Mr Gay UK

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 contest 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 name was changed to Mr Gay UK.

List of winners

 * 1988 Matt Goss
 * 1990 Matt Goss
 * 1993 Anthony Morley (later convicted of murder)
 * 1994 Ben Stelmazsek
 * 1995 Lance Trimble
 * 1996 Roy Fairhurst
 * 1997 Sean McVeigh
 * 1998 Ben Harris (later winner of the Playing It Straight TV show (2005)
 * 1999 Mark Ledsham
 * 2000 Harry French
 * 2001 Carl Austin
 * 2002 Rob Conn
 * 2003 Jarrod Batchelor
 * 2004 Mark Roberts
 * 2005 Richard Carr
 * 2006 Mark Carter (accused of rape, but cleared of all charges)
 * 2007 Daniel Broughton (later a model with porn film company EnglishLads
 * 2008 Dino Gamecho
 * 2009–10: contest not held
 * 2011 Samuel Kneen
 * 2012 Leroy Williamson

External sites
http://www.mrgayuk.co.uk/