Mr Gay World 2013

Mr Gay World 2013
Date August 4, 2013
Presenters Amaryllis Temmerman, Brigitte Derks & René Vanhove
Venue Elckerlijc theatre, Antwerp, Belgium
Broadcaster Mr Gay World Official Site
Entrants 25
Placements 10
Debuts Aruba, Denmark, Myanmar, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, Ukraine
Withdraws Bulgaria, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Pakistan, Venezuela
Returns Austria, Belgium, India, Northern Ireland
Winner Christopher Michael Olwage
 New Zealand
Best National Costume Christopher Michael Olwage
 New Zealand
Photogenic Jaime David Montes Bernal
 Mexico

Mr Gay World 2013, the 5th Mr Gay World competition, was held over 5 days in Antwerp, Belgium during the worldOutgames 2013, with the Grand Finale at Elckerlijc Theatre, Antwerp, Belgium on August 4, 2013.[1] Andreas Derleth of New Zealand crowned his successor Christopher Michael Olwage, also of New Zealand, at the end of this event. 25 countries and territories competed for the title.

Results

Final results Contestant
Mr Gay World 2013
1st Runner-up
2nd Runner-up
  •  USA - Matthew "Matt" Simmons
Top 5
  •  Aruba - Ashley Karym Peternella
  •  Namibia - Ricardo Raymond Amunjera
Top 10

Special awards

Award Contestant
Mr. Gay Congeniality
  •  Canada - Danny Dionysios Papadatos
Mr. Gay Photogenic
  •  Mexico - Jaime David Montes Bernal
Best National Costume
Popular vote
Sports Challenge
  •  Aruba - Ashley Karym Peternella
Mr. Gay Swimwear
Art challenge award

Judges

Expected Contestants

Country Contestant Age Height Hometown National Title
 Aruba Ashley Karym Peternella 21 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Mr Gay Aruba
 Australia Aaron Taylor 26 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Mr Gay Australia
 Austria Joachim Trauner 30 1.81 m (5 ft 11 12 in) Mr Gay Austria
 Belgium Tom Goris[2] 34 1.83 m (6 ft 11 in) Mr Gay Belgium
 Brazil Marcio Evandro Maia[3] 33 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Mr Gay Brazil
 Canada Danny Dionysios Papadatos[4] 28 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Mr Gay Canada
 Chile Jean Daniel Muños[5] 25 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Mr Gay Chile
 Czech Republic Marek Zly 34 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Mr Gay Czech Republic
 Denmark Michael Sinan[6] 35 1.81 m (5 ft 11 12 in) Mr Gay Denmark
 Finland Janne Tiilikainen[7] 27 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Mr Gay Finland
 France Armando Santos[8] 26 1.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in) Mr Gay France
 Hong Kong Benjie Vasquez Caraig 31 1.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in) Mr Gay Honkong
 India Nolan Lewis[9] 29 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Andheri, Mumbai Mr Gay India
 Mexico Jaime David Montes Bernal 25 1.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in) Mr Gay Mexico
 Myanmar Sai Pye Myo Kyaw 28 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Mr Gay Myanmar
 Namibia Ricardo Raymond Amunjera 30 1.81 m (5 ft 11 12 in) Mr Gay Namibia
 New Zealand Christopher Michael Olwage 27 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Mr Gay New Zealand
 Northern Ireland Conor O’Kane 20 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Mr Gay Northern Ireland
 Philippines Erimar Sayo Ortigas[10] 29 1.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in) Mr Gay Philippines
 Puerto Rico Juan Luis Ortiz 30 1.89 m (6 ft 2 12 in) Mr Gay Puerto Rico
 South Africa Steve Williams[11] 38 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Mr Gay South Africa
 Spain Miguel Ortiz[12] 20 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Mr Gay Spain
  Switzerland Luis Bonfiglio[13] 25 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Mr Gay Switzerland
 Taiwan Darien Chen 30 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in) Mr Gay Taiwan
 USA Matthew Simmons[14] 25 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Mr Gay USA

National pageant notes

Debuts

Returning countries

References

  1. "Program MGW 2013". World Outgames. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  2. http://www.mrgayeurope.com/2013/06/belgium-has-chosen-their-man/
  3. http://fastfoode.wordpress.com/tag/mister-gay-brasil/
  4. http://www.closetcanuck.com/2013/02/danny-papadatos-of-saskatoon-selected.html
  5. http://www.mistergaydechile.cl/jean-daniel-entrevista
  6. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/24/michael-sinan-mr-gay-denmark-islam-_n_1910604.html
  7. http://mrgayfinland.fi/
  8. http://www.acausedesgarcons.com/2013/05/armando-santos-representera-la-france-a-mr-gay-europe-2013.html
  9. http://samsbloginess.blogspot.com/2013/03/csb-xclusive-noel-lewis-mr-gay-india.html
  10. http://www.sashfactor.info/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=4139
  11. http://www.mrgsa.co.za/blog2/finalists/finalist-11/
  12. http://www.mrgaypride.es/noticia_mr_gay_pride_espana_2012_1.html
  13. http://www.gaymodelcontest.ch/de/die-schweiz-hat-gewaehlt
  14. http://fuertemen.com/features/news/504-marine-wins-mr-gay-world-usa.html