ENTRY FOR MR. GAY SA 2012/2013 OPENS
Organisers of Mr. Gay South Africa™ have announced that entries are now being accepted for the 2012/2013 competition, with the winner taking part in Mr. Gay World.
The event’s director of operations Coenie Kukkuk urged applicants to “please study the entry form on the website www.mrgsa.co.za very carefully before entering”.
He added: “The rules are strict and the competition is tough. We would not have won Mr. Gay World twice and first runner-up this year if it was not. There is no reason that we can not win it for a third time – and we have to do well as all eyes are always on ‘the South African’!”
Mr. Gay South Africa says that it is a “professional, upmarket competition for gay men in South Africa”.
It aims to find “a role model and a noticeable representative of which the entire LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and intersex) community can be proud of”.
The competitors are selected through regional judging, which shortlists the participants to ten national finalists. Five additional finalists are also chosen by the directors, based on merit and cooperation.
Judging consists of written tests, interviews and assessing the applicants’ appearance, photogenicity and their ability to represent themselves and the LGBT community.
The final 15 finalists will be announced at a gala dinner on 5 Oct and will be introduced to the community at Joburg Pride on 6 Oct.
The winner of Mr. Gay South Africa 2012/2013 will be revealed at a glittering Grand Finale in Pretoria on Saturday 8 December at the new, state-of-the-art Atterbury Theatre in Lynnwood Bridge, Pretoria.
Finalists will win and receive prizes and goodies from sponsors as well as individual prizes such as Model of the Year and prizes for the top five. The total prize value last year exceeded R300 000.
The winner will represent South Africa at Mr. Gay World 2013 in August 2013 in Antwerp, Belgium.
South Africa has been the most successful participating country since the Mr. Gay World competition was launched in 2009.
In 2010, Charl van den Berg took the international title in Oslo, Norway and in 2011 Francois Nel won in Manila, Philippines. Last year, the current Mr. Gay South Africa, Lance Weyer, came in second place at the Mr. Gay World ceremony held in Johannesburg.
For more information, visit www.mrgsa.co.za.
I realy think this type of compertion is a waste of time.
who cares if MR SOUTH AFRICA is GAY or St8.
Next we will have MR Black South Afica Mr Indian,etc
Come on we all want to be part of SA…
Top sports men and Girls are coming out and most dont mind
this is compertion is so past its sell by date
Its a pretty boy competition.. I have not heard much that Mr gay world has done for the community up to date nor did mr gay south africa do much to be heard..
Then you obviously do not read his blog or read gay websites because I have and lots of it. Mr Gay SA was at all the Prides so far as well as the protest march for the competition and is representing SA in New York at Human Rights Watch right now
As long as gay people are treated differently than str8s, as long as there is discrimination and as long as we are not equal there is justification for such a title Jack.
Jack – do you think they will let a gay man win Mr SA?
Can we lease change the neame to MR GAY DA PTY(LTD) TM AKA COENIE KUKUK BROEDERBOND VAN PRETORIA?
Ok can we first learn to spell?
Hope we get someone of Lance’s caliber again but I doubt it … Is there one out there?