Manhunt International

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.

History

The Manhunt Contest started in 1987, when Alex Liu, pageant director of Exclusive Resources Marketing Pte Ltd, 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 among 25 contestants. In 1994, the pageant remained in Australia's Gold Coast when Nikos Papadakis of Greece won. The Manhunt International event was then a joint partnership with an Australian partner, Procon Leisure International Pty Ltd, headed by Rosko Dickinson.

One of the pageant's most successful years was in November 1995 when 35 contestants went to Sentosa Island, Singapore, to compete for the title. The cash award and prizes for 1995's winner exceeded $90,000.

The last edition of the competition was held in 2012. This event will take place again in 2016 after a four-year hiatus.

Eligibility criteria

Competition

The Manhunt competition is staged in two rounds, preliminary and final. During the preliminary round, the contestants are judged in national costume, swimwear, evening wear and fashion wear. The contestants with highest scores are named as finalists, from which the judges determine the winner and the runners up.

During the pageant final, several other awards also given beside the ultimate title of Manhunt International: Best in National Costume, Best Runway Model, Mister Photogenic, Mister Friendship, Mister Personality, Mister Physique and Mister Popularity (voted by the public 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, 2013-2015.

Year	Country	Manhunt International	Location	Number of Entrants
2016	Sweden	Patrik Sjöö	Shenzhen, China[1]	43
2012	Philippines	June Macasaet	Bangkok, Thailand	53
2011	China	Chen Jiang Feng	Seoul, Korea	48
2010	Slovak Republic	Peter Meňky	Taichung, Taiwan	50
2008	Morocco	Abdelmoumen El Maghraouy	Seoul, Korea	47
2007	China	Jeffrey Zheng Yu Guang	Gangwon, Korea	48
2006	USA	Jaime Augusto Mayol	Jinjiang, China	53
2005	Turkey	Tolgahan Sayışman	Busan, Korea	42
2002	France	Fabrice Wattez	Shanghai, China	46
2001	India	Rajeev Singh[2]	Beijing, China	43
2000	Australia	Brett Wilson	Singapore City, Singapore	33
1999	Venezuela	Ernesto Calzadilla	Manila, Philippines	43
1998	Sweden	Peter Eriksen	Gold Coast, Australia	34
1997	New Zealand	Jason Erceg	Singapore City, Singapore	38
1995	South Africa	Albe Geldenhuys	Singapore City, Singapore	35
1994	Greece	Nikos Papadakis	Gold Coast, Australia	24
1993	Germany	Thomas Sasse	Gold Coast, Australia	24

See also

• Mister International
• Mister World
• Mister Global

References

1. ↑ "Manhunt International - Timeline | Facebook". web.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-09-04. 
2. ↑ Business India, Issues 615-620, A.H. Advani, 2001, p. 160 

External links

• Official Website