Mr Gay World 2013

Mr Gay World 2013
Date	August 4, 2013
Presenters	Amaryllis Temmerman, Brigitte Derks & René Vanhove
Venue	Elckerlijc theatre, Antwerp, Belgium
Broadcaster	Mr Gay World Official Site
Entrants	25
Placements	10
Debuts	Aruba, Denmark, Myanmar, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, Ukraine
Withdrawals	Bulgaria, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Pakistan, Venezuela
Returns	Austria, Belgium, India, Northern Ireland
Winner	Christopher Michael Olwage  New Zealand
Best National Costume	Christopher Michael Olwage  New Zealand
Photogenic	Jaime David Montes Bernal  Mexico

Mr Gay World 2013, the 5th Mr Gay World competition, was held over 5 days in Antwerp, Belgium during the worldOutgames 2013, with the Grand Finale at Elckerlijc Theatre, Antwerp, Belgium on August 4, 2013.^[1] Andreas Derleth of New Zealand crowned his successor Christopher Michael Olwage, also of New Zealand, at the end of this event. 25 countries and territories competed for the title.

Results

Final results	Contestant
Mr Gay World 2013	New Zealand - Christopher Michael Olwage
1st Runner-up	Hong Kong - Benjie Vasquez Caraig
2nd Runner-up	USA - Matthew "Matt" Simmons
Top 5	Aruba - Ashley Karym Peternella  Namibia - Ricardo Raymond Amunjera
Top 10	Australia - Aaron Taylor  India - Lewis  Mexico - Jaime David Montes Bernal  Philippines - Erimar Sayo Ortigas  Taiwan - Darien Chen

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Mr. Gay Congeniality	Canada - Danny Dionysios Papadatos
Mr. Gay Photogenic	Mexico - Jaime David Montes Bernal
Best National Costume	New Zealand - Christopher Michael Olwage
Popular vote	Philippines - Erimar Sayo Ortigas
Sports Challenge	Aruba - Ashley Karym Peternella
Mr. Gay Swimwear	New Zealand - Christopher Michael Olwage
Art challenge award	New Zealand - Christopher Michael Olwage

Judges

• Eric Butter - President of Mr Gay World (Australia);
• Andy Derleth - Mr Gay World 2012 (New Zealand);
• Adebisi Alimi - Public speaker and a Sessional University Lecturer (Nigeria);
• Beverly Vergel - Training Specialist, Image Consultant (Philippines);
• Kristof De Busser - Chief Inspector and Member of the Diversity Team of the Antwerp Local Police (Belgium);
• Michiel Vanackere - Field coordinator for a European HIV prevalence research project at the Institute for Tropical Health in Antwerp (Belgium);
• Morris Chapdelaine - Film producer and media specialist (Canada).

Expected Contestants

Country	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown	National Title
Aruba	Ashley Karym Peternella	21	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)		Mr Gay Aruba
Australia	Aaron Taylor	26	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)		Mr Gay Australia
Austria	Joachim Trauner	30	1.81 m (5 ft 11 ^1⁄2 in)		Mr Gay Austria
Belgium	Tom Goris[2]	34	1.83 m (6 ft 11 in)		Mr Gay Belgium
Brazil	Marcio Evandro Maia[3]	33	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)		Mr Gay Brazil
Canada	Danny Dionysios Papadatos[4]	28	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)		Mr Gay Canada
Chile	Jean Daniel Muños[5]	25	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)		Mr Gay Chile
Czech Republic	Marek Zly	34	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)		Mr Gay Czech Republic
Denmark	Michael Sinan[6]	35	1.81 m (5 ft 11 ^1⁄2 in)		Mr Gay Denmark
Finland	Janne Tiilikainen[7]	27	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)		Mr Gay Finland
France	Armando Santos[8]	26	1.76 m (5 ft 9 ^1⁄2 in)		Mr Gay France
Hong Kong	Benjie Vasquez Caraig	31	1.76 m (5 ft 9 ^1⁄2 in)		Mr Gay Honkong
India	Nolan Lewis[9]	29	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Andheri, Mumbai	Mr Gay India
Mexico	Jaime David Montes Bernal	25	1.76 m (5 ft 9 ^1⁄2 in)		Mr Gay Mexico
Myanmar	Sai Pye Myo Kyaw	28	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)		Mr Gay Myanmar
Namibia	Ricardo Raymond Amunjera	30	1.81 m (5 ft 11 ^1⁄2 in)		Mr Gay Namibia
New Zealand	Christopher Michael Olwage	27	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)		Mr Gay New Zealand
Northern Ireland	Conor O’Kane	20	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)		Mr Gay Northern Ireland
Philippines	Erimar Sayo Ortigas[10]	29	1.77 m (5 ft 9 ^1⁄2 in)		Mr Gay Philippines
Puerto Rico	Juan Luis Ortiz	30	1.89 m (6 ft 2 ^1⁄2 in)		Mr Gay Puerto Rico
South Africa	Steve Williams[11]	38	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)		Mr Gay South Africa
Spain	Miguel Ortiz[12]	20	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)		Mr Gay Spain
Switzerland	Luis Bonfiglio[13]	25	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)		Mr Gay Switzerland
Taiwan	Darien Chen	30	1.84 m (6 ft ^1⁄2 in)		Mr Gay Taiwan
USA	Matthew Simmons[14]	25	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)		Mr Gay USA

National pageant notes

Debuts

•  Aruba
•  Denmark
•  Myanmar
•  Puerto Rico
•  Taiwan

Returning countries

• Last competed in 2009:
  •  Austria
• Last competed in 2010:
  •  Belgium
• Last competed in 2011:
  •  India
  •  Northern Ireland

References

1. "Program MGW 2013". World Outgames. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
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5. http://www.mistergaydechile.cl/jean-daniel-entrevista
6. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/24/michael-sinan-mr-gay-denmark-islam-_n_1910604.html
7. http://mrgayfinland.fi/
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10. http://www.sashfactor.info/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=4139
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14. http://fuertemen.com/features/news/504-marine-wins-mr-gay-world-usa.html