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Mr Gay UK contestants at the Manchester Gay Pride parade in 2006

Mr Gay UK is a British annual beauty contest for gay men, with regional heats held in gay nightclubs with a grand final usually at a gay venue. The contests is owned and promoted by gay entrepreneur Terry George.

It began in 1982 as "Mr Hardware" (named after a fragrance) designed to promote a gay mail order company. The event, held in the Heaven nightclub, was filmed by the BBC as part of a documentary entitled Something For the Ladies.

In 1984, the competition name was changed to Mr Gay UK.[1][2] Since then, the event has been recorded for video release (1993), featured on a Channel 4 series, Passengers (1994) and the event itself was broadcast on Five in 1998 and 1999.

In 2008 the first ever winner of the contest, Anthony Morley, was convicted of murder and cannibalism.[3] Ironically, 2007-present judge Adam Lowe later covered the incident and the following trial in The Pink Paper, despite working for Terry George's magazine Bent (magazine).

Mr Gay UK Winners

Year Winner Hometown Profession Heat Won
1993 Anthony Morley Leeds Body Heat @ The Ritzy, Doncaster
1994 David Jackson Manchester Cruz 101, Manchester
1995 Lance Trimble[4] Birmingham Subway City, Birmingham
1996 Roy Fairhurst[5] Leeds Primos II, Leeds
1997 Sean McVeigh[6] Manchester Cruz 101, Manchester
1998 Ben Harris[7] London Builder's Mate
1999 Mark Ledsham Preston Escape, Liverpool
2000 Harry French Glasgow Lifeguard Bennets, Glasgow
2001 Carl Austin[8] Manchester Cruz 101, Manchester
2002 Rob Conn[9] Bristol IT manager Queens Shilling, Bristol
2003 Jarrod Batchelor[10][11] Newport, Isle of Wight
2004 Mark Roberts[12] Plasterer Wolverhampton
2005 Richard Carr[13] Somerfield Supermarket Manager Nightingale, Birmingham
2006 Mark Carter[14] Bradford Policeman Birmingham
2007 Daniel Broughton Blackpool Flamingo, Blackpool
2008 Andrew Jones[15] Cardiff Computer Programmer, inventor of the Crane Kick Pulse Bar, Cardiff

Since 2005, the winner has gone on to represent the UK in Mr Gay Europe.

Hosts

Presenters have included Lily Savage, Jason Donovan, Mark Little, Robbie Williams, Jane McDonald and Terry George., Richard Newman, Nadia Almada, Brian Dowling and Philip Olivier and judges have included Jean Paul Gaultier, Michael Cashman, Danny La Rue, Scott Neal, Lea Walker, Jonathan Kerrigan, Su Pollard and Christopher Biggins. In 2007, the presenters were Andy Scott-Lee and his wife Michelle Heaton.[1] The judges were Shahbaz from Big Brother 2006, James Sutton of Hollyoaks, long-standing Adam Lowe of Bent magazine and The Sheilas of Sheila's Wheels. The event was hosted at Flamingo's nightclub in Blackpool, where Daniel Broughton (also from Blackpool) won.

Jarrold Batchelor, winner of the 2003 contest, went on to appear in the Channel 4 reality series, The Games.[1] In 2006, police officer Mark Carter made national headlines when he won the competition.[14][16][17] Mr Gay UK 1998, Ben Harris, became the winner of the Channel 4 show Playing It Straight in 2004.

Notable non-winning contestants

Future porn star Mark Anthony was a finalist in 1993.[18] Charlie Drummond was a contestant in the 2007, winning the Newcastle regional heat, and in 2009 became a Big Brother contestant.[19]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Pidd, Helen (2007-09-01). "Soldiers and a sailor in fight to be Mr Gay UK". The Guardian. Retrieved 2007-10-14. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  2. ^ Richard Conrad Glover (1988-09-30). "Gay UK Alive And Kicking". Sydney Morning Herald (Australia). p. 15. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ :"Former Mr Gay UK who killed and cooked victim guilty of murder". PinkNews. 2007-10-17. Retrieved 2008-10-18. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  4. ^ "Oh Boy, Paula, Lance's gay day, Paula Yates at the Mr Gay UK contest". Daily Record. 1995-05-30. p. 9. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ "Jason Looks a bit Queer; He sweats and stutters through gay contest; Jason Donovan gets into a sweat at Mr Gay UK contest". Daily Record. 1996-05-28. p. 3. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ Paul McCann (1998-02-28). "Miss World is ousted by Mr Gay Universe". The Independent (London). {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ "Only my mum knew, says Mr Gay UK". Evening Herald (Plymouth). 1998-05-29. p. 24. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ "So.. Graham Norton Falls for Mr Gay UK; Revealed: Secret love of TV star". The People. 2002-06-09.
  9. ^ "Bristol man is named Mr Gay UK after 'joke' entry". Bristol Evening Post. 2002-09-11. p. 4. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ^ Sam Mann (2003-08-29). "Jolie Good Fun At The Movies, A Gay Time With The Boys and a Rockin' Awards Do". The Mirror. p. 3. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ^ "Mr Gay UK: I slept with lots of girls". The Sunday People. 2004-04-25. Jarrod Batchelor, 24, took the drastic action when he was bullied at school because of his sexuality. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ "Gay Crown". Birmingham Post. 2004-11-30. p. 2. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  13. ^ "Store boss scoops title". Birmingham Mail (England). 2005-11-30. p. 19. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  14. ^ a b Kelly, Tom (2006-10-01). "PC strips off uniform to become Mr Gay UK". The Daily Mail. Retrieved 2008-02-05. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  15. ^ Terry George (2008-08-25). "A Welsh rarebit". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. p. 4. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  16. ^ Perrie, Robin (2006-10-02). "Beat cop voted Mr Gay UK". The Sun. Retrieved 2007-10-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  17. ^ "PC Carter, UK Mr Gay, Triumphs at International Mr Gay Contest". The Press Dispensary. 2008-01-22. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
  18. ^ "Mr Gay UK Heat Winners 1993". Mr Gay UK website. Retrieved 2007-10-14.
  19. ^ Andrew Douglas (June 4, 2009). "Big Brother is just the job for North-East contestant". The Northern Echo. Charlie Drummond won the Newcastle heat of Mr Gay UK in 2007 and has worked as a model in the past. The 22-year-old, who works in customer services for the JobCentre, says his favourite part of his job is walking into the office in the morning and saying Good morning angels to his colleagues, who reply Good morning Charlie. Charlie, from Newcastle, thinks he has a good chance of winning BB - now in its tenth year.
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