Q - L I V I N G
International Mr. Gay contest
brings 40 delegates to
competition
Bruce Vilanch to host event
by Christopher Kingry
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — The US.A. Mr.
Gay preliminary contests are over and soon
Finalists at the U.S.A. Mr. Gay preliminary.
the judges will select the candidate who best
represents America’s “boy-next- door.
When he’s chosen, he will compete against
Mr. Gay winners from Germany, Australia,
Hungary, Philippines, Iran, Lebanon, Israel
and the Vatican City (just to name a few of the
40 representatives) for the Grand Finale title of
International Mr. Gay.
Both competitions will be held here Oct.
27-28 in the desert city’s new Convention
Center.
The event will be hosted by the hilarious
Bruce Vilanch, star of “Hollywood Squares”
and “Hairspra)^’ and co-writer for just about
every awards show known to man, from the
Oscars to the Emmys to the Tonys.
Mr. Gay winners from 20 cities nation
wide will compete for the U.S.A. title on
Friday, Oct. 27. The next night the new US.
delegate will go against 20-plus delegates
from around the globe, heating up the desert
valley faster than the summer sun! The win
ner will hold the worldwide title of
International Mr. Gay 2007.
The number of contestants has grown
from 12 at last year’s inaugural competition to
over40 this year. Kevin Howard, producer of
the Miss Texas Pageant for the past seven
years, will produce the two stage shows —
which will have the delegates questioned by
celebrity judges, including gossip columnist
Billy Masters, “Good Morning America” per
sonality Steve Viscusi and Hollywood Diet co
founder Jamie Kabler.
“The International Competition for Mr.
Gay has a mission of bringing together non
stereotypical gays from around our world to
confront an often-times stereotypical bias in
the mainstream press,” said Producer Don
Spradlin. “The competitive elements designed
into the finals will allow judges to observe the
character values and leadership talents of our
contestants.”
Both the national and the international
competitions will follow an elimination
round format, similar to reality TV shows.
As one of last year’s judges, director Dirk
Shafer, pointed out, “Believe me, this is not
going to be your sister’s beauty pageant.”
Shafer will be making a documentary of this
year’s competition.
Additional
information,
including photos
of the competi
tors, U.S.A. pre
liminary sched
ules and last-
minute updates
can be found
online.
The company
producing this
international net
work of competi
tions is
Community
Promotions, a
California LLC
owned and oper
ated by Managing Partners Don Spradlin and
Thomas Roth. Mr. Gay is a Trademark of
Community Promotions. I
info: www.MrGayCompetition.com
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