42 Manhunt International 2005 candidates to compete in Busan

Sponsored by Mercedes Benz and Parkland Men’s Stores, the Manhunt International 2005 coronation ceremony will he held in Busan, South Korea on September 8, 2005. It is the 10th edition of the international male model search founded by Rocko Dickinson of Australia and Alex Liu of Singapore.

On November 9, 2002, Fabrice Bertrand Wattez of France won the ninth edition of the competition in Shanghai, China. He competed against 46 other candidates.

Runner-up to Wattez was Bart Deschuymer of Belgium. The respective second, third and fourth runners-up were Murat Erbaytan of Turkey, Adrián Medina Scull of Cuba and Daniel Leonard Navarrete Muktans of Venezuela.

In 1993, Thomas Sasse of Germany won the inaugural edition of the contest. The next wiiners were Nikos Papadakis of Greece in 1994, Albe Geldenhuys of South Africa in 1995, Jason Erceg of New Zealand in 1997, Peter Eriksen of Sweden in 1998, Juan Ernesto Calzadilla Regalado of Venezuela in 1999, Brett Wilson of Australia in 2000 and Rajeev Singh of India in 2001.

Manhunt International 2005 contestants

Including South Korea, a total of 42 countries and territories are represented at Manhunt International 2005. Here are the candidates:

1. Michael Pernat (Australia)
2. Joan Nuyts (Belgium)
3. Dunston Larsen Metenbrink (Bolivia)
4. Adnel Mesic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
5.  Alex de Assis Nunes (Brazil)
6. Miroslav Yonchev (Bulgaria)
7. Panharit Chey (Cambodia)
8. Darren Storsley (Canada)
9. Chen ZeYu (China)
10. Henry Romero (Curacao)
11. Lefteris Hadljioannou (Cyprus)
12. Hans Christian Steffensen (Denmark)
13. Mark Wilke (Germany)
14. Leslie Donkor (Ghana)
15. Steven Luque (Gibraltar)
16. George Petrakis (Greece)
17. Getty Santos (Guam)
18. Ho Yiu-Yik (Hong Kong)
19. Pawan Setpal (India)
20. Tafawah Thompson (Jamaica)
21. Zhu Zhen Hua (Kowloon)
22. Agris Blaubuks (Latvia)
23. Wissam Hanna (Lebanon)
24. Raymond Yee (Macau)
25. Jason Lim Chun How (Malaysia)
26. Wayne Grech (Malta)
27. Suhrid Jyoti (Nepal)
28. Simon Pullar (New Zealand)
29. Gabriel Huete Guillen (Nicaragua)
30. Jimmy Kersmo (Norway)
31. Jaime Enrique Beitia Correa (Panama)
32. Ronald Brent Javier (Philippines)
33. Romeo Quinones (Puerto Rico)
34. Alan Stevenson (Scotland)
35. George Chan Kim Seong (Singapore)
36. William Roos (South Africa)
37. Lee Seung-Hwan (South Korea)
38. Kovoor Pieris (Sri Lanka)
39. Andreas Schmidt (Sweden)
40. Richard Chen Wei Tung (Taiwan)
41. Turgut Tolgahan Sayışman (Turkey)
42. Claudio Alfredo de La Torre Laya (Venezuela)