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Manhunt International
Formation1993
TypeMale Model Search
Legal statusActive
HeadquartersGold Coast, Australia
Location
Official language
English
President
Rosko Dickinson
Budget
$3M
Websitemanhunt.international

Manhunt International is a prominent international male model search for the next Male Supermodel, founded in 1993. However, the competition's roots trace back a few years earlier, when a single national preliminary was held in Singapore. The competition was conceived by Metromedia Singapore and Procon Leisure International, which became co-partners in 1993.

The Manhunt International 2024 winner was Kevin Dasom from Thailand. He was crowned by the former titleholder, Lochlan "Lochie" Carey of Australia, on 26 May 2024, in Ayutthaya, Thailand.[1]

History

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Countries and territories placements in Manhunt International.

Manhunt International holds the title as the world's first and most prestigious pageant and competition for men. The Manhunt International Organization was officially formed in 1993 when Rosko Dickinson (Australia) and Alex Liu (Singapore) joined forces with a shared dream to offer men worldwide a platform to showcase their talents and skills.[2]

The first-ever Manhunt International World Final was held in Australia in 1993 with 25 contestants, and it was won by Thomas Sasse from Germany. The pageant remained on Australia's Gold Coast, where Nikos Papadakis from Greece won in 1994. The current president, Rosko Dickinson, and Alex Liu began their co-ownership and partnership of Manhunt International in 1993, which continued until Liu's death in January 2018.[3]

Manhunt International is organized with a focus on masculinity, featuring outdoor activities, thrilling events, public presentations, talent competitions, fun routines, and even opportunities to meet and impress women. Contestants are judged on their runway skills, photogenic qualities, personality, and physical attributes; it is a search for the next Male Supermodel. The pageant is designed to promote new faces in the male modeling and fashion industry. The men who enter Manhunt International are also encouraged to become role models and responsible 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 a worldwide search for the best male models, having recorded the highest number of contestants in 2006 and 2012 in China and Thailand, respectively.

Several countries have hosted the world finals, including Australia (1993, 1994, 1998, 2018), Singapore (1995, 1997, 2000), the Philippines (1999, 2020, 2022), China (2001, 2002, 2006, 2016), Korea (2005, 2007, 2008, 2011), Taiwan (2010), and Thailand (2012, 2017, 2024).

Eligibility criteria

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Sex Male
Age range 18 to 32
Marital status Married or Single
Height At least 1.75 metres / 5'9"
Skills Remarkable communication skills, modelling experience
Additional attributes Photogenic, fit, pleasing character

Competition

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The Manhunt competition is staged in two rounds: preliminary and final. During the preliminaries, the contestants are judged in Haute Couture Fashion, Swimwear, and Formal Evening Wear. The contestants with the highest scores are named as finalists, from which the judges determine the winner and runners-up.

During the finals, several other awards are given in addition to the ultimate title of Manhunt International: 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 awarded five continental titles to the best representatives of each continent. In the 2007 edition, it was announced that the winner of Mister Popularity would automatically advance to the final round, and in 2022 a new category was introduced called Digital Challenge (Video), with three segments: Runway Challenge, Swimwear/Physique, and Casting Challenge. Once again, the overall winner of the category advanced straight to the Top 20.

30th year Anniversary

On this special occasion, the final ten were awarded as runners-up.

Titleholders

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Edition Year Date Manhunt International Runners-Up Location No. Ref.
First Second Third Fourth
1st 1993 November 30, 1993 Thomas Sasse
 Germany
Berke Hürcan
 Turkey
Raffaele Memoli
 Switzerland
Aaron Small
 Philippines
Michel Boeuf
 New Caledonia
Gold Coast, Australia 22
2nd 1994 Unknown Nikos Papadakis
 Greece
Trent Garfthon
 Australia
Richard Planks
 United States
Benedict Goh Wei Cheh
 Singapore
Rajat Bedi
 India
Gold Coast, Australia 24
3rd 1995 Unknown Albe Geldenhuys
 South Africa
Dino Morea
 India
David Arnold
 United States
Javier Rodriguez
 Puerto Rico
Rinat Khismatouli
 Kazakhstan
Sentosa Island, Singapore 35
4th 1997 May 24, 1997 Jason Erceg
 New Zealand
Sandro Finocchio (Finoglio) Speranza
 Venezuela
Vincent Pinto
 Philippines
Jonathan Rojas Ortega
 Puerto Rico
Zulfi Syed Ahmad
 India
Singapore 38
5th 1998 May 3, 1998 Peter Eriksen
 Sweden
Tamme Boh Tjarks
 Germany
Robert Korceki
 United States
Philip Lee
 Singapore
Rets Renemaris
 Latvia
Gold Coast, Australia 34
6th 1999 May 29, 1999 Juan Ernesto Calzadilla Regalado
 Venezuela
John Abraham
 India
Peter Kerby
 Denmark
Kirk Hedley
 Jamaica
Llewellyn Cordier
 South Africa
Manila, Philippines 34
7th 2000 September 29, 2000 Brett Wilson
 Australia
David Zepeda Quintero
 Mexico
Brandon Choo
 Singapore
José Gabriel Madonía Panepinto
 Venezuela
Geraldino Nicolina
 Curaçao
Singapore 33
8th 2001 November 12, 2001 Rajeev Singh
 India
Leo Zhang Wei Biao
 China
Luis Antonio Nery Gómez
 Venezuela
Adnan Taletovic
 Croatia
Kenneth Bryan
 Cayman Islands
Beijing, China 43 [4]
9th 2002 November 9, 2002 Fabrice Bertrand Wattez
 France
Bart Deschuymer
 Belgium
Murat Erbaytan
 Turkey
Adrian Medina Scull
 Cuba
Daniel Leonard Navarrete Muktans
 Venezuela
Shanghai, China 46
10th 2005 September 8, 2005 Tolgahan Sayışman
 Turkey
Agris Blaubuks
 Latvia
Henry Romero
 Curaçao
Chen ZeYu
 China
Romeo Quiñones
 Puerto Rico
Busan, Korea 42
11th 2006 April 19, 2006 Jaime Augusto Mayol
 United States
Fabien Hauquier
 Belgium
Zhao Zheng
 China
Gökhan Keser
 Turkey
Jose Mendez
 Spain
Jinjiang, China 53
12th 2007 February 12, 2007 Jeffrey Zheng Yu Guang
 China
Jason Charles Millot
 Canada
Ioannis Athitakis
 Greece
Craig Barnett
 Australia
Abhimanyu Jain
 India
Gangwon, Korea 48
13th 2008 June 2, 2008 Abdelmoumen El Maghraouy
 Morocco
Egill Arnljots
 Sweden
Cesar Vegas
 Costa Rica
Lee Jae-Hwan
 South Korea
Claudio Furtado
 Angola
Seoul, Korea 47
14th 2010 November 20, 2010 Peter Meňky
 Slovakia
Bogdan Brasoveanu
 Gibraltar
Marlon de Gregori
 Brazil
Daniel Guerra
 United States
Jerry Chang
 Taiwan
Taichung, Taiwan 50
15th 2011 October 10, 2011 John Chen Jiang Feng
 China
Nelson Omar Sterling
 Dominican Republic
Gianni Sinnesael
 Belgium
Truong Nam Thanh
 Vietnam
Martin Smahel
 Slovakia
Seoul, Korea 48
16th 2012 November 9, 2012 June Macasaet
 Philippines
Bo Peter Jonsson
 Sweden
Martin Wang
 Macau
Jimmy Perez Rivera
 Puerto Rico
Jason Chee
 Singapore
Bangkok, Thailand 53
17th 2016 October 29, 2016 Patrik Sjöö
 Sweden
Ba Te Er
 Hong Kong
Christopher Bramell
 England
Maurício Eusébio
 Angola
Ramon Pissaia
 Brazil
Shenzhen, China 43
18th 2017 November 27, 2017 Trương Ngọc Tình
 Vietnam
Kongnat Choeisuwan
 Thailand
Gaetan Osman
 Lebanon
Mohamed Wazeem
 Sri Lanka
Andry Permadi
 Indonesia
Bangkok, Thailand 37 [5]
19th 2018 December 2, 2018 Vicent Llorach González
 Spain
Dale Maher
 Australia
Luca Derin
 Netherlands
Jeffrey “Jeff” Langan
 Philippines
Mai Tuan Anh
 Vietnam
Gold Coast, Australia 28 [6]
20th 2020 February 22, 2020 Paul Luzineau
 Netherlands
Nikos Antonopoulos
 Greece
Matheus Cruz Giora
 Brazil
Yeray Hidalgo Hernández
 Spain
Mayur Gangwani
 India
Manila, Philippines 36 [7]
21st 2022 October 1, 2022 Lochlan “Lochie” Carey
 Australia
Joshua Raphael De Sequera
 Philippines
Elijah Van Zanten
 United States
Trần Mạnh Kiên
 Vietnam
Cas Hagman
 Netherlands
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22nd 2024 May 26, 2024 Kevin Aphisittinun Len Dasom
 Thailand
Lucas Schlachter
 France
Kenneth Stromsnes
 Philippines
Víctor Michele Battista Infante
 Venezuela
Vincenzo Melisi
 Italy
Ayutthaya, Thailand 37 [8]
5th-9th Runner-Up

Since 2024, Manhunt International pageant has awarded a Top 10 finalists as 5th-9th Runner-Up.

This table lists the name of 5th-9th Runner-Up titles by year.

Edition Year Date Runners-Up Location No. Ref.
Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth Ninth
22nd 2024 May 26, 2024 Daniel Lorente
 Spain
Matt Dixon
 Canada
Marcel Riera
  Switzerland
Ruan Mendes
 Brazil
Luke Van
 South Africa
Ayutthaya, Thailand 37 [8]
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Country by number of wins

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Country Titles Year
 Australia 2 2000, 2022
 Sweden 1998, 2016
 China 2007, 2011
 Thailand 1 2024
 Netherlands 2020
 Spain 2018
 Vietnam 2017
 Philippines 2012
 Slovakia 2010
 Morocco 2008
 United States 2006
 Turkey 2005
 France 2002
 India 2001
 Venezuela 1999
 New Zealand 1997
 South Africa 1995
 Greece 1994
 Germany 1993

Continents by number of wins

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Continent Titles Years
Europe 9 1993, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2010, 2016, 2018, 2020
Asia 6 2001, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2024
Oceania 3 1997, 2000, 2022
Africa 2 1995, 2008
Americas 2 1999, 2006

Victory Rank by Country

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Rank Country #Wins[a] #1ST R.U.s #2ND R.U.s #3RD R.U.s #4TH R.U.s
1  Australia 2 2 0 1 0
2  Sweden 2 2 0 0 0
3  China 2 1 1 1 0
4  India 1 2 0 0 4
5  Philippines 1 1 2[a] 2 0
6  Venezuela 1 1 1 2[a] 1
7  Turkey 1 1 1 1 0
8  Greece 1 1 1 0 0
9  Germany 1 1 0 0 0
9  France 1 1[a] 0 0 0
9  Thailand 1[a] 1 0 0 0
10  United States 1 0 4 1 0
11  Netherlands 1 0 1 0 1
12  Vietnam 1 0 0 2 1
13  Spain 1 0 0 1 1
14  Slovakia 1 0 0 0 1
14  South Africa 1 0 0 0 1
18  Morocco 1 0 0 0 0
18  New Zealand 1 0 0 0 0
20  Belgium 0 2 1 0 0
21  Latvia 1 0 0 1
22  Mexico 1 0 0 0
22  Canada 1 0 0 0
22  Dominican Republic 1 0 0 0
22  Gibraltar 1 0 0 0
22  Hong Kong 1 0 0 0
27  Brazil 0 2 0 1
28  Singapore 1 2 1
29  Curacao 1 0 1
30  Costa Rica 1 0 0
30  Denmark 1 0 0
30  England 1 0 0
30  Lebanon 1 0 0
30  Macau 1 0 0
30   Switzerland 1 0 0
36  Puerto Rico 0 3 1
37  Angola 1 1
38  Croatia 1 0
38  Cuba 1 0
38  Jamaica 1 0
38  Korea 1 0
38  Sri Lanka 1 0
43  Italy 0 1[a]
43  Cayman Islands 1
43  Indonesia 1
43  Kazakhstan 1
43  New Caledonia 1
43  Taiwan 1
  1. ^ a b c d e f New ranking from 22nd edition (2024)

See also

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ Wang, Nickie (26 May 2024). "Philippines' Kenneth Stromsnes places 3rd at Mister Manhunt International 2024". Manila Standard. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  2. ^ "History | Manhunt International". Manhunt International.
  3. ^ "Manhunt Co-Founder and beauty pageant veteran Alex Liu dies at 57". straitstimes.com. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  4. ^ Business India, Issues 615–620, A.H. Advani, 2001, p. 160
  5. ^ "Manhunt International – Timeline | Facebook". web.facebook.com. Archived from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  6. ^ Mediterráneo, El Periódico. "El peñiscolano Vicent Llorach regresa a la final del Manhunt International". El Periódico Mediterráneo (in Spanish).
  7. ^ "IN PHOTOS: Meet the 36 candidates of Manhunt International 2020". Rappler.
  8. ^ a b Wang, Nickie (26 May 2024). "Philippines' Kenneth Stromsnes places 3rd at Mister Manhunt International 2024". Manila Standard. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
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