With only a few days to go, young men all over the world are getting ready for MISTER GAY WORLD 2009 in Canada.
The Mr. Gay World Competition is a 4-day, indoor/outdoor series of events to help our judges identify a strong spokesman or Ambassador to tell the world about our mission. The Competition includes athletic tests and extensive interviews with our panel of judges. Judging points are based on a diverse set of criteria including qualities in charisma, leadership, personality, appearance and communication.
The Mr. Gay World final on Saturday, February 7th will be hosted by Olympic medal winner Mark Tewksbury.
Meet the Delegates. |
 |  | ARGENTINA | | Name: | Victor Marcelo Benitez | | Age: | 34 | | Hobbies: | Dancing, listening music and coaching in the gymnasium. | | Profession: | Free Lance Public Relations for BA4U rent apartment company for tourists. Model of advertising, Personal Coach and Masseuse Therapist
| | Zodiac: | Gemini | Statement: I want to win MGW first because people always listen to the voice of the winners. If I win I will use that voice to make parents concious of their children´s sexuality to help them make good decisions.
Everybody knows a bad decisison or a rushed one can spoil a good person destiny and the childrens are the future of our world.
Also, to help improving issues about our human rights, learning about the needs in every country and acting according to that. Our rights have improved in different ways all over the world.
I would be so proud and happy to take my country to the highest position through this international competition. |
 |  | AUSTRALIA | | Name | Ben Edwards | | Age | 28 | | Hobbies | Rugby Union, Surfing, and Music (singing/song/writing) | | Profession | Project Administrator | | Zodiac | Aries | Statement: Over the course of my adult life I have developed a close and intimate relationship with our community (both the queer and non-queer community), on a local and global scale. Through this relationship I have developed an acute understanding of who we are and where we are going as a community and as individuals. I believe the role of Mr Gay World is to provide a leading example through being an active role model to the queer and non-queer community. The reason I am taking part in this competition is that I believe I can make a difference, especially to the youth of our community, in relation to helping both individuals and the greater community achieve their full potential in respects to the realisation of who they/we are as individuals and as a community. I believe these qualities of understanding, insight and leadership are the essential qualities which an ambassador of the gay community ought to possess. I believe I possess these qualities and for this reason alone believe I should be selected as Mr gay Worl09. |
 |  | AUSTRIA | | Name: | Michael Fröhle | | Age: | 25 | Hobbies:
| Swimming, gym, reading, meet friends, to photograph, to be in the nature | | Profession: | Photographer and photo editor | | Zodiac: | Leo | Statement: I am a normal guy who live his life how he want. I am independent, have my own flat, very good friends and a family who is standing behind everything what I do. I am a very open-minded person, interested in different cultures, I love traverling and to meet new people. |
 |  | BRAZIL | | Name: | Edson Lopes | | Age: | 25 | | Hobbies: | Reading, movies, music and dance with friends. | | Profession: | Manager | | Zodiac: | Capricorn |
Statement: I want to make a difference in the Gay Community
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 |  | BULGARIA | | Name: | Deyan Kolev | | Age: | 28 | Hobbies:
| I like listening to music, reading books, watching movies, swimming, gym, going out with friends, and I love Mariah Carey. | | Profession: | I am graduading law school and it's my last year at the university. I own a gay bar in Varna/ Bulgaria, and I'm working as a barman as well. | Zodiac:
| Aries | Statement: I believe, that everything is possible! I want to take a part of Mr. Gay World competition because I believe I can make a change, I can work very hard for the things I believe in. I never give up!
People are the same all over the world, we just speak different languages. We all have the same fears. We all feel insecure when we walk in a room full with people we don't know. But we are all full with strenth as well. I want to show all gay men all over the world that there's nothing to be ashemed of. I want to work for the people who are disciminate. I want to give them respect, and share my own experiens and knowlege with th em. We can make a difference together! |
 |  | CANADA | | Name: | Darren Bruce | | Age: | 25 | | Hobbies: | Skiing, biking, working out, yoga, sustainability, traveling, painting, and reading | | Profession: | Electrical engineer - specializing in renewable energy | | Zodiac: | Capricorn | Statement: As Mr. Gay Canada I will be a strong role model both nationally and internationally for homosexuals, bisexuals, and transsexuals who are having difficulty defining and expressing their sexuality. Furthermore,
I will promote safe sex, educate to stop homophobia, and push for equality and human rights. |
 |  | CHILE | | Name: | Roberto Andres Alvarez Alvarado | | Age: | 28 | | Hobbies: | Cinema, gym, AeroBoxing, I love cooking and travel | | Profession: | Technical Chemist | | Zodiac: | Gemini |
Statement: Creo que hay que ser un Luchador incansable por la igualdad y los derechos humanos.decir al Mundo que las sociedades que habitualmente son catalogadas como homofobicas y discriminatorias, como la mía están cambiando y evolucionando positivamente.Por primera vez se realizo el Mister Gay Chile y cuento con el orgullo de ser elegido el ganador, este evento inédito acaparo gran cobertura periodística ,y me permitio mostrar la hermosa relación que poseo con mi madre en el estelar mas Importante de la Television Nacional .
Sin embargo en Chile como en muchos países las leyes tienen una deuda con nuestra comunidad, utilizare la exposición mediatica del concurso, para solicitar entrevistas con legisladores de distintos paises y con mi presidenta,aportaria con ideas y contar mi experiencia. seria mi misión como Mister World Gay. |
 |  | COLOMBIA | | Name: | Francisco Javier Ortega | | Age: | 31 | | Hobbies: | To play soccer and go to gym | | Profession: | Business administrator and designer | | Zodiac: | Gemini |
Statement: This is a great chance to meet people and teach them things about Colombia and the gay community of my country. I’m charismatic, funny and extrovert, good-hearted. I’m physically attractive and I’m a good representative of Colombian men.
I have typical latin characteristics. I am a gay man, masculine, proud of his sexual condition, that can give good example to the society. |
 |  | THE CZECH REPUBLIC | | Name: | Jakub Stary
| | Age: | 23 | | Hobbies: | Internet, communication, education, parties, people, business, design, photography, movies, music, swimming.
| | Profession: | Sales Director | | Zodiac: | Leo | Statement: I would like to take apart because I would like to travel to Canada, I would like to meet my old friends from Mr. Gay Europe and maybe to make new friends. I think I can talk to people well and somehow I can convince them about my views. And I would love to use this skill not only in business but also in other parts of my life that could actually help equal and gay rights. |
 |  | GRAN CANARIA (Canary Isles, Spain) | | Name: | Dempsey Saeedian | | Age: | 27 | | Hobbies: | Sports wise I enjoy swimming and gym. I also love to do group activities with my friends such as ten pin bowling and mini golf. On the evenings, mainly at weekends, I love to go dancing with my friends in clubs around home. | Profession:
| Hairdresser/Model | Zodiac:
| Sagitarius | Statement: It is a wonderful opportunity for me to represent Gran Canaria, an island that has been so great to me in the past. If I were to be selected as Mr Gay World 2009, I would like to help in as many gay rights activities and charity organisations as I could. I love my gay life and very proud of it. I think a contest like this shows off so many positive aspects of the gay community, and to win this contest would be absolutley amazing and create so many more opertunities for me. I have many friends already registered as delegates in this contest to whom I can't wait to see again, and look forward to making new friendships, and sincerely wish all involved the best of luck. |
 |  | INDIA | | Name: | Bhavin Shivji Gala | | Age: | 28 | | Hobbies: | Dancing, visiting new places, making friends, and learning about new culture. | Profession:
| Dance and fashion chorographer | Zodiac:
| Taurus | Statement: I want to win MGW so with your help I can fight for making gay rights legal in India and at least make a difference and bring a smile on many gay people who are suffering. |
 |  | IRELAND | | Name: | Max Krzyzanowski | | Age: | 37 | Hobbies:
| Playing piano (and sometimes guitar), reading, cycling, current affairs, crosswords and combat sports. | | Profession: | I run security for a private club in Dublin city, and I instruct Muay Thai kickboxing. | Zodiac:
| Cancer |
Statement: The experience, to answer both questions. I want to take part because it is a unique opportunity to see and experience the Gay community working on an international stage to further the cause of equality.
I hope that I might be considered suitable for the role of Mr Gay World, in part, for the experience I bring. In my professional life, the qualities of patience, respect and steadfastness under pressure have become my ethos, and I hope these traits are sought-after qualities for Mr Gay World. |
 |  | KWAZULU NATAL (South Africa) | | Name: | Andrew Venter | | Age: | 21 | | Hobbies: | Music, dancing, social interaction, hiking, swimming | | Profession: | Training hair stylist | | Zodiac: | Pisces | Statement: I may not have been in the gay world for as long as most, but my experiences in life have made me the person I am today. I am out and comfortable being the person that I am and am confident that I can deal with and manage any situation thrown my way.
I am an activist in what I believe in and have been told that I am a role model for many around me. |
 |  | LITHUANIA | | Name: | Arturas Vipas Burnickis | | Age: | 21 | Hobbies:
| My hobbies are singing and dancing. I am a big fan of bowling. My favorite writers are Karl Marx, Feodyr Dostoevsky and John Irving. I am the biggest party organizer in East Europe! | | Profession: | Marketing manager | Zodiac:
| Libra | Statement: The gay world has many problems. Out of the 195 countries of the world homosexuality is illegal in over 90 of them. A scant few countries provide gays with complete rights.
The Pope recently announced that curing homosexuality is more important than saving the rain forests. The UN recently has been unable to decriminalize homosexuality with the major powers as United States, Russia and China voting against such a resolution. I would like to make a difference and I think that this is a perfect chance to do it. |
 |  | MEXICO | | Name: | Pico Velasco Michel | | Age: | 34 | | Hobbies: | Work out at the gym, water sports, social activism. | Profession:
| Architect CEO of my own construction company | | Zodiac: | Pisces | Statement: I trully beleive in the organization's goal, I want to make a difference with my work and example, try to bring some education to the rest of society about the gay community, make them understand that we are no diferent, we too have dreams, goals, expectations, we too have success and failures, we are family members, we work hard and provide other people with work, and at the end we are all human beings. |
 |  | NEW ZEALAND | | Name | Reece Karena | | Age | 29 | | Hobbies | Arts, Museum, Cinema, Animation, Pop Culture, Design, fitness/gym. | | Profession | Graphic Designer | Zodiac
| Pisces | Statement: I stand to represent the modern gay man and be a strong role model for younger gay men - someone who is proud, healthy, educated and career minded with a strong direction in life. I in no way see myself as a gay super hero, but more so someone that a lot of young gay men can relate too, and see that they needn't be anything other than themselves, at their best, to succeed in life. |
 |  | NORTHERN IRELAND | | Name: | James Ciaran Smallman | | Age: | 21 | Hobbies:
| I enjoy reading, sports, socialising with friends, I also enjoy volunteering with various community groups in Northern Ireland. | | Profession: | Waiter | Zodiac:
| Aries | Statement: I would like to use the competition as an opportunity to raise the profile of the gay community both in my own country and throughout the rest of the world. I have already been very involved within the gay community in my own country and I would like to continue to do this at an international level.
I am also looking forward to the experience, opportunities like this come few and far between and I am really looking forward to meeting members of the gay community from around the world and hearing about their experiences. |
 |  | NORWAY | | Name: | Kai Thomas Ryen Larsen | | Age: | 22 | Hobbies:
| Music, dance, theatre | | Profession: | Artist | Zodiac:
| Scorpio | Statement: I am a young gay guy with a lot to offer. I am very open about my sexuality, and have become a well-known name in Norway, because of my titel and because I am an artist as well, so i want to contribute and fight for gay causes and rights world wide, especially outside norway because we are so blessed to have the right to be who we are in this country,a right that should be spread all over the world. |
 |  | PARAGUAY | | Name: | Alexis Cespedes | | Age: | 39 | | Hobbies: | I love to go to the gym | | Profession: | Licence Real Estate | | Zodiac: | Scorpio | Statement: I want to represent my country in this event for the first time and show them that to be gay is ok, there is nothing to hide from anybody and I will help organizations that are fighting for the rights of gay people. Why I think i can be elected because I have the look to become the next Mr Gay World and also because I am very confident that I can represent proudly to the gay comunity from my country and also for the the world. |
 |  | THE PHILIPPINES | | Name: | Wilbert Tolentino | | Age: | 33 | | Hobbies: | Malling, Surfing the Internet, Playing Basketball | | Profession: | Businessman | | Zodiac: | Taurus | Statement: I am very fortunate to have been chosen to represent the Philippines to the very first Mr. Gay World. Holding this honor gives me an even greater responsibility of being a positive influence to gay men. I am a businessman, I own and operate a membership club catering to gay men. Thru this search, I would like to inspire other gay men not only in my country but also around the world to be productive and proactive by using their full potentials to be of greater service to their communities. |
 | | SOUTH-AFRICA | | Name: | Christian de Jager | | Age: | 36 | | Hobbies: | Horse riding, swimming, reading and cooking | | Profession: | Brand manager | | Zodiac: | | Statement: I believe I have the right qualities and attributes to be a spokes person for bisexual, transsexual, homosexual and lesbian people living in our global village. I have learnt in my reign as Mr Gay SA how important it is that we voice our opinions and also our view points. What is more important is the fact that you as a person have the platform to help others and relieve suffering under the less fortunate. Without doing so we might as well get back into the closets we fall out of. We don't have to stand back for anyone anymore. I am out and proud and can offer the gay community a strong voice and a willing hand to help where help is needed. |
 |  | SPAIN | | Name: | Antonio Pedro Almijez | | Age: | 20 | Hobbies:
| My hobbies mainly sport, I love swimming, I am a professional swimmer, I have been champion of Spain and I have competed in major competitions. I really like water sports, especially anything. I like fashion, clothes, reading, walking calmly by beautiful scenery, photography, the world of artists, I love the music, dance, perform, a good dinner with a company of good friends, I like to stand by my family and people that I appreciate very much, I love drinking Coca Cola, eating candy and always be positive and motivating to smile every day ... In general I like to have a very healthy life, surrounded by good people, friends unbeatable, which I like, and passions as sports, music or cinema ... | | Profession: | Currently study Policia Nacional. I am working on Massimo Dutti, and working in Spain as a model of advertising, underwear, fashion designers, advertising on TV | | Zodiac: | Leo | | Statement: I feel that I must participate and be selected Mr. Gay World because I am a young boy, male, healthy, professional athlete, intelligent, good student, with very clear ideas in my head, fighter for the interesting things in my life, because everything I do not intend to rest until I succeed, and mostly because I like to live this good and beautiful experience, meet guys from all over the world to make good friend, and enjoy just like when I was participating in Mr. Gay Europe 2008. I think it is important to work against aids and also to make sure more people take care of themselves and others and use protection when having sex. I am willing to commit myself to defend with all my strength our society that we all are treated as humans, no matter color, height, the physical beauty or sexual orientation, and we are all equals. |
 |  | USA | | Name: | Doug Edward Repetti | | Age: | 28 | | Hobbies: | Songwriting, producing music, singing, playing piano, fitness, party promotion for the Saint at Large (saintatlarge.com) | | Profession: | Student of sound engineering/digital audio production and part-time bartender
| Zodiac:
| | Statement: Because we've reached another crossroads in gay history -visibility is at an all-time high. Contributions from gay artists, politicians, athletes, etc are getting long-overdue recognition from mainstream culture. I want to be at the center of it! |
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VENEZUELA
| | Name: | Juan Jose Bracho | | Age: | 34 | | Hobbies: | I love go to the beach, cook for friends and play Volleyball. | | Profession: | I graduated in Business and Administration with major in Management. | | Zodiac: | Cancer | Statement: As a gay man at my 34 years of age, I have experimented and lived many scenes throughout my life. So very familiar ones at a social level; many positive and some not so positive but they have permitted me to evaluate and respect the significance of life. Learning from my mistakes, I attain the intellectual maturity as someone who is sensitive to those obstacles that the gay community still experiences in today's society. This is why I feel that through my participation I can become a responsible spokesman who will transmit effective solutions for primordial needs and problems in all aspects that are found within the gay community. |
Each year the Executive Committee will consult with the board of directors to determine the total number of delegates to participate in the world competition, and number of delegates from each region. If one region fails to fill their quota another region can take over the places that are made available.
The administration of the Delegates each year up to the competition takes place is located in Oslo, Norway. The Delegates administrator is Morten Ruda, president of Mr. Gay Europe. All information about the Delegates has to be forwarded to Mr. Ruda for a complete overview of the Delegates. | |
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