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Manhunt International

Formation	1993
Type	Male Model Search
Legal status	Active
Headquarters	Australia
Location	Australia
Official language	English
President	Rosko Dickinson
Website	manhunt.international

Manhunt International is an International Male Model Search for the next MALE SUPERMODEL, which began in 1993, though the roots of the pageant go back a few years more to when one single national preliminary was held in Singapore. The pageant was conceived by Metromedia Singapore and Procon Leisure International which become co-partners in 1993.

The current Manhunt International winner is Australia's Lochlan "Lochie" Carey.

History

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 Organisation 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.

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.

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 modelling 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).

Eligibility criteria

Sex	Male
Age range	18 to 32
Marital status	Married or Single
Height	At least 1.78 metres / 5'10"
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, 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.

Winners and Runners-Up

Editions	Year	Manhunt International	Runners-Up
			First	Second	Third	Fourth
21st	2022	Australia Lochlan “Lochie” Carey	Philippines Joshua Raphael De Sequera	USA Elijah Van Zanten	Vietnam Trần Mạnh Kiên	Netherlands Cas Hagman
2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
20th	2020	Netherlands Paul Luzineau	Greece Nikos Antonopoulos	Brazil Matheus Cruz Giora	Spain Yeray Hidalgo Hernández	India Mayur Gangwani
19th	2018	Spain Vicent Llorach González	Australia Dale Maher	Netherlands Luca Derin	Philippines Jeffrey “Jeff” Langan	Vietnam Mai Tuan Anh
18th	2017	Vietnam Trương Ngọc Tình	Thailand Kongnat Choeisuwan	Lebanon Gaetan Osman	Sri Lanka Mohamed Wazeem	Indonesia Andry Permadi
17th	2016	Sweden Patrik Sjöö	Hong Kong Ba Te Er	England Christopher Bramell	Angola Maurício Eusébio	Brazil Ramon Pissaia
16th	2012	Philippines June Macasaet	Sweden Bo Peter Jonsson	Macau Martin Wang	Puerto Rico Jimmy Perez Rivera	Singapore Jason Chee
15th	2011	China John Chen Jiang Feng	Dominican Republic Nelson Omar Sterling	Belgium Gianni Sinnesael	Vietnam Truong Nam Thanh	Slovakia Martin Smahel
14th	2010	Slovakia Peter Meňky	Gibraltar Bogdan Brasoveanu	Brazil Marlon de Gregori	United States Daniel Guerra	Taiwan Jerry Chang
13th	2008	Morocco Abdelmoumen El Maghraouy	Sweden Egill Arnljots	Costa Rica Cesar Vegas	South Korea Lee Jae-Hwan	Angola Claudio Furtado
12th	2007	China Jeffrey Zheng Yu Guang	Canada Jason Charles Millot	Greece Ioannis Athitakis	Australia Craig Barnett	India Abhimanyu Jain
11th	2006	United States Jaime Augusto Mayol	Belgium Fabien Hauquier	China Zhao Zheng	Turkey Gokhan Keser	Spain Jose Mendez
10th	2005	Turkey Tolgahan Sayışman	Latvia Agris Blaubuks	Curaçao Henry Romero	China Chen ZeYu	Puerto Rico Romeo Quiñones
9th	2002	France Fabrice Bertrand Wattez	Belgium Bart Deschuymer	Turkey Murat Erbaytan	Cuba Adrian Medina Scull	Venezuela Daniel Navarrete Muktans
8th	2001	India Rajeev Singh	China Leo Zhang Wei Biao	Venezuela Luis Antonio Nery Gomez	Croatia Adnan Taletovic	Cayman Islands Kenneth Bryan
7th	2000	Australia Brett Wilson	Mexico David Zepeda	Singapore Brandon Choo	Venezuela José Gabriel Madonía Panepinto	Curaçao Geraldino Nicolina
6th	1999	Venezuela Ernesto Calzadilla	India John Abraham	Denmark Peter Kerby	Jamaica Kirk Hedley	South Africa Llewellyn Cordier
5th	1998	Sweden Peter Eriksen	Germany Tamme Boh Tjarks	United States Robert Korceki	Singapore Philip Lee	Latvia Rets Renemaris
4th	1997	New Zealand Jason Erceg	Venezuela Sandro Finnoglio Speranza	Philippines Vincent Pinto	Puerto Rico Jonathan Rojas Ortega	India Zulfi Syed Ahmad
3rd	1995	South Africa Albe Geldenhuys	India Dino Morea	United States David Arnold	Puerto Rico Javier Rodriguez	Kazakhstan Rinat Khismatouli
2nd	1994	Greece Nikos Papadakis	Australia Trent Garfthon	United States Richard Planks	Singapore Benedict Goh Wei Cheh	India Rajat Bedi
1st	1993	Germany Thomas Sasse	Turkey Berke Hurcan	Switzerland Raffaele Memoli	Philippines Aaron Small	New Caledonia Michel Boeuf

Victory Rank by Country

Rank	Country	#Wins	#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	1	2	0
6	Venezuela	1	1	1	1	1
7	Turkey	1	1	1	1	0
8	Greece	1	1	1	0	0
9	Germany	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
16	France	1	0	0	0	0
16	Morocco	1	0	0	0	0
16	New Zealand	1	0	0	0	0
19	Belgium	0	2	1	0	0
20	Latvia		1	0	0	1
21	Canada		1	0	0	0
21	Dominican Republic		1	0	0	0
21	Gibraltar		1	0	0	0
21	Hong Kong		1	0	0	0
21	Mexico		1	0	0	0
21	Thailand		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	Cayman Islands				0	1
43	Indonesia					1
43	Kazakhstan					1
43	New Caledonia					1
43	Taiwan					1

Titleholders

Editions	Year	Country	Titleholder	National tittle	Location	Entrants	Ref.
21st	2022	Australia	Lochlan “Lochie” Carey	Manhunt Australia 2022	Manila, Philippines	34
2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
20th	2020	Netherlands	Paul Luzineau	Misters of the Netherlands 2019	Manila, Philippines	36
19th	2018	Spain	Vicent Llorach González	Mister España Internacional 2018	Gold Coast, Australia	28
18th	2017	Vietnam	Trương Ngọc Tình	Manhunt Vietnam 2017	Bangkok, Thailand	37
17th	2016	Sweden	Patrik Sjöö	Manhunt Sweden 2016	Shenzhen, China	43
16th	2012	Philippines	June Macasaet	Manhunt International Philippines 2012	Bangkok, Thailand	53
15th	2011	China	Chen Jiang Feng	Manhunt China 2012	Seoul, Korea	48
14th	2010	Slovakia	Peter Meňky	Mister Manhunt Slovakia 2010	Taichung, Taiwan	50
13th	2008	Morocco	Abdelmoumen El Maghraouy	Misters of Morocco 2008	Seoul, Korea	47
12th	2007	China	Jeffrey Zheng Yu Guang	Manhunt China 2007	Gangwon, Korea	48
11th	2006	United States	Jaime Augusto Mayol	Manhunt USA 2006	Jinjiang, China	53
10th	2005	Turkey	Tolgahan Sayışman	Manhunt Turkey 2005	Busan, Korea	42
9th	2002	France	Fabrice Bertrand Wattez	Mahunt France 2002	Shanghai, China	46
8th	2001	India	Rajeev Singh	Gladrags Manhunt India 2001	Beijing, China	43
7th	2000	Australia	Brett Wilson	Manhunt Australia 2000	Singapore	33
6th	1999	Venezuela	Ernesto Calzadilla	Míster Venezuela 1998	Manila, Philippines	43
5th	1998	Sweden	Peter Eriksen	Mister Sweden 1998	Gold Coast, Australia	34
4th	1997	New Zealand	Jason Erceg	Manhunt New Zealand 1997	Singapore	38
3rd	1995	South Africa	Albe Geldenhuys	Manhunt South Africa 1995	Singapore	35
2nd	1994	Greece	Nikos Papadakis	Manhunt Greece 1994	Gold Coast, Australia	24
1st	1993	Germany	Thomas Sasse	Manhunt Germany 1993	Gold Coast, Australia	25

Countries by number of wins

Country	Titles	Year
Australia	2	2000, 2022
Sweden		1998, 2016
China		2007, 2011
Netherlands	1	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	5	2001, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2017
Oceania	3	1997, 2000, 2022
Africa	2	1995, 2008
Americas	2	1999, 2006

Notes

21st Edition (2022)

The 21st edition of the Manhunt International was announced by the organisation's president, Rosko Dickinson, on 18 May 2022 via the official Instagram account. 40 countries delegates are expected to arrive in Manila, Philippines on 23 September with the Gala Grand Final night taking place on Saturday 1 October 2022. Paul Luzineau of Netherlands will crown his successor at the end of the event.

Results

Placements

Final Results	Contestant	Ref.
Manhunt Interanational 2022	Australia – Lochlan “Lochie” Carey Δ
1st Runner-Up	Philippines – Joshua Raphael De Sequera
2nd Runner-Up	USA – Elijah Van Zanten
3rd Runner-Up	Vietnam – Trần Mạnh Kiên
4th Runner-Up	Netherlands – Cas Hagman
Top 10	Brazil – Hendson Baltazar Nicaragua – Hanniel Espinoza Peru – Daniel Jares South Africa – Marcus Max Karsten Spain – Alexander Calvo
Top 16	Indonesia – Deo Nikolas Δ Japan – Kiichiro Sakamoto Nepal – Bikalp Raj Shrestha Nigeria – Lam Chris Iroegbulam Sri Lanka – Supun Maduranga Venezuela – Jose Luis Trujillo

Notes:
Δ – placed into the Top 16 by fast-track challenges

Order of announcements

Top 16

1. Indonesia (fan vote)
2. Australia
3. South Africa
4. Venezuela
5. Philippines
6. Vietnam
7. Netherlands
8. Spain
9. Peru
10. USA
11. Brazil
12. Nicaragua
13. Nepal
14. Japan
15. Sri Lanka
16. Nigeria

Top 10

1. Nicaragua
2. USA
3. Vietnam
4. Australia
5. Netherlands
6. Spain
7. Peru
8. South Africa
9. Brazil
10. Philippines

Delegates

38 contestants had been confirmed via the official Facebook and Instagram account:

Country/Territory	Delegate	Age	Hometown	Ref.
Australia	Lochlan “Lochie” Carey	23	Melbourne
Belgium	Stef de Plecker	22
Brazil	Hendson Baltazar	31	Maracanaú
Bulgaria	Victor Rusinov	23
Canada	Samuel Albert	22	New Brunswick
Dominican Republic	Manuel Arias	18
El Salvador	Gerard Ojeda	23
Fernando de Noronha	Jefferson Andrade	29
France	Cedric Cabane	27
Germany	Ertug Muslu	23
Greece	Zaxarias Ktistakis	22	Crete
India	Rakesh Nongmaithem	32
Indonesia	Deo Nikolas	32
Japan	Kiichiro Sakamoto	28	Kuroiwa
Kazakhstan	Bakhyt Tolegenov	28
Korea	Junhyeok Chang	21
Malaysia	Edward Kong	32	Penang
Mexico	Ivan Hernandez	26
Myanmar	Thar Htet Aung	22
Nepal	Bikalp Raj Shrestha	29
Netherlands	Cas Hagman	23	Rotterdam
Nicaragua	Hanniel Espinoza	26	Juigalpa
Nigeria	Lam Chris Iroegbulam	22
Pakistan	Raheel Saleem	32
Panama	Jaime Gabriel Garcia	30
Peru	Daniel Jares	29
Philippines	Joshua Raphael De Sequera	25	Angeles, Pampanga
Poland	Marcin Niedzielski	25
Sierra Leone	AlHaji Masaray	24
Singapore	Darren James Kessler	32
South Africa	Marcus Max Karsten	26
Spain	Alexander Calvo	26	Malaga
Sri Lanka	Supun Maduranga	25
Thailand	Toto Phakon Rodkhumpiyaset	28
Turkey	Eren Semercii	24
USA	Elijah Van Zanten	23	Colorado
Venezuela	Jose Luis Trujillo	27
Vietnam	Trần Mạnh Kiên	29

See also

• Mister International
• Mister World
• Mister Global
• Mister Supranational
• Man of the World

External links

• Official Website
• Official Instagram

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