| Formation: | 1993 |
| Type: | Male Model Search |
| Status: | Active |
| Headquarters: | Sydney |
| Language: | English |
| Leader Title: | President |
| Leader Name: | Rosko Dickinson |
| Budget: | $3M |
| Manhunt International | |
| Location: | Australia |
Manhunt International is a major international male model search for the next "Male Supermodel", founded in 1993, though the roots of the competition go back a few years more to when one single national preliminary was held in Singapore. The competition was conceived by Metromedia Singapore and Procon Leisure International which become co-partners in 1993.
The current Manhunt International winner is Kevin Dasom from Thailand. He was crowned by the former titleholder, Lochlan "Lochie" Carey of Australia, on 26 May 2024, at Ayutthaya, Thailand.[1]
Manhunt International wears the crown as the world's first and most prestigious of all pageants and competitions for men. Its roots began in 1988 when Alex Liu, pageant director of Metromedia Singapore, decided to stage the first male model contest in Singapore announcing a “Manhunt.” Manhunt International Organization was officially formed in 1993 by Liu, with a dream to offer the men of the world 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. The pageant remained on Australia's Gold Coast when Nikos Papadakis of Greece won in 1994. The current president, Rosko Dickinson & Liu began the co-ownerships and partners of Manhunt International from 1994, until Liu's death in January 2018.[3]
Manhunt International is organized in a macho way with outdoor activities, thrilling events, public presentations, talent competitions, fun routines, and even a chance to meet and impress ladies. Contestants are judged on their runway skills, photogenic ability, personality, and physical attributes. The pageant is organized to promote new faces in 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.
Today, Manhunt International is easily the World's most recognized and longest-running international male model contest. It is the worldwide search for the best male models with 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), Philippines (1999, 2020, 2022), China (2001, 2002, 2006, 2016), Korea (2005, 2007, 2008, 2011), Taiwan (2010) and Thailand (2012, 2017, 2024).
| Sex | Male | |
| Age range | 18 to 32 | |
| Marital status | Married or Single | |
| Height | At least 1.78 metres / 5'10" | |
| Skills | Remarkable communication skills, modelling experience | |
| Additional attributes | Photogenic, fit, pleasing character |
The Manhunt competition is staged in two rounds, preliminary and final. During the preliminaries, the contestants are judged in Haute Couture Fashion, Swimwear, Formal Evening wear. The contestants with highest scores are named as finalists, from which the judges determine the winner and the runners up.
During the finals, several other awards are also given besides 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 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 and in 2022 a new category was introduced called Digital Challenge (Video) with three segments being Runway Challenge, Swimwear/Physique and Casting Challenge. Once again the overall winner of the category went straight in to the Top 16.
On this special occasion, the final ten were awarded as runners-up.
| Edition | Year | Date | Manhunt International | Runners-Up | Location | No. | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | Second | Third | Fourth | ||||||||
| 1st | 1993 | November 30, 1993 | Thomas Sasse | Berke Hürcan | Raffaele Memoli | Aaron Small | Michel Boeuf New Caledonia | Gold Coast, Australia | 22 | ||
| 2nd | 1994 | Unknown | Nikos Papadakis | Trent Garfthon | Richard Planks | Benedict Goh Wei Cheh | Rajat Bedi | Gold Coast, Australia | 24 | ||
| 3rd | 1995 | Unknown | Albe Geldenhuys | Dino Morea | David Arnold | Javier Rodriguez | Rinat Khismatouli | Sentosa Island, Singapore | 35 | ||
| 4th | 1997 | May 24, 1997 | Jason Erceg | Sandro Finocchio (Finoglio) Speranza | Vincent Pinto | Jonathan Rojas Ortega | Zulfi Syed Ahmad | Singapore | 38 | ||
| 5th | 1998 | May 3, 1998 | Peter Eriksen | Tamme Boh Tjarks | Robert Korceki | Philip Lee | Rets Renemaris | Gold Coast, Australia | 34 | ||
| 6th | 1999 | May 29, 1999 | Juan Ernesto Calzadilla Regalado | John Abraham | Peter Kerby | Kirk Hedley | Llewellyn Cordier | Manila, Philippines | 34 | ||
| 7th | 2000 | September 29, 2000 | Brett Wilson | David Zepeda Quintero | Brandon Choo | José Gabriel Madonía Panepinto | Geraldino Nicolina | Singapore | 33 | ||
| 8th | 2001 | November 12, 2001 | Rajeev Singh | Leo Zhang Wei Biao | Luis Antonio Nery Gómez | Adnan Taletovic | Kenneth Bryan | Beijing, China | 43 | ||
| 9th | 2002 | November 9, 2002 | Fabrice Bertrand Wattez | Bart Deschuymer | Murat Erbaytan | Adrian Medina Scull | Daniel Leonard Navarrete Muktans | Shanghai, China | 46 | ||
| 10th | 2005 | September 8, 2005 | Tolgahan Sayışman | Agris Blaubuks | Henry Romero | Chen ZeYu | Romeo Quiñones | Busan, Korea | 42 | ||
| 11th | 2006 | April 19, 2006 | Jaime Augusto Mayol | Fabien Hauquier | Zhao Zheng | Gökhan Keser | Jose Mendez | Jinjiang, China | 53 | ||
| 12th | 2007 | February 12, 2007 | Jeffrey Zheng Yu Guang | Jason Charles Millot | Ioannis Athitakis | Craig Barnett | Abhimanyu Jain | Gangwon, Korea | 48 | ||
| 13th | 2008 | June 2, 2008 | Abdelmoumen El Maghraouy | Egill Arnljots | Cesar Vegas | Lee Jae-Hwan | Claudio Furtado | Seoul, Korea | 47 | ||
| 14th | 2010 | November 20, 2010 | Peter Meňky | Bogdan Brasoveanu | Marlon de Gregori | Daniel Guerra | Jerry Chang | Taichung, Taiwan | 50 | ||
| 15th | 2011 | October 10, 2011 | John Chen Jiang Feng | Nelson Omar Sterling | Gianni Sinnesael | Truong Nam Thanh | Martin Smahel | Seoul, Korea | 48 | ||
| 16th | 2012 | November 9, 2012 | June Macasaet | Bo Peter Jonsson | Martin Wang | Jimmy Perez Rivera | Jason Chee | Bangkok, Thailand | 53 | ||
| 17th | 2016 | October 29, 2016 | Patrik Sjöö | Ba Te Er | Christopher Bramell | Maurício Eusébio | Ramon Pissaia | Shenzhen, China | 43 | ||
| 18th | 2017 | November 27, 2017 | Trương Ngọc Tình | Kongnat Choeisuwan | Gaetan Osman | Mohamed Wazeem | Andry Permadi | Bangkok, Thailand | 37 | [4] | |
| 19th | 2018 | December 2, 2018 | Vicent Llorach González | Dale Maher | Luca Derin | Jeffrey “Jeff” Langan | Mai Tuan Anh | Gold Coast, Australia | 28 | [5] | |
| 20th | 2020 | February 22, 2020 | Paul Luzineau | Nikos Antonopoulos | Matheus Cruz Giora | Yeray Hidalgo Hernández | Mayur Gangwani | Manila, Philippines | 36 | [6] | |
| 21st | 2022 | October 1, 2022 | Lochlan “Lochie” Carey | Joshua Raphael De Sequera | Elijah Van Zanten | Trần Mạnh Kiên | Cas Hagman | 33 | |||
| 22nd | 2024 | May 26, 2024 | Kevin Aphisittinun Len Dasom | Lucas Schlachter | Kenneth Stromsnes | Víctor Michele Battista Infante | Vincenzo Melisi | Ayutthaya, Thailand | 37 | [7] | |
This table lists the name of 5th-9th Runner-Up titles by year.
| Country | Titles | Year | |
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| align=center rowspan="3" | 2 | 2000, 2022 | |
| 1998, 2016 | |||
| 2007, 2011 | |||
| align=center rowspan="17" | 1 | 2024 | |
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| Continent | Titles | Years | |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 |  Thailand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 |  United States | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 |  Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 30 |  Costa Rica | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 30 |  Denmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 30 |  Lebanon | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 30 | 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 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 38 |  Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | |||
| 43 |  Italy | 0 | 1 | |||
| 43 |  Cayman Islands | 1 | ||||
| 43 |  Indonesia | 1 | ||||
| 43 |  Kazakhstan | 1 | ||||
| 43 | New Caledonia | 1 | ||||
| 43 | 1 | |||||