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'''Mister Leather Europe''' (MLE) is a pan European contest of [[leather subculture|leathermen]] held annually around October in [[Europe]]; it's realized by the ECMC, European Confederation of Motorsport Club, and hosted each year by a different member club<ref name="ECMC">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecmc.nu|title=Ecmc official website|publisher=ECMC |accessdate=2010-05-18}} (in English)</ref>.
'''Mister Leather Europe''' (MLE) is a pan European contest of [[leather subculture|leathermen]] held annually around October in [[Europe]]; it's organized by the ECMC, European Confederation of Motorsport Club, and hosted each year by a different member club<ref name="ECMC1">{{cite web |url=http://www.leatherarchives.org/resources/issue22.pdf|title=Hides Across the Water: The History of Western European Leather, in ''Leather Times. News from the Leather Archives and Museum'', summer 2004, pag. 3|publisher=LAM|accessdate=2010-05-18}} (in English)</ref>.<ref name="ECMC">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecmc.nu|title=Ecmc official website|publisher=ECMC |accessdate=2010-05-18}} (in English)</ref>. The first known contest was held in 1984 in [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]]; the winner was David Risenborough. <ref name="ECMC3">{{cite web |url=http://www.imrl.com/history/viewyear.php|title=Internationa Mister Leather Contestants by Year|publisher=IMRL|accessdate=2010-05-18}} (in English) - The 1985 contestant table reports ''David Risenborough'' as Mister Leather Europe organized by ECMC in Stockholm (during the previous year) </ref>.

MLE contestants must either be the winner of a local or regional ECMC club leather contest. Winners are usually sponsored to attend the [[International Mister Leather]] contest in Chicago the following May.
MLE contestants must either be the winner of a local or regional ECMC club leather contest. Winners are usually sponsored to attend the [[International Mister Leather]] contest in Chicago the following May.


Revision as of 12:11, 19 May 2010

Mister Leather Europe (MLE) is a pan European contest of leathermen held annually around October in Europe; it's organized by the ECMC, European Confederation of Motorsport Club, and hosted each year by a different member club[1].[2]. The first known contest was held in 1984 in Stockholm, Sweden; the winner was David Risenborough. [3]. MLE contestants must either be the winner of a local or regional ECMC club leather contest. Winners are usually sponsored to attend the International Mister Leather contest in Chicago the following May.

The current titleholder is Pieter Claeys[4] from the Netherlands.

MLE Contest format

The contest take place during the ECMC AGM, tha Annual General Meeting of ECMC clubs, hosted each year by a different club. The AGM weekend program schedules[5]:

Friday:

  • welcome party (with contestants introduction);

Saturday

  • (afternoon) Conference of the ECMC clubs;
  • (night) Gala Dinner;
  • (night) Mister Leather Europe Contest;

Sunday

  • (morning) Farewell Brunch

Usually, as in 2008 and 2009[6], the contest is composed of two rounds:

1. On stage interview and appearance.

2. Fetish show

Scoring

Scoring varies from year to year and is decided by the host club. Generally there is an aggregate score from the judges and the audience. In 2009, the host club, LC Roma announced that "The Jury is composed by a judge for each Club presenting a Candidate. Each judge will vote all the Candidates but the one sponsored by the Club itself. The votes will go from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest). The public vote will be expressed and turned into a component of the final score for the most voted candidate. It will account for 5.5 and it will be added to the scores received by the Candidate from the Jury. If there is a draw between the First and the Second Runner up, the Jury will vote again only for those two positions of the final ranking. In that case, the vote of the Jury is exclusive and not subject to the audience judgement."[7]

MLE contest winners

MLE Year Date MLE winner Winner's preliminary title or sponsor Winner's city Field of contestants Contest's location Host Club
2001 2001-10-06 Maurizio[8] Mr Leather Italy Varese, Italy ? Stuttgart ?
2002 ? Fernando Manzali[9][10] Mr. Leather Italy Mantova, Italy ? ? ?
2003 ? Saad Mr Baltic Battle Stockholm, Sweden ? MS Cap San Diego, Hamburg MSC Hamburg
2004 ? Roberto Menichetti ? ? ? ? ?
2005 ? Christian Roger ? ? ? ? ?
2006 ? Simen Enersen Mr Leather Denmark Aarhus, Denmark ? ? SLM Oslo
2007 2007-09-27 Martin Cedergren [11] Mr Baltic Battle Stockholm, Sweden 5 Gamla Tryckeriet, Stockholm SLM Stockholm
2008 2008-10-18 Ralf Lauritzen Rasmussen [12] Mr. Leather Denmark Copenhagen, Denmark 6 Universal Hall, Berlin BLF Berlin
2009 2009-10-03 Pieter Claeys [4] Mr. MS Amsterdam Amsterdam, the Netherlands 5 RistoTheatre, Rome Leather Club Roma

The next contests are due to take place October 2010 in Frankfurt[5] and October 2011 in Copenhagen[13].

See also

References

  1. ^ "Hides Across the Water: The History of Western European Leather, in Leather Times. News from the Leather Archives and Museum, summer 2004, pag. 3" (PDF). LAM. Retrieved 2010-05-18. (in English)
  2. ^ "Ecmc official website". ECMC. Retrieved 2010-05-18. (in English)
  3. ^ "Internationa Mister Leather Contestants by Year". IMRL. Retrieved 2010-05-18. (in English) - The 1985 contestant table reports David Risenborough as Mister Leather Europe organized by ECMC in Stockholm (during the previous year)
  4. ^ a b "Pieter from Holland is the Mister Leather Europe 2009". LeatherClubRoma. 2009-10-04. Retrieved 2010-04-28. (in English)
  5. ^ a b "AGM 2010". Frankfurter Leder Club. Retrieved 2010-04-28. (in English)
  6. ^ "Mister Leather Europe 2009 Gallery". LeatherClubRoma. 2009-10-04. Retrieved 2010-04-28. (in English)
  7. ^ "Mr. Leather Europe 2009 Regulation" (PDF). Leather Club Roma. 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2010-05-18. (in English)
  8. ^ "The new Mr. Leather Europe is from Italy E' italiano il nuovo Mr. Leather Europe". gay.it. 2001-10-11. Retrieved 2010-05-17. (in Italian)
  9. ^ "IML Diary October 2003". pawscave. 2003-10-06. Retrieved 2010-05-17. (in English)
  10. ^ "Mr. Leather 2003 comes from London E' londinese Mr. Leather 2003". gay.it. 2003-05-27. Retrieved 2010-05-17. (in Italian)
  11. ^ "Martin valdes till Mr Leather Europe". QX.SE. 2007-10-01. Retrieved 2009-04-29. (in Swedish)
  12. ^ "Ralf blev Mr Leather Europe 2008". QX.SE. 2008-10-20. Retrieved 2009-04-16. (in Swedish)
  13. ^ "Ecmc Calendar". Ecmc. Retrieved 2010-04-28. (in English)
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