Manhunt International

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Paul Luzineau, winner 2020

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 was conceived by Metromedia Singapore and Procon Leisure International.

History[]

Manhunt International wears the crown as the World’s first and without doubt the most prestigious of all pageants & competitions for men. It started life in 1988 when Alex Liu, pageant director of Metromedia Singapore, decided to stage the first male model contest in Singapore announcing a “Manhunt.” It became Manhunt International in 1993 when Rosko Dickinson from Australia and Alex Liu from Singapore joined forces with a dream to offer the men of the World a platform to showcase their talents.

The first ever Manhunt International World Final was held in Australia in 1993 with 25 contestants. In 1994, the pageant remained in Australia's Gold Coast when Nikos Papadakis of Greece won. Rosko Dickinson & Alex Liu remained Co-owners and partners of Manhunt International for 25 years until the latter died in January 2018.

Manhunt International is organized in a macho way with outdoor activities, thrilling events, public presentations, talent competition, fun routines, and even a chance to meet and impress ladies. Contestants are judged on their runway skills, photogenic ability, personality, and physical attributes. The pageant is organized to promote new faces for the male modeling and fashion industry. The men that enter Manhunt International are also encouraged to become role models and good corporate citizens for younger people to look up to.

Today, Manhunt International is easily the World's most recognized and longest running international male model contest. It is the worldwide search for the best male models with the highest number contestants in 2006 and 2012 in China and Thailand respectively.

Several countries have hosted the event including Australia (1993, 1994, 1998), Singapore (1995, 1997, 2000), Philippines (1999, 2020), China (2001, 2002, 2006, 2016), Korea (2005, 2007, 2008, 2011), Taiwan (2010), and Thailand (2012, 2017).^[1]

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 social media). 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[]

Year	Country	Manhunt International	Location	Entrants
2022	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
2020	Netherlands	Paul Luzineau	Manila, Philippines[2]	36[3]
2018	Spain	Vicent Llorach González[4]	Gold Coast, Australia	28
2017	Vietnam	Trương Ngọc Tình	Bangkok, Thailand	37
2016	Sweden	Patrik Sjöö	Shenzhen, China[5]	43
2012	Philippines	June Macasaet	Bangkok, Thailand	53
2011	China	Chen Jiang Feng	Seoul, Korea	48
2010	Slovakia	Peter Meňky	Taichung, Taiwan	50
2008	Morocco	Abdelmoumen El Maghraouy	Seoul, Korea	47
2007	China	Jeffrey Zheng Yu Guang	Gangwon, Korea	48
2006	United States	Jaime Augusto Mayol	Jinjiang, China	53
2005	Turkey	Tolgahan Sayışman	Busan, Korea	42
2002	France	Fabrice Wattez	Shanghai, China	46
2001	India	Rajeev Singh[6]	Beijing, China	43
2000	Australia	Brett Wilson	Singapore	33
1999	Venezuela	Ernesto Calzadilla	Manila, Philippines	43
1998	Sweden	Peter Eriksen	Gold Coast, Australia	34
1997	New Zealand	Jason Erceg	Singapore	38
1995	South Africa	Albe Geldenhuys	Singapore	35
1994	Greece	Nikos Papadakis	Gold Coast, Australia	24
1993	Germany	Thomas Sasse	Gold Coast, Australia	25

Country/territory by number of wins[]

Country	Titles	Year
Sweden	2	1998, 2016
China		2007, 2011
Netherlands	1	2020
Spain		2018
Vietnam		2017
Philippines		2012
Slovakia		2010
Morocco		2008
United States		2006
Turkey		2005
France		2002
India		2001
Australia		2000
Venezuela		1999
New Zealand		1997
South Africa		1995
Greece		1994
Germany		1993

See also[]

• Miss Universe
• Mister International
• Mister World
• Mister Global
• Mister Supranational
• Man of the World

References[]

External links[]

• Official Website