Chilean Delegate Elected International Mr Gay

After over 20 days of voting with thousands of votes cast, the winner of the title International Mr. Gay for 2011 is Pablo Salvador from Chile. The voting took place online at www.MrGayCompetition.com beginning January 10th, 2011 and when it ended at midnight on January 31, 2011, Pablo was way ahead in the number of votes cast. 

Next in the vote rankings was New Zealand’s (name deleted by request) who is now 1st Runner Up for 2011. (deleted) is followed by Mr. Gay Czech Republic, Martin Goga who is 2nd Runner Up.
Mr. Gay Chile assumes his title as International Mr. Gay from 2010 winner, Switzerland’s Ricco “Rimus” Müller. The 2011 class of Delegates was the largest in the six year history of the International Mr. Gay Competition which featured a total of 27 international Delegates.

Presenting the new International Mr. Gay

UK police officer, Mark Carter (pictured), has been named the current International Mr. Gay titleholder by the Noble Beast Foundation’s Board. In preparation for the Fourth Annual International Mr. Gay Competition’s Grand Finale, set for Manila in May, the Board moved to replace the previous title holder with Mr. Carter so he can represent the Competition during the May 30, 2009 Awards Gala.

He looks qualified to me.

Read more after the jump.


International Mr. Gay Competition’s Founder and Board Chair, Don Spradlin, announced the mid-year appointment as plans for the Fourth Annual IMG moved into their final month of Delegate recruiting. Mr. Spradlin explained that “the original titleholder was unavailable to support the upcoming Grand Finale and that Mr. Carter was the appropriate representative to hand his 2009 sash over to the new title holder during the May 30th Awards Gala.”

The International Grand Finale Weekend includes a series of public events that feature 30 Delegates from all over the world. On Thursday night of May 27, 2009, the organizers have arranged a “Welcome Dinner followed by an organized ”Manila Nightlife Tour” for the 30 visiting Delegates and their traveling companions, The Delegates end their three days of indoor/outdoor contests with on-stage Judge’s Interviews on May 30th. There will also be rehearsals, photo shoots and fund raising events to round out the holiday weekend, which is a benefit for the Noble Beast Foundation.




International Mr. Gay Competition moves abroad

For the first time since it was founded in 2005, the International Mr. Gay (IMG) Competition moves from its Southern California base to the Philippines. Founder Don Spradlin announced that the IMG will now be produced in a different country every year to help spread the word that ‘gay is not a stereotype.’

Bright lights, red carpets, and photographers all around– that’s what’s in store for 20 sexy, intelligent, globally conscious, and physically fit men as they arrive in Manila to represent countries including France, India, Brazil and Russia in a 4-day competition to discover who will be named International Mr. Gay (IMG) 2009. Now in its Fourth year, the IMG Grand Finale & Awards Gala takes place over the weekend of May 30, 2009.

From brains to braun, the 2009 Delegates will be judged during indoor/outdoor contests and on-stage judge’s interviews at the Grand Finale. Rehearsals, photo shoots and fundraising events round out the weekend, which is a benefit for the Noble Beast Foundation.

The IMG is the longest running International Mr. Gay event series and is produced annually by the Noble Beast Foundation, a USA nonprofit 501(c)(3) which depends on donations to support the Foundation’s Mission www.NobleBeast.org. That mission is to “Advocate International Equal Rights by confirming the essential nature and contributions of gay men to a healthy society where gay is not a stereotype.”