Mr Gay Europe Explained

Mr Gay Europe is a male competition for gay Europeans about important LGBTQIA+ themes. Every year a new Mr. Gay Europe will be crowned, who will be an ambassador for the LGBTQIA+ community. It was founded by its former President, Morten Rudå and its current President, Tore Aasheim; and was hosted for the first time in 2005.

History

In 2005, the competition was held in Oslo, Norway and the winner was Alexander van Kempen from the Netherlands. The following year, Amsterdam was the host city.

In 2006 at Amsterdam, Nandor Gyongyosi of Hungary won the title.

Mr Gay Europe Contest 2007 was held in Budapest, August 5, as part of Pride Island Europa, Central and Eastern Europe's largest new International GLBTQ celebration. The winner was Germany's Jackson Netto.

In 2008, again in Budapest, the competition was won by Spain's Antonio Pedro Almijez.^{[1] [2]}

In 2009, the competition was held in Oslo and won by Spain's Sergio Lara.^[3] In 2010, the competition was supposed to be in Geneva, Switzerland, but was cancelled. In 2011 the competition was in Braşov, Romania. The 2010/2011 winner was Giulio Spatola, from Palermo (Italy).^[4]

In 2012, the competition was held in Rome, Italy and won by Miguel Ortiz from Spain.

In 2013, the event was held in Prague and Robbie O'Bara of Ireland won Mr Gay Europe 2013.^[5] Robbie is originally from Canada of Canadian/Japanese descent and has returned to that country to start practising as a medical doctor.

In 2014, the competition was held in Austria (14 of June, Bregenz). For the first time in MGE history, the contest took the delegates on a journey through the hosting country. The finale took place in the Bregenzer Festspielhaus. Mr Gay Europe 2014 title goes home to Scandinavia with Jack Johansson of Sweden.^[6] The judging panel included Tore Aasheim, the president of Mr. Gay Europe, and Coenie Kukkuk, the Director Africa & Middle East of Mr. Gay World.^[7]

In 2015, the competition was cancelled but was rescheduled to be held in Sweden and Norway 29. July to 7. August 2016, starting in Stockholm with the Pride Parade, before journeying west to Trondheim and Oslo. Belgium’s Raf Van Puymbroeck took home the title of Mr Gay Europe 2016.

In 2017, the competition was held in Stockholm, Sweden and won by Matt Rood from England.

In 2018, the competition was held in Warsaw and Poznan in Poland, and was won by Enrique Doleschy from Germany.

Previous winners

Year	Delegate	From	Venue
2005	Alexander van Kempen		Oslo, Norway
2006	Nándi Gyöngyösi		Amsterdam, Netherlands
2007	Jackson Netto		Budapest, Hungary
2008	Antonio Pedro Almijez		Budapest, Hungary
2009	Sergio Lara		Oslo, Norway
2011	Giulio Spatola		Poiana Brașov, Romania
2012	Miguel Ortiz		Rome, Italy
2013	Robbie O'Bara		Prague, Czech Republic
2014	Jack Johansson		Bregenz, Austria
2016	Raf Van Puymbroeck		Oppdal, Norway
2017	Matt Rood		Stockholm, Sweden
2018	Enrique Doleschy		Poznań, Poland
2019	Alexander Petrov		Cologne, Germany
2022	Paul Dennison		Alnwick Castle, England
2023	Tim Küsters		Alnwick Castle, England

Results

2005 in Oslo

Country	Contestant	Age	Height	Title
Austria	Aaron Michael Jackson	32
Bulgaria	Ivan Penev	23
Denmark	Hugues Maxime Germany	37
Estonia	Urmas Külama	25
Germany	Suat Bahçeci	19
Hungary	Kyan Smith	21
Italy	Alessandro Tamburrino	22
Lapland	Erik Berg	21	173
Latvia	Normunds Beinerts	22
Netherlands	Alexander van Kempen	20		Winner
Norway	David Thorkildsen	20
Sweden	Jörgen Tenor	20
Switzerland	Sven Müller	26

2006 in Amsterdam

Country	Contestant	Age	Height	Title
Austria	Aaron Michael Jackson	33
Belgium	Bart Hesters	20
Bulgaria	Vassil Nikolov	20
Denmark	Mikkel Svarre	29
France	Jules	24
	Edgar González	26
Hungary	Nándi Gyöngyösi	29		Winner
Ireland	Keith Kearney	25
Italy	Salvatore Carfora	22
Lapland	Tobias Johansson	26
Lithuania	Liūtas Balčiūnas	21
	Ivica M.	21
Netherlands	Joep Mesman	24
Norway	Olav Hanto	31
	Nikita Kutuzoff	24
Sweden	Henrik Lindholm	19
	Matthew Jones	34

2007 in Budapest

Country	Contestant	Age	Height	Title
Azerbaijan	Sadikh Ragimov	19
Belgium	Jens Taghon	19
Bulgaria	Ivo Krustev	29
Denmark	Mikkel Svarre	30
France	Yori Bailleres	23
	Leonardo Luíz Murilo	19
Germany	Jackson Netto	25		Winner
Hungary	Deam Ladányi	24
Ireland	John Rice	23		2nd Runner-Up
Israel	Shachar Eyal	25
Italy	Diego Gerolimi	23
Lapland	Thor-Kjetil Sundbakk	29
	Kiko	21
	Eugeniu	24
Netherlands	Stefan Onland	19
	Mikey Robinson	21
Norway	Marius Svela	20
Poland	Przemysław Rogacki	22
Portugal	José Marques	23	170
Romania	Emanuel	25
Serbia	Blagoje Bjeloglav	24
Slovenia	Lev Dermota	24
Spain	José Luís Fuster Genovart	24
United Kingdom	Mark E. Carter	24		1st Runner-Up

2008 in Budapest

Country	Contestant	Age	Height	Title
Austria	Michael Fröhle	24
Belgium	Lionel Grégoire	23
Bulgaria	Deyan Kolev	28		2nd Runner-Up
Czech Republic	Jakub Starý	22
	Dempsey	26
Hungary	Péter Gyökeres	21
Iceland	Hreinn Erlingsson	22
Ireland	Barry Meegan	29
Italy	Fabrizio Caiazza	33
Lithuania	Vipas Burnickis	20
Malta	Steve Grech	27		1st Runner-Up
Netherlands	Stefan Onland	20
	Graeme Williamson	25
Norway	Kai Thomas Ryen Larsen	21
Portugal	Paulo Almeida	33
Romania	Alex Ocros	22
	Andrey Vernadsky	26
Serbia	Ivan Maljukanović	19
	Robert Pusztai	18
Slovenia	Lev Dermota	26
Spain	Antonio Pedro Almijez	22		Winner
Sweden	Joachim Brattfjord Corneliusson	21
	Matthew Jones	36

2009 in Oslo

Country	Contestant	Age	Height	Title
Belarus	Andrei Charkas	23
Belgium	Cédric Fievey	26
Bulgaria	Radoslav Iliev	22
Czech Republic	Martin Miko	23
Denmark & Øresund	Mitchel Nebelong-Ibsen	20
Estonia	Madis Räästas	28
Germany	Dominic Meury	23
Iceland	Magnus Jonsson	24		1st Runner-Up
Ireland	Jason Masterson	23		2nd Runner-Up
Italy	Antony Cortinovis	24
Netherlands	Jeffrey Zevenbergen	27
	James Smallman	23
Norway	Walter Heidkampf	49
Poland	Kamil Szmerdt	21
Portugal	André Caldeira Rodrigues	32
Romania	Andy Claudiu Postica	22
	David Baramia	24
	Roman Vašek	21
Slovenia	Robert Kulovec Mueller	29
Spain	Sergio Lara	26		Winner
Sweden	Mirza Muhic	28
Switzerland	Ricco Müller	24
Turkey	Halil Adem Said	25

2011 in Poiana Brașov

Country	Contestant	Age	Height	Title
Bulgaria	Stanislav Tanchev	36
France	Guillaume Barbier	27
Iceland	Simon Cramer Larsen	26
Ireland	Barry Francis Gouldsbury	27		2nd Runner-Up
Italy	Giulio Spatola	26		Winner^[8]
Norway	Snorre Andreassen	36
Romania	Nicu Manea	32
	Ramin Ismailov	20
Sweden	Christo Willesen	25		1st Runner-Up
Turkey	Aleydin Aliyev	22

2012 in Rome

Country	Contestant	Age	Height	Title
Austria	Joachim Trauner	29
Belarus	Aleksandr Korik	24
Bulgaria	Chavdar Arsov	25
Cyprus	Kiri Spanos	24
Czech Republic	Tomáš Frýda	24
Denmark	Jobbe Joller	23
Estonia	Vadim Firsa	22
Finland	Janne Tiilikainen	26
France	Remy Frejaville	31
Germany	Chris Janik	35
Greece	Argyrios Stelios Christakis	29
Ireland	Steven Baitson	22
Italy	Nicholas Menna	27		2nd Runner-Up
Malta	Steve Grech	31		1st Runner-Up
	Daniel Hegarty	21
Norway	Sebastian Okshovd	22
	Martin Lhota	21
Spain	Miguel Ortiz	19		Winner
Sweden	Erik da Silva	26
Switzerland	Stephan Bitterlin	43
Turkey	Denis Hamdi	25

2013 in Prague

Country	Contestant	Age	Height	Title
Austria	Patrick Santos	24
Belgium	Tom Goris	34
Bulgaria	Yanislav Pavlov	32
Czech Republic	Marek Zly	34
Denmark	Michael Sinan	35
Finland	Aleks Vehkala	19
France	Armando Santos	26
Germany	Marcel Ohrner	30
Ireland	Robbie O'Bara	26		Winner
Italy	Alessio Cuvello	25
Netherlands	Bobby de Vries	18
	Conor O’Kane	20
Slovakia	Jozef Hulina	26
Spain	Edgar Moreno	34
Sweden	Fritiof Teodor Ingelhammar	20		2nd Runner-Up
Switzerland	Luis Bonfiglio	25
United Kingdom	Leroy Williamson	28		1st Runner-Up

2014 in Bregenz

Country	Contestant	Age	Height	Title
Austria	Robert Prolic^[9]	23		1st Runner-Up
Belgium	David Joest^[10]	34
Bulgaria	Georgi Todorov^[11]	31
Cyprus	Kiriakos Spanos^[12]	25
Czech Republic	Michal^[13]	29
Denmark	Christian-Sebastian^[14]	24	175	3rd Runner-Up
France	Olivier Croft^[15]	31
Germany	Fabrice^[16]	22
Ireland	Robbie Lawlor^[17]	23
Lithuania	Minde^[18]	28
	Nick Flanagan^[19]	22		4th Runner-Up
Poland	Conrad Filas^[20]	26
Sweden	Jack Johansson^[21]	20		Winner^[22]
Switzerland	Max Escobar^[23]	28
Ukraine	Kazza Aivazovskii^[24]	29
United Kingdom	Stuart Hatton Jr^[25]	29	170	2nd Runner-Up

2016 in Oppdal

Country	Contestant	Age	Height	Title
Belgium	Raf Van Puymbroeck	21		Winner^[26]
Bulgaria	Dimitar Dimitrov	33
Czech Republic	Ladislav Agh	28
Denmark	Danni Sigen	29		2nd Runner-Up
	Joni Valadares	28		1st Runner-Up
Ireland	Konrad Im	27
Poland	Andrzej Berg	27
	Marek Gajdos	25
Spain	Sergio Diaz Rullo Brasero	26
	Paul Davies	32

2017 in Stockholm

Country	Contestant	Age	Height	Title
Belgium	Jaimie Deblieck^[27]	18
Bulgaria	Yuksel Yuseinov^[28]	28
Czech Republic	Daniel Fröhlich^[29]	23
	Matt Rood^[30]	37		Winner
Finland	Rami Kiiskinen^[31]	20
Germany	Niko Wirachman^[32]	27
Ireland	Stephen Lehane^[33]	24		1st Runner-Up
Poland	Kacper Sobieralski^[34]	26
Portugal	Joao de Oliveira^[35]	27
	Steven Whyte^[36]	39		2nd Runner-Up
Slovakia	Jaromir Šufr^[37]	41
	Ben Brown^[38]	28

2018 in Poznań

Country	Contestant	Age	Height	Title
Bulgaria	Stefan Dimov	21
Czech & Slovak Republics	Lukáš Grečko	22
Denmark	Niels Jansen^[39]	44		1st Runner-Up
	Phillip Dzwonkiewicz^[40]	36		2nd Runner-Up
Germany	Enrique Doleschy^[41]	30		Winner
Ireland	Guilherme Souza^[42]	25
Poland	Karol Pacyna^[43]	22
Portugal	Pedro Ferreira	33
Ukraine	Dominik Svechnikov^[44]	20
	Christopher Price^[45]	26

2019 in Cologne

Country	Contestant	Age	Height	Title
Belgium	Matthias De Roover	26		1st Runner-Up
Bulgaria	Alexander Petrov	31		Winner^[46]
Czech Republic	Lukáš Krajčo	26
Finland	Konsta Nupponen	23
Germany	Marcel Danner	30		2nd Runner-Up
Italy	Salvatore Carfora	35
Portugal	Mauro Melim	32

2022 in Alnwick Castle

Country	Contestant	Age	Height	Title
Belgium	Joren Houtevels	22
Czech Republic	Kevin Drábek	49
	Paul Dennison	37		Winner^[47]
Germany	Max Appenroth	36
Italy	Andrea Pelone	32		1st Runner-Up
Norway	Nicolay Berge	26
Ukraine	Dennis Zahnen	40

2023 in Alnwick Castle

Country	Contestant	Age	Height	Title
Belgium	Maarten Truijen	34
Bulgaria	Gabriel Stoyanov	32
Czech Republic	Kevin Drábek	50		1st Runner-Up
Germany	Chris Janik	46
	David Allwood	35		2nd Runner-Up
Ireland	Stephan LeHane	31
Netherlands	Tim Küsters	28		Winner^[48]
Norway	Nicolay Berge	27
Spain	Ruben Carranza	35

See also

• International Mister Gay

Footnotes

1. News: Sydney MX (Australia). July 7, 2008. Gay Men Of Europe Embrace A New Queen. Spain's Antonio Pedro Almijez is crowned the winner of Mr Gay Europe 2008 at the event's final in Budapest, Hungary. The contest pitted 20 gay men against each other in a bid to be crowned the most attractive gay man on the continent..
2. News: Gay South Florida. July 3, 2008. Amid petrol bomb attacks, 400 police committed to gay beauty pageant in Budapest. Steve Rothaus. While gay activists in Budapest are complaining that the police are not protecting gay businesses in the city, the organisers of Mr Gay Europe have announced they will have "400 policemen and women to protect them during the final." Two gay venues have been attacked with petrol bombs in the last week... Organisers said: "The police will protect the Mr Gay Europe final with a 400 man strong force." The militant protesters have put up a web page with names and addresses of all gay venues in Budapest and already two bars have been attacked with fire bombs..
3. News: Sunday Life. November 2, 2008. Waiter served up Mr Gay title. John McGurk. Waiter James Smallman was crowned at the annual Mr Gay Ireland competition in Dublin last weekend... James will join the Mr Gay Ireland winner, Dublin-based martial arts coach Max Krzyzanowski (37) to compete in the Mr Gay Europe and Mr Gay World contests in Oslo and Vancouver next year..
4. http://www.gay.it/channel/attualita/31609/Giulio-Spatola-e-Mister-Gay-Europe-2011-.html Giulio Spatola è Mister Gay Europe 2011
5. Web site: MGE 2013: Ireland goes all the way | MrGayEurope.com . 2014-06-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140815055135/http://www.mrgayeurope.com/2013/07/mge-2013-ireland-goes-all-the-way/ . 2014-08-15 .
6. Web site: Newsflash: Mr. Gay Europe 2014 is Incredibly Princely. BuzzFeed.
7. Web site: Mr Gay Europe is on the road!. 9 June 2014.
8. https://www.balarm.it/news/magazine/giulio-spatola-e-palermitano-il-mister-gay-europa-7451
9. Web site: Austria | MrGayEurope.com . 2014-06-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714160340/http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-austria/ . 2014-07-14 .
10. Web site: Belgium | MrGayEurope.com . 2014-06-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714220805/http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-belgium/ . 2014-07-14 .
11. Web site: Bulgaria | MrGayEurope.com . 2014-06-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714130258/http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-bulgaria/ . 2014-07-14 .
12. Web site: Cyprus | MrGayEurope.com . 2014-06-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140622053408/http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-cyprus/ . 2014-06-22 .
13. Web site: Czech Republic | MrGayEurope.com . 2014-06-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714185817/http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-czech-republic/ . 2014-07-14 .
14. Web site: Denmark | MrGayEurope.com . 2014-06-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714164105/http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-denmark/ . 2014-07-14 .
15. Web site: France | MrGayEurope.com . 2014-06-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714221247/http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-france/ . 2014-07-14 .
16. Web site: Germany | MrGayEurope.com . 2014-06-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714155133/http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-germany/ . 2014-07-14 .
17. Web site: Ireland | MrGayEurope.com . 2014-06-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714201139/http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-ireland/ . 2014-07-14 .
18. Web site: Lithuania | MrGayEurope.com . 2014-06-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140525173834/http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-lithuania/ . 2014-05-25 .
19. Web site: Northern Ireland | MrGayEurope.com . 2014-06-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714161836/http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-northern-ireland/ . 2014-07-14 .
20. Web site: Poland | MrGayEurope.com . 2014-06-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714172450/http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-poland/ . 2014-07-14 .
21. Web site: Sweden | MrGayEurope.com . 2014-06-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140626142057/http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-sweden/ . 2014-06-26 .
22. Web site: Mr Gay Europe 2014 Winner | MrGayEurope.com . 2014-06-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140623163240/http://www.mrgayeurope.com/2014/06/mr-gay-europe-2014-winner/ . 2014-06-23 .
23. Web site: Switzerland | MrGayEurope.com . 2014-06-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714171200/http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-switzerland/ . 2014-07-14 .
24. Web site: Ukraine | MrGayEurope.com . 2014-06-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714130237/http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-ukraine/ . 2014-07-14 .
25. Web site: United Kingdom | MrGayEurope.com . 2014-06-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714170229/http://www.mrgayeurope.com/delegates/delegates-2014/2014-united-kingdom/ . 2014-07-14 .
26. https://www.gaybars.eu/en/be/Raf-Van-Puymbroeck-is-Mr-Gay-Europe-2016.htm
27. Web site: Belgium 2017. 22 June 2017.
28. Web site: Bulgaria 2017. 8 May 2017.
29. Web site: Czech Republic 2017. 18 May 2017.
30. Web site: England 2017. 4 May 2017.
31. Web site: Finland 2017. 14 July 2017.
32. Web site: Germany 2017. 14 July 2017.
33. Web site: Ireland 2017. 5 May 2017.
34. Web site: Poland 2017. 14 July 2017.
35. Web site: Portugal 2017. 2 July 2017.
36. Web site: Scotland 2017. 5 May 2017.
37. Web site: Slovak Republic 2017 . 3 June 2017 .
38. Web site: Wales 2017. 5 May 2017.
39. Web site: Denmark 2018. 14 June 2018.
40. Web site: England 2018. 14 June 2018.
41. Web site: Germany 2018. 18 July 2018.
42. Web site: Ireland 2018. 13 May 2018.
43. Web site: Poland 2018. 21 July 2018.
44. Web site: Ukraine 2018. July 2018.
45. Web site: Wales 2018. 18 July 2018.
46. https://www.gaybars.eu/en/Koln/Winner-of-Mr-Gay-Europe-2019-is-Bulgaria.htm
47. https://instinctmagazine.com/moments-when-mr-gay-europe-paul-dennison-served-thirst-online/
48. https://www.mrgayeurope.com/2023/10/this-is-tim-mr-gay-europe-2023/

External links

• Web site: Mr Gay Europe Foundation . https://web.archive.org/web/20080207195609/http://www.mrgayeurope.com/ . 2008-02-07.
• The Budapest Sun
• The Spenborough Guardian
• Interviews with Mr GayEurope 2010 contestants (ru|en)