representatives

Mister World

Mister International

Manhunt

See also

• Miss Lebanon

External links

• Mister Lebanon Official Website
• Mister Lebanon site
• Mister World
• Mister International
• Manhunt International