Mr Gay World 2010

Mr Gay World 2010, the 2nd Mr Gay World pageant, was held at the Nedre Vollgate 11, in Oslo, Norway on February 13, 2010. Charl Van Den Berg of South Africa, was crowned Mr Gay World 2010 by outgoing titleholder Max Krzyzanowski from Ireland. 23 countries and territories competed for the title.

Mr Gay World 2010
Date	February 13, 2010
Presenters	Will Fennell
Entertainment	Velvet
Venue	Nedre Vollgate 11, Oslo, Norway
Broadcaster	World Wide Mr Gay Official Site
Entrants	23
Placements	10
Debuts	Belgium China Hong Kong Iceland Italy Poland Russia Switzerland Thailand
Withdrawals	Austria Bulgaria Colombia Lithuania Paraguay Venezuela
Returns	United States
Winner	Charl Van Den Berg South Africa
Congeniality	Byron Adu Australia Cédric Fievet Belgium Rick Dean Twombley Hong Kong Walter Heidkampf Norway Charl Van den Berg South Africa
Best National Costume	Rick Dean Twombley Hong Kong
Photogenic	David Baramia Russia

Results

Final results	Contestant
Mister Gay World 2010	South Africa – Charl Van Den Berg
1st Runner-Up	Australia – Byron Adu
2nd Runner-Up	Hong Kong – Rick Dean Twombley
3rd Runner-Up	China – Xindai Muyi
4th Runner-Up	Spain – Sergio Lara
Top 10	Brazil – Thiago Silvestre Norway – Walter Heidkampf Philippines – David Noel Bosley Poland – Kamil Szmerdt Russia – David Baramia

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Mr. Gay Swimwear	Russia – David Baramia
Mr. Gay Photogenic	Russia – David Baramia
Best National Costume	Hong Kong – Rick Dean Twombley
Mr. Gay Congeniality	Australia – Byron Adu Belgium – Cédric Fievet Hong Kong – Rick Dean Twombley Norway – Walter Heidkampf South Africa – Charl Van den Berg

Judges

• Carlene Ang Aguilar - Miss Philippines Earth 2001, top 10 in Miss Earth 2001, Binibining Pilipinas - World 2005, and top 15 semi-finalist in Miss World 2005.
• Eric Butter - President of Mr. Gay World Ltd.
• Andrew Craig - Founding Editor DNA Magazine.
• Jarl Haugedal - International businessman and entrepreneur.
• Will Kapfer - Journalist and Vice President, and Principal of Edge Media.
• Mirka Kraus - Psychologist, specialist in clinical psychology.
• Max Krzyzanowski - Mr Gay World 2009.
• Bruce Tallon - Chief Innovation Officer Consultant at Kempinski Hotels.

Historical significance

• Countries who also made into the top 10 previous year were Australia and South Africa.
• Australia & South Africa placed for the second consecutive year.
• Brazil, China, Hong Kong, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Russia and Spain placed for the first time.

Contestants

• Argentina - Maximiliano Duran
• Australia - Byron Adu
• Belgium - Cédric Fievet
• Brazil - Thiago Silvestre
• Canada - Darren Geoffrey Bruce
• Chile - Pablo Salvador Sepúlveda
• China - Xiadai Muyi
• Hong Kong - Rick Dean Twombley
• Iceland - Magnús Guðbergur Jónsson
• Ireland - Marcus Wynne
• Italy - Antony Cortinovis
• Mexico - Jair Vega

• New Zealand - Justin Glen Savage
• Northern Ireland - Drew Hanna
• Norway - Walter Heidkampf
• Philippines - David Noel Bosley
• Poland - Kamil Szmerdt
• Russia - David Baramia
• Spain - Sergio Lara
• South Africa - Charl van den Berg
• Switzerland - Tobias Dickenmann
• Thailand - Sorawit Piamthongkum
• USA - Brent Douglas Kuenning

Withdrawals

• Austria
• Bulgaria
• Colombia
• Lithuania
• Paraguay
• Venezuela

Contestants notes

• Sergio Lara (Spain) is Mr Gay Europe 2009.
• Pablo Salvador Sepúlveda was contestant in the 2011 International Mr Gay Competition and won the title.
• Cédric Fievet (Belgium), Magnús Guðbergur Jónsson (Iceland), Antony Cortinovis (Italy), Walter Heidkampf (Norway), Kamil Szmerdt (Poland), David Baramia (Russia) and Sergio Lara (Spain) competed in Mr Gay Europe 2009 in Oslo, Norway. Sergio Lara (Spain) won Mr Gay Europe 2009, Magnús Guðbergur Jónsson (Iceland) placed in the Top 3 and Cédric Fievet (Belgium), Antony Cortinovis (Italy), Walter Heidkampf (Norway) and David Baramia (Russia) placed in the Top 12.
• Byron Adu (Australia) was contestant in the 2009 International Mr Gay Competition. He was placed 1st Runner-up. The IMG was scheduled for Manila in the Philippines for the summer of 2009, but the Manila team failed to produce the contest. The 2009 International Mr Gay winner was selected by an online popularity vote that named Switzerland’s Ricco Müller as the International Mr. Gay title holder for 2009 (USA was 2nd Runner Up).
• Xindai Muyi (China), took part in the Mr Gay World pageant despite Beijing's attempts to prevent him doing so.

External links

• Official Site