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 current Manhunt International is Paul Luzineau from Netherland. He was crowned on February 22 2020 in Manila, Philippines. 

HISTORY

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.

 

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.

PAGEANT

Manhunt International is a male open to men 18 to 32. with a height at least 1m78.  Each candidate must be single or married. 

 

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.

 

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.

 

The Manhunt competition is staged in two rounds, preliminary and final. During the preliminary round, the contestants are judged in national costumeswimwearevening 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.

MANHUNT INTERNATIONAL

TITLEHOLDERS

YEARTITLEHOLDERSNAMECOUNTRY
1993Thomas SASSEGermany
1994Nikos PAPADAKISGreece
1995Albe GELDENHUYSSouth Africa
1996NO PAGEANT HELD
1997Jason ERCEGNew Zealand
1998Peter ERIKSENSweden
1999Ernesto CALZADILLAVenezuela
YEARTITLEHOLDERSNAMECOUNTRY
2000Brett WILSONAustralia
2001Rajeev SINGHIndia
2002Fabrice WATTEZFrance
2003NO PAGEANT HELD
2004
2005Tolgahan SAYISMANTurkey
2006Jaime Augusto MAYOLUnited States
2007Jeffrey ZHENG YU GUANGChina
2008Abdelmoumem El MAGHRAOUYMorocco
2009NO PAGEANT HELD
2010Peter MENKYSlovakia
2011Chen JIANG FENGChina
2012June MACASAETPhilippines
2013NO PAGEANT HELD
2014
2015
2016Patrik SJÖOSweden
2017Truong NGOC TINHVietnam
2018Vicent LLORACH GONZALEZSpain
2019NO PAGEANT HELD

 

YEARTITLEHOLDERSNAMECOUNTRY
2020Paul LUZINEAUNetherlands
2021NO PAGEANT DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
2022TBATBATBA