Mr Gay Europe

Winners(Belgium won in 2016 but this is not described on the map.)

Mr Gay Europe is a male beauty pageant for gay Europeans. It was founded by its former President, Morten Rudå and its current President, Tore Aasheim; and was hosted for the first time in 2005. The competition was held in Oslo, Norway and the winner was Alexander van Kempen from the Netherlands. The following year, Amsterdam was the host city.

In 2006 at Amsterdam, Nandor Gyongyosi of Hungary won the title.

Mr Gay Europe Contest 2007 was held in Budapest, August 5, as part of Pride Island Europa, Central and Eastern Europe's largest new International GLBTQ celebration. The winner was Germany's Jackson Netto.

In 2008, again in Budapest, the competition was won by Spain's Antonio Pedro Almijez.[1][2]

In 2009, the competition was held in Oslo and won by Spain's Sergio Lara.[3] In 2010, the competition was supposed to be in Geneva, Switzerland, but was cancelled. In 2011 the competition was in Braşov, Romania. The 2010/2011 winner was Giulio Spatola, from Palermo (Italy).[4]

In 2012, the competition was held in Rome, Italy and won by Miguel Ortiz from Spain.

In 2013, the event was held in Prague and Robbie O'Bara of Ireland won Mr Gay Europe 2013.[5] Robbie is originally from Canada of Canadian/Korean descent and has returned to that country to start practising as a medical doctor.

In 2014, the competition was held in Austria (14 of June, Bregenz). For the first time in MGE history, the contest took the delegates on a journey through the hosting country. The finale took place in the Bregenzer Festspielhaus. The tour was being produced by Nouba-Events (www.nouba-events.com). Mr Gay Europe 2014 title goes home to Scandinavia with Jack Johansson of Sweden.[6] The judging panel included Tore Aasheim, the president of Mr. Gay Europe, and Coenie Kukkuk, the Director Africa & Middle East of Mr.Gay World.[7]

In 2015, the competition was cancelled but was rescheduled to be held in Sweden and Norway 29. July to 7. August 2016, starting in Stockholm with the Pride Parade, before journeying west to Trondheim and Oslo. Belgium’s Raf Van Puymbroeck took home the title of Mr Gay Europe 2016.

Previous winners

Year Delegate From Venue
2005 Alexander van Kempen  Netherlands Oslo, Norway
2006 Nándi Gyöngyösi  Hungary Amsterdam, Netherlands
2007 Jackson Netto  Germany Budapest, Hungary
2008 Antonio Pedro Almijez  Spain Budapest, Hungary
2009 Sergio Lara  Spain Oslo, Norway
2011 Giulio Spatola  Italy Braşov, Romania
2012 Miguel Ortiz  Spain Rome, Italy
2013 Robbie O'Bara  Ireland Prague, Czech Republic
2014 Jack Johansson  Sweden Bregenz, Austria
2016 Raf Van Puymbroeck  Belgium Oppdal, Norway

2016 in Oppdal, Norway

Country Contestant Age Title
 Belgium Raf Van Puymbroeck[8] 21 Winner
 Bulgaria Dimitar Dimitrov[9] 33
 Czech Republic Ladislav Agh[10] 28
 Denmark Danni Sigen[11] 29
 England Joni Valadares[12] 28
 Ireland Konrad Im[13] 27
 Poland Andrzej Berg[14] 27
 Slovakia Marek Gajdos[15] 25
 Spain Sergio Diaz Rullo Brasero[16] 26
 Wales Paul Davies[17] 32

2014 in Vienna, Austria

Country Contestant Age Height Title
 Austria Robert Prolic[18] 23 186 Disqualified
 Belgium David Joest[19] 34 187
 Bulgaria Georgi Todorov[20] 31 176
 Cyprus Kiriakos Spanos[21] 25 183
 Czech Republic Michal[22] 29
 Denmark Christian-Sebastian[23] 24 175 2nd runner-up
 France Olivier Croft[24] 31 184
 Germany Fabrice[25] 22 184
 Ireland Robbie Lawlor[26] 23 181
 Lithuania Minde[27] 28 175
 Northern Ireland Nick Flanagan[28] 22 180 3rd runner-up
 Poland Conrad Filas[29] 26 183
 Sweden Jack Johansson[30] 20 179 Winner[31]
  Switzerland Max Escobar[32] 28 175
 Ukraine Kazza Aivazovskii[33] 29
 United Kingdom Stuart Hatton Jr[34] 29 170 1st runner-up

2013 in Prague, Czech Republic

Country Contestant Age Height Title
 Austria Patrick Santos 24 184 Sports Challenge 2013
 Belgium Tom Gorris 34 183
 Bulgaria Yanislav Pavlov 32 179
 Czech Republic Marek Zly 34 180
 Denmark Michael Sinan Thomsen 35 181 MGE Congeniality 2013
 Finland Aleks Vehkala 19 182
 France Armando Santos 26 176 MGE Internet Vote (People's Choice) 2013
 Germany Marc Ohmer 30 178
 Ireland Robbie Obara 26 189 Mr Gay Europe 2013, Best Interview & Best Talent
 Italy Alessio Cuvello 25 175
 Netherlands Bobby de Vries 18 184
 Northern Ireland Conor O’Kane 20 173
 Slovakia Jozef Hulina 26 184 MGE Photogenic 2013
 Spain Edgar Moreno 34 181
 Sweden Fritiof Teodor Ingelhammar 20 187 2nd Runner Up & Written Test 2013
  Switzerland Luis Bonfiglio 25 175
 United Kingdom Leroy Williamson 28 187 1st Runner Up & MGE Swimwear 2013

2012 in Rome, Italy

Country Contestant Age Height Hair Eyes City Occupation Zodiac Interview Talent Written Photo Sport Congeniality Swim Wear Internet Vote Stage Perf. Last Question Total
 Austria Joachim Trauner 29 181 Blond Blue Vienna Area Manager Taurus 3 3
 Belarus Aleksandr Korik 24 176 Black Green Minsk Manager Libra 4
 Bulgaria Chavdar Arsov 25 176 Black Brown Sofia Coach Saggittarius
 Cyprus Kiri Spanos 24 184 Black Brown Nicosia Graduate Leo 1 3
 Czech Republic Tomáš Frýda 24 178 Blond Blue Prague Personal Trainer Leo 1 4 5
 Denmark Jobbe Joller 23 179 Brown Brown Aarhus Student Scorpio
 Estonia Vadim Firsa 22 170 Brown Brown Tallinn Hotel Administrator Virgo
 Finland Janne Tiilikainen 26 175 Blond Blue Helsinki Student Saggittarius 1 3 5 170
 France Remy Frejaville 31 178 Black Brown Montpellier Sales Representative Aries 2 4 2 2 3 174
 Germany Chris Janik 35 178 Brown Blue Cologne Office Clerk Scorpio
 Greece Argyrios Stelios Christakis 29 175 Black Blue Heraklion Hairdresser Cancer 1 1 4
 Ireland Steven Baitson 22 180 Brown Brown Dublin Model / Hairdresser Leo
 Italy Nicholas Menna 27 184 Brown Brown Rome Dancer Gemini 2 3 5 1 1 5 4 181
 Malta Steve Grech 31 178 Brown Blue Birkirkara Retail & Personal Trainer Pisces 4 4 3 5 1 2 195
 Northern Ireland Daniel Hegarty 21 191 Brown Blue Derry Hairdresser Taurus
 Norway Sebastian Okshovd 22 165 Black Brown Beitostølen Kindergarten Assistant Virgo
 Slovakia Martin Lhota 21 168 Red Blue Bratislava Flight Attendant Aries
 Spain Miguel Ortiz 19 183 Black Brown Huelva National Police Student Saggittarius 5 2 2 1 3 1 204
 Sweden Erik da Silva 26 180 Brown Brown Stockholm Model / Laser Technician Taurus 2 2 2
  Switzerland Stephan Bitterlin 43 176 Brown Brown Zurich Dancer / Teacher Cancer 5
 Turkey Denis Hamdi 25 176 Black Brown İstanbul Student Scorpio

2011 in Braşov, Romania

Country Contestant Age Height Hair Eyes City Occupation Zodiac Title
 Bulgaria Stanislav Tanchev 36 x Brown Brown Sofia Sportsman (Track & Field & Triathlon) Aquarius
 France Guillaume Barbier 27 190 Blond Brown Paris Student Social Worker Libra
 Iceland Simon Cramer Larsen 26 183 Brown Blue Reykjavík High School Teacher Aries
 Ireland Barry Francis Gouldsbury 27 185 Blond Blue Dublin Hairdresser Aquarius
 Italy Giulio Spatola 26 175 Blond Green Palermo Filmmaker / Hotel Manager Cancer Mr Gay Europe 2011
 Norway Snorre Andreassen 36 x Blond Blue Oslo Hairstylist Pisces
 Romania Nicu Manea 32 172 Brown Brown Curtea de Argeș Human Resources Specialist Aquarius
 Russia Ramin Ismailov 20 181 Black Brown Moscow Psychology Student Capricorn
 Sweden Christo Willesen 25 181 Brown Green Gothenburg Bartender and Waiter Capricorn
 Turkey Aleydin Aliyev 22 169 Black Brown Ankara Ballet and Show Dancer Pisces

Although an edition for 2010 was supposed to be held in Geneva, Switzerland, the edition got cancelled and no contest held in this year.

2009 in Oslo, Norway

Country Contestant Age Height City Occupation Title
 Belarus Andrei Charkas 23 182 Minsk Shop assistant & journalist
 Belgium Cédric Fievey 26 173 Brussels Production manager Top 12 Semi-finalist
 Bulgaria Radoslav Iliev 22 178 Sofia Student
 Czech Republic Martin Miko 23 192 Častá Bartender
 Denmark Mitchel Nebelong-Ibsen 20 180 Kastrup Stop AIDS worker
 Estonia Madis Räästas 28 180 Tallinn Waiter Top 12 Semi-finalist & Challenge winner
 Germany Dominic Meury 23 180 München Industry Worker
 Iceland Magnus Jonsson 24 184 Reykjanesbær Steward & spinning instructor Top 3 Finalist
 Ireland Jason Masterson 23 165 Tallaght Disability Care Assistant Top 3 Finalist
 Italy Antony Cortinovis 24 183 Bergamo Pizza Man Top 12 Semi-finalist
 Netherlands Jeffrey Zevenbergen 27 190 Ridderkerk Social Worker Top 12 Semi-finalist & MGE People's Choice 2009
 Northern Ireland James Smallman 23 176 Derry Waiter/Bar Man & Call Centre Agent Top 12 Semi-finalist
 Norway Walter Heidkampf 49 184 Oslo Senior Health Officer Top 12 Semi-finalist
 Poland Kamil Szmerdt 21 175 Tychy Bartender
 Portugal André Caldeira Rodrigues 32 180 Lisbon Entrepreneur & financial executive MGE Congeniality 2009
 Romania Andy Claudiu Postica 22 180 Bucharest Hair stylist Top 12 Semi-finalist
 Russia David Baramia 24 180 Vladimir Landscape designer Top 12 Semi-finalist & MGE No 1 Talent 2009
 Slovakia Roman Vašek 21 178 Častá Receptionist
 Slovenia Robert Kulovec Mueller 29 182 Ljubljana Student & web firm business owner
 Spain Sergio Lara 26 180 Barcelona Graduate Mr Gay Europe 2009 & Mr Gay Swimwear 2009
 Sweden Mirza Muhic 28 182 Stockholm Merchandiser & salesman
  Switzerland Ricco Müller 24 174 Zurich Producer Top 12 Semi-finalist
 Turkey Halil Adem Said 25 178 Bursa Receptionist

2008 in Budapest, Hungary

Country Contestant Age Height City Occupation
 Austria Michael Fröhle 24 177 Feldkirch IT-Engineer
 Belgium Lionel Grégoire 23 180 Wemmel Student
 Bulgaria Deyan Kolev 28 176 Varna Student
 Czech Republic Jakub Starý 22 187 Prague Student
Gran Canaria Dempsey - 26 188 Playa del Ingles Freelance hairdresser
 Hungary Péter Gyökeres 21 170 - -
 Iceland Hreinn Erlingsson 22 171 Hafnarfjördur Student
 Ireland Barry Meegan 29 188 Dublin Consultant
 Italy Fabrizio Caiazza 33 180 Milan Police Officer
 Lithuania Vipas Burnickis 20 179 Vilnius Artist
 Malta Steve Grech 27 178 Cospicua Health & Fitness, Personal trainer
 Netherlands Stefan Onland 20 186 Enschede Student
 Northern Ireland Graeme Williamson 25 191 Belfast Zoo Keeper
 Norway Kai Thomas Ryen Larsen 21 179 Oslo Artist
 Portugal Paulo Almeida 33 178 Lisbon Prison guard
 Romania Alex Ocros 22 177 Bucharest Sale Manager
 Russia Andrey Vernadsky 26 180 Moscow Copyrighter
 Serbia Ivan Maljukanović 19 180 Belgrade Student
 Slovakia Robert Pusztai 18 181 Filakovo Student
 Slovenia Lev Dermota 26 190 Ljubljana Artist
 Spain Antonio Pedro Almijez 22 177 Madrid Lifeguard
 Sweden Joachim Brattfjord Corneliusson 21 185 Lilla Edet Painter
 Wales Matthew Jones 36 183 Caerphilly Health Store Manager
Non Participating
 United Kingdom Tom Jones 26 177 Gosport Wrestler

2007 in Budapest, Hungary

Country Contestant Age Height City Occupation Title
 Azerbaijan Sadikh Ragimov 19 169 Baku Student
 Belgium Jens Taghon 19 178 Koekelare Sales Assistant
 Bulgaria Ivo Krustev 29 181 Sofia Dancer
 Denmark Mikkel Svarre 30 177 Copenhagen Teacher
 France Yori Bailleres 23 173 Paris DJ
Gran Canaria Leonardo Luíz Murilo 19 180 Maspalomas Promotion Staff
 Germany Jackson Netto 25 177 Stuttgart Student Mr Gay Europe 2007 & Mr Gay Swimwear 2007
 Hungary Deam Ladányi 24 173 Budapest Communications Manager
 Ireland John Rice 23 182 Belfast Restaurant Supervisor 2nd Runner Up
 Israel Shachar Eyal 25 173 Haifa Bartender
 Italy Diego Gerolimi 23 187 Bologna Student
Lapland Thor-Kjetil Sundbakk 29 165 Kirkenes Nurse
 Macedonia Kiko - 21 178 Skopje Chemist
 Moldova Eugeniu - 24 180 Chişinău Clothing Designer and TV Correspondent
 Netherlands Stefan Onland 19 185 Enschede Social Worker MGE People's Choice 2007
 Northern Ireland Mikey Robinson 21 174 Dublin Communications Executive
 Norway Marius Svela 20 186 Randaberg Soldier MGE No 1 Talent 2007
 Poland Przemysław Rogacki 22 182 Legnica Chef
 Portugal José Marques 23 170 Porto Telecommunications Expert
 Romania Emanuel - 25 175 Bucharest Student
 Serbia Blagoje Bjeloglav 24 183 Niš Student
 Slovenia Lev Dermota 24 190 Ljubljana Student MGE Congeniality 2007
 Spain José Luís Fuster Genovart 24 180 Palma Sales Representative
 United Kingdom Mark Carter 24 181 Bradford Police Officer 1st Runner Up

2006 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Country Contestant Age Height City Occupation
 Austria Aaron Michael Jackson 33 186 Vienna Researcher
 Belgium Bart Hesters 20 182 Lochristi Student Nurse
 Bulgaria Vassil Nikolov 20 185 Plovdiv Student
 Denmark Mikkel Svarre 29 177 Copenhagen Teacher
 France Jules 24 175 Paris Student
Gran Canaria Edgar González 26 178 Las Palmas Zoo Keeper
 Hungary Nándi Gyöngyösi 29 178 Miskolc Computer Designer
 Ireland Keith Kearney 25 175 Dublin Professional Carpenter
 Italy Salvatore Carfora 22 182 Milan Retail Manager
Lapland Tobias Johansson 26 179 Piteå Security Engineer
 Lithuania Liūtas Balčiūnas 21 185 Kaunas Bartender
 Macedonia Ivica M. 21 185 Skopje GLBT Activist
 Netherlands Joep Mesman 24 181 Eindhoven Conference Assistant
 Norway Olav Hanto 31 173 Porsgrunn Freelance Actor
 Russia Nikita Kutuzoff 24 180 Moscow Sales Manager
 Sweden Henrik Lindholm 19 197 Helsingborg Student
 Wales Matthew Jones 34 187 Cardiff Sales Manager

2005 in Oslo, Norway

Country Contestant Age Height Occupation Title
 Austria Aaron Michael Jackson 32 186 Economic Researcher Mr Gay Swimwear 2005
 Bulgaria Ivan Penev 23 179 Student
 Denmark Hugues Maxime Germany 37 185 Chef
 Estonia Urmas Külama 25 184 Restaurant Manager
 Germany Suat Bahçeci 19 174 Student
 Hungary Kyan Smith 21 187 Sales Representative MGE People's Choice 2005
 Italy Alessandro Tamburrino 22 187 Student
Lapland Erik Berg 21 173 Sales Representative
 Latvia Normunds Beinerts 22 184 Bookeeper
 Norway David Thorkildsen 20 181 Sales Representative
 Netherlands Alexander van Kempen 20 181 Student Mr Gay Europe 2005 & MGE Congeniality 2005
 Sweden Jörgen Tenor 20 184 Stage Technician
  Switzerland Sven Müller 26 178 Office Worker

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Gay Men Of Europe Embrace A New Queen". Sydney MX (Australia). July 7, 2008. Spain's Antonio Pedro Almijez is crowned the winner of Mr Gay Europe 2008 at the event's final in Budapest, Hungary. The contest pitted 20 gay men against each other in a bid to be crowned the most attractive gay man on the continent.
  2. ↑ Steve Rothaus (July 3, 2008). "Amid petrol bomb attacks, 400 police committed to gay beauty pageant in Budapest". Gay South Florida. While gay activists in Budapest are complaining that the police are not protecting gay businesses in the city, the organisers of Mr Gay Europe have announced they will have "400 policemen and women to protect them during the final." Two gay venues have been attacked with petrol bombs in the last week... Organisers said: "The police will protect the Mr Gay Europe final with a 400 man strong force." The militant protesters have put up a web page with names and addresses of all gay venues in Budapest and already two bars have been attacked with fire bombs.
  3. ↑ John McGurk (November 2, 2008). "Waiter served up Mr Gay title". Sunday Life. Waiter James Smallman was crowned at the annual Mr Gay Ireland competition in Dublin last weekend... James will join the Mr Gay Ireland winner, Dublin-based martial arts coach Max Krzyzanowski (37) to compete in the Mr Gay Europe and Mr Gay World contests in Oslo and Vancouver next year.
  4. ↑ Giulio Spatola è Mister Gay Europe 2011
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  8. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/2016delegates/belgium2016/
  9. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/2016delegates/bulgaria2016/
  10. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/2016delegates/czechrepublic2016/
  11. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/2016delegates/denmark2016/
  12. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/2016delegates/england2016/
  13. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/2016delegates/ireland2016/
  14. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/2016delegates/poland2016/
  15. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/2016delegates/slovakrepublic2016/
  16. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/2016delegates/spain2016/
  17. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/2016delegates/wales2016/
  18. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-austria/
  19. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-belgium/
  20. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-bulgaria/
  21. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-cyprus/
  22. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-czech-republic/
  23. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-denmark/
  24. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-france/
  25. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-germany/
  26. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-ireland/
  27. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-lithuania/
  28. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-northern-ireland/
  29. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-poland/
  30. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-sweden/
  31. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/2014/06/mr-gay-europe-2014-winner/
  32. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-switzerland/
  33. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-ukraine/
  34. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-united-kingdom/
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