Manhunt International

Manhunt International
Formation	1993
Type	Male Model Search
Legal status	Active
Headquarters	Gold Coast, Australia
Location	Australia ;
Official language	English
President	Rosko Dickinson
Budget	$3M
Website	manhunt.international

Last updated October 21, 2024

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.

History

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

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

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

Edition	Year	Date	Manhunt International	Runners-Up				Location	No.	Ref.
Edition	Year	Date	Manhunt International	First	Second	Third	Fourth	Location	No.	Ref.
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	Manila, Philippines	33
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.
Edition	Year	Date	Fifth	Sixth	Seventh	Eighth	Ninth	Location	No.	Ref.
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]

Gallery of winners

Manhunt International 2024
Kevin Dasom
Thailand
Manhunt International 2020
Paul Luzineau
Netherlands
Manhunt International 2005
Tolgahan Sayışman
Turkey

Country by number of wins

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

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

Rank	Country	#Wins^{[lower-alpha 1]}	#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^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2	0
6	Venezuela	1	1	1	2^{[lower-alpha 1]}	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^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0	0	0
9	Thailand	1^{[lower-alpha 1]}	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^{[lower-alpha 1]}
43	Cayman Islands					1
43	Indonesia					1
43	Kazakhstan					1
43	New Caledonia					1
43	Taiwan					1

1 2 3 4 5 6 New ranking from 22nd edition (2024)

Notes

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References

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

[auto-oh-2001-4] 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.

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