Manhunt International

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Manhunt International
Formation1993
TypeMale Model Search
Legal statusActive
Headquarters Sydney
Location
Official language
English
President
Rosko Dickinson
Budget
$3M
Website manhunt.international

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.

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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]

History

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Countries and territories placements in Manhunt International.

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).

Eligibility criteria

SexMale
Age range18 to 32
Marital statusMarried or Single
HeightAt least 1.78 metres / 5'10"
SkillsRemarkable communication skills, modelling experience
Additional attributesPhotogenic, 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, 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.

30th year Anniversary

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

Titleholders

EditionYearDateManhunt InternationalRunners-UpLocationNo.Ref.
FirstSecondThirdFourth
1st 1993 November 30, 1993Thomas Sasse
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Berke Hürcan
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Raffaele Memoli
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Aaron Small
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Michel Boeuf
Flag of FLNKS.svg  New Caledonia
Gold Coast, Australia 22
2nd 1994 UnknownNikos Papadakis
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Trent Garfthon
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Richard Planks
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Benedict Goh Wei Cheh
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Rajat Bedi
Flag of India.svg  India
Gold Coast, Australia 24
3rd 1995 UnknownAlbe Geldenhuys
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Dino Morea
Flag of India.svg  India
David Arnold
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Javier Rodriguez
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Rinat Khismatouli
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Sentosa Island, Singapore 35
4th 1997 May 24, 1997Jason Erceg
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Sandro Finocchio (Finoglio) Speranza
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
Vincent Pinto
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Jonathan Rojas Ortega
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Zulfi Syed Ahmad
Flag of India.svg  India
Singapore 38
5th 1998 May 3, 1998Peter Eriksen
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Tamme Boh Tjarks
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Robert Korceki
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Philip Lee
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Rets Renemaris
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Gold Coast, Australia 34
6th 1999 May 29, 1999Juan Ernesto Calzadilla Regalado
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
John Abraham
Flag of India.svg  India
Peter Kerby
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Kirk Hedley
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Llewellyn Cordier
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Manila, Philippines 34
7th 2000 September 29, 2000Brett Wilson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
David Zepeda Quintero
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Brandon Choo
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
José Gabriel Madonía Panepinto
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
Geraldino Nicolina
Flag of Curacao.svg  Curaçao
Singapore 33
8th 2001 November 12, 2001 Rajeev Singh
Flag of India.svg  India
Leo Zhang Wei Biao
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Luis Antonio Nery Gómez
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
Adnan Taletovic
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Kenneth Bryan
Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands
Beijing, China 43 [4]
9th 2002 November 9, 2002Fabrice Bertrand Wattez
Flag of France.svg  France
Bart Deschuymer
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Murat Erbaytan
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Adrian Medina Scull
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Daniel Leonard Navarrete Muktans
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
Shanghai, China 46
10th 2005 September 8, 2005 Tolgahan Sayışman
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Agris Blaubuks
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Henry Romero
Flag of Curacao.svg  Curaçao
Chen ZeYu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Romeo Quiñones
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Busan, Korea 42
11th 2006 April 19, 2006 Jaime Augusto Mayol
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Fabien Hauquier
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Zhao Zheng
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Gökhan Keser
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Jose Mendez
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Jinjiang, China 53
12th 2007 February 12, 2007Jeffrey Zheng Yu Guang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Jason Charles Millot
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Ioannis Athitakis
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Craig Barnett
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Abhimanyu Jain
Flag of India.svg  India
Gangwon, Korea 48
13th 2008 June 2, 2008Abdelmoumen El Maghraouy
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Egill Arnljots
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Cesar Vegas
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Lee Jae-Hwan
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Claudio Furtado
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Seoul, Korea 47
14th 2010 November 20, 2010Peter Meňky
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Bogdan Brasoveanu
Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar
Marlon de Gregori
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Daniel Guerra
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Jerry Chang
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan
Taichung, Taiwan 50
15th 2011 October 10, 2011John Chen Jiang Feng
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Nelson Omar Sterling
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Gianni Sinnesael
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Truong Nam Thanh
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
Martin Smahel
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Seoul, Korea 48
16th 2012 November 9, 2012 June Macasaet
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Bo Peter Jonsson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Martin Wang
Flag of Macau.svg  Macau
Jimmy Perez Rivera
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Jason Chee
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Bangkok, Thailand 53
17th 2016 October 29, 2016Patrik Sjöö
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Ba Te Er
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Christopher Bramell
Flag of England.svg  England
Maurício Eusébio
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Ramon Pissaia
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Shenzhen, China 43
18th 2017 November 27, 2017Trương Ngọc Tình
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
Kongnat Choeisuwan
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Gaetan Osman
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
Mohamed Wazeem
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Andry Permadi
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Bangkok, Thailand37 [5]
19th 2018 December 2, 2018Vicent Llorach González
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Dale Maher
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Luca Derin
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Jeffrey “Jeff” Langan
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Mai Tuan Anh
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
Gold Coast, Australia 28 [6]
20th 2020 February 22, 2020Paul Luzineau
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Nikos Antonopoulos
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Matheus Cruz Giora
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Yeray Hidalgo Hernández
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Mayur Gangwani
Flag of India.svg  India
Manila, Philippines 36 [7]
21st 2022 October 1, 2022Lochlan “Lochie” Carey
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Joshua Raphael De Sequera
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Elijah Van Zanten
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Trần Mạnh Kiên
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
Cas Hagman
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
33
22nd 2024 May 26, 2024Kevin Aphisittinun Len Dasom
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Lucas Schlachter
Flag of France.svg  France
Kenneth Stromsnes
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Víctor Michele Battista Infante
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
Vincenzo Melisi
Flag of Italy.svg  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.

EditionYearDateRunners-UpLocationNo.Ref.
FifthSixthSeventhEighthNinth
22nd 2024 May 26, 2024Daniel Lorente
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Matt Dixon
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Marcel Riera
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Ruan Mendes
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Luke Van
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Ayutthaya, Thailand 37 [8]

Country by number of wins

CountryTitlesYear
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 22000, 2022
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1998, 2016
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2007, 2011
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 12024
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2020
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2018
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 2017
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 2012
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2010
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2008
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2006
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2005
Flag of France.svg  France 2002
Flag of India.svg  India 2001
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 1999
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1997
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1995
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1994
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1993

Continents by number of wins

ContinentTitlesYears
Europe 91993, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2010, 2016, 2018, 2020
Asia 62001, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2024
Oceania 31997, 2000, 2022
Africa 21995, 2008
Americas 21999, 2006

Victory Rank by Country

RankCountry#Wins [lower-alpha 1] #1ST R.U.s#2ND R.U.s#3RD R.U.s#4TH R.U.s
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 22010
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 22000
3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 21110
4Flag of India.svg  India 12004
5Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 112 [lower-alpha 1] 20
6Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 1112 [lower-alpha 1] 1
7Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 11110
8Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 11100
9Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 11000
9Flag of France.svg  France 11 [lower-alpha 1] 000
9Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1 [lower-alpha 1] 1000
10Flag of the United States.svg  United States 10410
11Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 10101
12Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 10021
13Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 10011
14Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 10001
14Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 10001
18Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 10000
18Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 10000
20Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 02100
21Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 1001
22Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1000
22Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1000
22Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 1000
22Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 1000
22Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 1000
27Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 0201
28Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 121
29Flag of Curacao.svg  Curacao 101
30Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 100
30Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 100
30Flag of England.svg  England 100
30Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 100
30Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 100
30Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 100
36Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 031
37Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 11
38Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 10
38Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 10
38Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 10
38Flag of Korea (1899).svg  Korea 10
38Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 10
43Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 01 [lower-alpha 1]
43Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands 1
43Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 1
43Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 1
43Flag of FLNKS.svg  New Caledonia 1
43Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 1
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 New ranking from 22nd edition (2024)

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