Andrew Francesco is Manhunt Australia 2016 and he will be participating in the Manhunt International 2016 contest which will be held in Shenzhen, China on 23rd-30th October 2016. The last time it was held was in 2012 won by June Macasaet of the Philippines. Manhunt International is world’s longest and oldest male contest. The 2016 edition will be held at OCT Harbour City in Shenzhen, China on the 29th October 2016.
The MANHUNT CONTEST started off in 1987, when Alex Liu, pageant director of Metromedia Singapore, decided to stage the first male model contest in Singapore. There were numerous pageants for women and nothing for the men. So Liu carefully planned and engineered his first Manhunt contest in Singapore and it became an overnight success.
The Manhunt competition gave new opportunities in advertising and promoting of male related products and services in a refreshing and macho way. It is a very popular and number one male pageant in Singapore today. The Manhunt Singapore contest has since grown in terms of sponsorship and numbers of participants, it also branched out with a Senior Manhunt category in 1991 for the established and debonair gentlemen above 30-years-old. Senior Manhunt is for Singapore only.
Manhunt became International in 1993. It was first held in Australia's Gold Coast in 1993, when Germany's Thomas Sasse took the first Manhunt International title from 25 contestants. In 1994, the pageant remained in Australia's Gold Coast when Nikos Papadakis of Greece won. The Manhunt International Event is a joint partnership with our Australian partner, Procon Leisure International Pty Ltd, headed by Mr. Rosko Dickinson.
The pageant saw one of its most successful year in November 1995 when 35 of the world's most hunted males came to Sentosa Island, Singapore to compete for the prestigious title. The cash award and prizes for 1995's winner alone exceeded $100,000.00. South Africa's Albe Geldenhuys won that year. And India's Dino Morea came a close first runner up. The Manhunt International 1995 world final was televised on television in Singapore and 38 countries with an estimated 420 million viewers worldwide. Newspapers and magazines unanimously agreed that the time for a male contest had come. Their headlines screamed THE MANHUNT IS ON!
Manhunt International 1996 World Final was to be held in Singapore between 20th December 1996 to 1st January 1997 as a New Year's Special. However, Singapore had its General Elections in that same period. The event was postponed to May 1997 so that the World Final's publicity will not be overshadowed by the Singapore elections.
The Manhunt International 1997 was held in Singapore with 38 countries participating. It was an exciting event with lots of drama and colors. The World Final was held on the 23rd May 1997. The winner was Jason Erceg from New Zealand while the first runner up was Sandro Finnochio from Venezuela who later became Mr. World in 1998. The event was televised on the 24th May 1997 to more than 50 countries to 500 million viewers worldwide.
In 1999, the World Final left the shores of Singapore and Australia to Manila, Philippines in May. Here 43 countries competed at the PICC where Ernesto Calzadilla from Venezuela became the first Latin American to win the Manhunt International title and India's John Abraham took second spot. This is the second time, India has come so close to winning the crown.
In 2000, the contest returned to Singapore and at the World Final in September 2000, Brett Wilson from Australia won the contest at the Neptune Theatre Restaurant.
The 2001 Manhunt International contest was held on the 12th November at the Beijing Poly Theatre in the People's Republic of China and was viewed by an audience of 2,600 guests and 500 International and local press. The World Final will be televised to 500 million people in China alone.
India's Rajeev Singh won the Manhunt International 2001 title and he also bagged the Best National Costume Award and the Sharmoon Best in Evening Suit Award. Finally the title which eluded India so many times since they first participated in the contest since 1994 had returned home to India with Rajeev's victory. Rajeev has the distinction of being the first Asian to win the Manhunt International title.
On the 14th December 2002, in the city of Shanghai - China, Fabrice Bertrand Wattez from France beat 46 other countries to become Manhunt International 2002/03. The world final was held at the prestigious Shanghai Grand Theatre, which is an icon of the Performing Arts in China. Shanghai TV broadcasted the event, to 24 TV broadcasting stations and to over 500 million viewers.
The Manhunt International 2003 contest was to be held in Shanghai, China but due to the outbreak of SARS, the event was cancelled. In the year 2004, there was a serious outbreak of Avian Bird Flu, so we decided to put off the 2004 world finals in view of the safety of the contestants.
On the 8th September 2005, the City of Busan - Korea hosted the Manhunt International 2005 World Final and it was held as one of the pre-events of the APEC Summit - (Asia Pacific Economic Conference)which the City of Busan, Korea was hosting.
Tolgahan Sayisman from Turkey won the coveted Mercedes Benz - Manhunt International 2005. The Manhunt International 2005 world finals was sponsored by Mercedes Benz and Parkland Men's Stores.
During the Manhunt International 2005 World final night, it was announced that the City of Jinjiang, Fujian Province, China will be hosting the Manhunt International 2006 World Finals on the 20th April 2006. The Manhunt international 2006 was held in Jin Jiang , Fujian Province China. This is the third time China hosted Manhunt International. A total of 54 countries participated and it was broadcasted to 1 billion viewers world wide. Jaime Augusto Mayol of USA became the winner.
The Manhunt International 2007 was held on the 10th February 2007 in Kangwonland, Korea. A total of 48 countries participate in the first ever winter manhunt international. It was held as part of the bidding activity for the 2014 Pyeong Chang Winter Olympics games. Jeffrey Zheng Yu Guang of China became the second Asian to win Manhunt International since it began in 1993. The event was sponsored by Kangwonland Casino Resorts, Andre Kim and BMW - South Korea.
In 2008 Manhunt International was held in Seoul, Korea where the world watched Jeffrey Zheng crown Moumen El Maghraouy of Morrocco at THE CIRCLE Seoul, Korea.
In 2009, the Manhunt International was held over due to worldwide swine flu epidemic.
In 2010, the Manhunt International was held in Tai Chung, Taiwan where Slovak Republic's Peter Menky won the title over 50 contestants. He was the first Manhunt winner to also win the Mr. Photogenic title.
In 2011, the contest returned to Seoul, Korea for the fourth time. The World Finals was held at the Imperial Palace Hotel, on the 10th November 2011 and saw John Chen Jian Feng from Guangzhou, China winning Manhunt Interntational 2011 and bested over 47 other countries. China becomes the only country to win the prestigious title twice in the contest's history since 1993.
In 2012, the City of Angels - Bangkok, Thailand played host to 60 of the best looking guys. The world watched John Chen crown June Macasaet of the Philippines as the new Manhunt International 2012 winner.
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| June Macasaet - Manhunt International 2012 |
This year, the competition will be held in OCT Harbour City, which is located in the
core business district of Shenzhen Bay location, situated between the
Shenzhen Overseas Chinese Town theme park group and Binhai Avenue,
Shenzhen City is the starting point of the axis of urban functions,
“Tong Lang Mountain – – OCT Shenzhen Bay,” is committed to creating a
Shenzhen high-quality cultural tourism, international creative living
space in the center. Happy Coast brings together the world’s masters of
wisdom, marine culture as the theme, the concept of environmental
protection, to innovative business as the main body, in order to create a
healthy life for the coastal city dream theme pioneered the commercial
and coastal tourism, recreation and cultural and creative integration,
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business + entertainment + culture + travel + ecological new business
model, truly set the theme commerce, fashion and entertainment, health
value of the portfolio of Trinitarian life, take concrete actions to
promote innovation and development of China business topics.
Location address:
No. 8 Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Whitehead Road and Park Road.
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