Mister Leather Europe
Mister Leather Europe (MLE) is a pan European contest of leathermen held annually around October in Europe hosted by a European Confederation of Motorsport Club (ECMC) member club.
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 from the Netherlands.
MLE Contest format
In 2009, the contest was 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."
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 [1] | Mr Baltic Battle | Stockholm, Sweden | 5 | Gamla Tryckeriet, Stockholm | SLM Stockholm |
| 2008 | 2008-10-18 | Ralf Lauritzen Rasmussen [2] | Mr. Leather Denmark | Copenhagen, Denmark | 6 | Universal Hall, Berlin | BLF Berlin |
| 2009 | 2009-10-03 | Pieter Claeys | Mr. MS Amsterdam | Amsterdam, the Netherlands | 5 | RistoTheatre, Rome | LC Roma |
The next contests are due to take place October 2010 in Frankfurt and October 2011 in Copenhagen.
See also
References
- ^ "Martin valdes till Mr Leather Europe". QX.SE. 2007-10-01. Retrieved 2009-04-29. (in Swedish)
- ^ "Ralf blev Mr Leather Europe 2008". QX.SE. 2008-10-20. Retrieved 2009-04-16. (in Swedish)