Mr Gay UK
From LGBT Archive
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 name was changed to Mr Gay UK.
List of winners
- 1993 Anthony Morley (later convicted of murder)
- 1994 Ben Stelmazsek
- 1995 Lance Trimble
- 1996 Roy Fairhurst
- 1997 Sean McVeigh
- 1998 Ben Harris
- 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
- 2008 Dino Gamecho
- 2009–10: contest not held
- 2011 Samuel Kneen
