Mr Gay Europe

Winners

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

2014 in Vienna, Austria

Country	Contestant	Age	Height	Title
Austria	Robert Prolic[8]	23	186	Disqualified
Belgium	David Joest[9]	34	187
Bulgaria	Georgi Todorov[10]	31	176
Cyprus	Kiriakos Spanos[11]	25	183
Czech Republic	Michal[12]	29
Denmark	Christian-Sebastian[13]	24	175	2nd runner-up
France	Olivier Croft[14]	31	184
Germany	Fabrice[15]	22	184
Ireland	Robbie Lawlor[16]	23	181
Lithuania	Minde[17]	28	175
Northern Ireland	Nick Flanagan[18]	22	180	3rd runner-up
Poland	Conrad Filas[19]	26	183
Sweden	Jack Johansson[20]	20	179	Winner[21]
Switzerland	Max Escobar[22]	28	175
Ukraine	Kazza Aivazovskii[23]	29
United Kingdom	Stuart Hatton Jr[24]	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

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

2010/2011 in Braşov

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 an no contest held in this year.

2009 in Oslo

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

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

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

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

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

• International Mister Gay

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
5. ↑
6. ↑
7. ↑
8. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-austria/
9. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-belgium/
10. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-bulgaria/
11. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-cyprus/
12. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-czech-republic/
13. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-denmark/
14. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-france/
15. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-germany/
16. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-ireland/
17. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-lithuania/
18. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-northern-ireland/
19. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-poland/
20. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-sweden/
21. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/2014/06/mr-gay-europe-2014-winner/
22. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-switzerland/
23. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-ukraine/
24. ↑ http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-united-kingdom/

External links

• "Mr Gay Europe Foundation". Archived from the original on 2008-02-07. 
• The Budapest Sun
• The Spenborough Guardian
• Interviews with Mr GayEurope 2010 contestants (ru|en)