Mr Gay World 2013

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Mr Gay World 2013
Date	August 4, 2013
Presenters	Amaryllis Temmerman Brigitte Derks René Vanhove
Venue	Elckerlijc Theatre, Antwerp, Belgium
Broadcaster	Mr Gay World Official Site
Entrants	25
Placements	10
Debuts	Aruba Denmark Myanmar Puerto Rico Taiwan Ukraine
Withdrawals	Bulgaria Ireland Italy Netherlands Pakistan Venezuela
Returns	Austria Belgium India Northern Ireland
Winner	Christopher Michael Olwage  New Zealand
Congeniality	Danny Dionysios Papadatos  Canada
Best National Costume	Christopher Michael Olwage  New Zealand
Photogenic	Jaime David Montes Bernal  Mexico
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Mr Gay World 2013, the 5th Mr Gay World competition, was held over 5 days in Antwerp, Belgium during the worldOutgames 2013, with the Grand Finale at Elckerlijc Theatre, Antwerp, Belgium on August 4, 2013.^[1] Andreas Derleth of New Zealand crowned his successor Christopher Michael Olwage, also of New Zealand, at the end of this event. 25 countries and territories competed for the title.

• Eric Butter - President of Mr Gay World (Australia);
• Andy Derleth - Mr Gay World 2012 (New Zealand);
• Adebisi Alimi - Public speaker and a Sessional University Lecturer (Nigeria);
• Beverly Vergel - Training Specialist, Image Consultant (Philippines);
• Kristof De Busser - Chief Inspector and Member of the Diversity Team of the Antwerp Local Police (Belgium);
• Michiel Vanackere - Field coordinator for a European HIV prevalence research project at the Institute for Tropical Health in Antwerp (Belgium);
• Morris Chapdelaine - Film producer and media specialist (Canada).

Country	Contestant	Age	Height
Aruba	Ashley Peternella	21	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Australia	Aaron Taylor	26	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Austria	Joachim Trauner	30	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Belgium	Tom Goris[2]	34	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Brazil	Marcio Evandro Maia[citation needed]	33	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Canada	Danny Dionysios Papadatos[3]	28	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Chile	Jean Daniel Muñoz[4]	25	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Czech Republic	Marek Zly	34	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Denmark	Michael Sinan[5]	35	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Finland	Janne Tiilikainen[6]	27	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
France	Armando Santos[7]	26	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Hong Kong	Benjie Vasquez Caraig	31	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
India	Nolan Lewis[8]	29	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Mexico	Jaime David Montes Bernal	25	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Myanmar	Sai Pye Myo Kyaw	28	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Namibia	Ricardo Raymond Amunjera	30	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
New Zealand	Christopher Michael Olwage	27	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Northern Ireland	Conor O’Kane	20	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Philippines	Erimar Sayo Ortigas[9]	29	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Puerto Rico	Juan Luis Ortiz	30	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
South Africa	Steve Williams[10]	38	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Spain	Miguel Ortiz[11]	20	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Switzerland	Luis Bonfiglio[12]	25	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Taiwan	Darien Chen	30	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
USA	Matthew Simmons[13]	25	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)

•  Aruba
•  Denmark
•  Myanmar
•  Puerto Rico
•  Taiwan

• Last competed in 2009:
  •  Austria
• Last competed in 2010:
  •  Belgium
• Last competed in 2011:
  •  India
  •  Northern Ireland

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