Meet the Mr Gay World 2021 contestants
Delegates will compete against each other in challenges that will include an online questionnaire, personal interview and social responsibility campaign, among other things.
As the competition is ongoing to crown the winner of Mr Gay World 2020, which will be announced on October 16, the candidates for Mr Gay World 2021 have also been announced.
Louw Breytenbach from Boksburg will represent South Africa.
Ten contestants from all walks of life and countries scattered will take part in the Mr Gay World 2021 virtual competition that will commence this coming weekend and come to a conclusion in the finale on October 30.Delegates will compete against each other in challenges that will include an online questionnaire, personal interview, social responsibility campaign, public vote alongside pageant categories, such as swimwear, formal wear and national costume.
A panel of judges will follow the candidate’s every move across the two-week competition via pre-packaged videos, live video interviews and there will also be a public voting section that will enable supporters of each delegate the chance to get behind their favourite and vote, including English, French, German, Spanish, Czech, Dutch, Afrikaans, Tagalog and Cebuano.
Contestants are between ages 20 and 44 with the majority having university degrees, including nursing, politics, fashion, graphic design and theology.
Mr Gay World head judge 2018 to 2021 Rubin van Niekerk is excited to be involved with this event.
“As an advocate for human and gay rights across the rainbow acronym since 1992, and recording in print, digitally and archivally the important message of the chosen ambassadors of Mr Gay World since its inception, as reflected in Gay Pages, I am ecstatic with how humanitarianism is progressively practised by contestants worldwide.”
The delegates will appear in their first challenges during a Mr Gay World YouTube channel broadcast on October 23.
Public voting for the 2021 competition is now open and it will run until midnight (CAT) on October 26, 2021. Voting for Mr Gay World 2020 is still open and will run until midnight (CAT) on October 12. You can vote for your favourite by going to mgwvote.com. Each vote will cost R8 and you can vote as many times as you want.
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