Mr. Gay World 2009 Candidates

Twenty-four (24) delegates will be competing for the title of Mr. Gay World 2009 in Whistler, Canada.

It will be a 4-day event starting on February 4, 2009 and culminating on the first ever Mr. Gay World finals set on February 08, 2009.

Of course, the contestants are all gays including Philippine representative Wilbert Tolentino, who happens to be a father of a 13-year-old girl.

Whoever gets crowned as Mr. Gay World 2009 will serve as a positive role model and act as an LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) Ambassador on an international platform.

For now, my personal favorites include the candidates from Austria, Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Czech Republic, Gran Canaria, Northern Ireland and Spain.

You can actually vote for your favorite candidate HERE.

Here's the complete list of candidates for Mr. Gay World 2009:

ARGENTINA, Victor Marcelo Benitez
AUSTRALIA, Ben Edwards
AUSTRIA, Michael Fröhle
BRAZIL, Edson Lopes
BULGARIA, Deyan Kolev
CANADA, Darren Bruce
CHILE, Roberto Andres Alvarez Alvarado
COLOMBIA, Francisco Javier Ortega
CZECH REPUBLIC, Jakub Stary
GRAN CANARIA (Canary Isles, Spain), Dempsey Saeedian
INDIA, Bhavin Shivji Gala
IRELAND, Max Krzyzanowski
KWAZULU NATAL (South Africa), Andrew Venter
LITHUANIA, Arturas Vipas Burnickis
MEXICO, Pico Velasco Michel
NEW ZEALAND, Reece Karena
NORTHERN IRELAND, James Ciaran Smallman
NORWAY, Kai Thomas Ryen Larsen
PARAGUAY, Alexis Cespedes
PHILIPPINES, Wilbert Tolentino
SOUTH AFRICA, Christian de Jager
SPAIN, Antonio Pedro Almijez
USA, Doug Edward Repetti
VENEZUELA, Juan Jose Bracho