Mr Gay World 2012 in Johannesburg

New Zealand's Andreas Derleth is the new Mr Gay World 2012. 1st Runner-up was South Africa's Lance Weyer (right) followed by France's Remy Frejaville (bottom right).

Congratulations guys and to South Africa's organiser Coenie Kukkuk in charge of both the Mr Gay South Africa pageant and the Mr Gay World event which took place in Johannesburg over the past few days culminating in the spectacular finale' last night.

South Africa is proud to have held the Mr Gay World title for the past 2 years and now to have had top finalists for 3 years in a row.

Our Mr Gay Worlds look forward to the 2012 pageant

Proud South Africans and immediate past and current holders of the Mr Gay World title 2010 and 2011, Charl (right) and Fracois (left) promote the 2012 contest taking place in Johannesburg next month. Click on this link for all of this year's contenders for the title.

Mr Gay World contenders

The Mr Gay World pageant is taking place in Johannesburg, South Africa from the 4th - 8th April. One of the contenders for the title is Mr Gay Argentina, Gonzalo Bagaloni who lives in Buenos Aires. We will be featuring more of the hot contenders here in the run up to the show.

Ready for the Mr Gay World Pageant

It is hard to believe that our own Mr Gay World's reign is coming to an end. South Africa, and our Mr Gay South Africa organisers, have secured the running of the next Mr Gay World contest in Johannesburg this year and we look forward to the hunky contestants arriving in weeks. Thanks for representing South Africa for a second year in a row Francois, following in the footsteps of Charl from South Africa who held the title the previous year.

The contest runs over the Easter weekend from the 4th April to the Grand Fnale on Sun 8th April where our Mr Gay World will hand over his title. There's a full programme of events, most of which are open to the public and you can lift them off the website here.

Pretoria's Francois Nel is the new Mr Gay World 2011

The new Mr Gay World 2011 chosen tonight in Manila, Philipines, is South Africa's Francois Nel seen right above with Mr Gay South Africa organiser Coenie Kukkuk.

This makes it second in a row for South Africa as Charl van den Berg (left in picture right) handed over his reign as Mr Gay World 2010 to Francois. Charl is pictured in Durban with Durban View Gay Guesthouse co-owner Dave Mc Naught.

We are so proud of both you guys holding up the flag for South Africa at such a prestigeous competition.