Mr Gay World 2017

The 9th edition of Mr Gay World took place from May 5–10, 2017 in Madrid and Maspalomas, Spain.^[1] 21 contestants from all over the world will compete for the title and become an ambassador for the LGBT community. The reigning titleholder Mr. Gay World 2016 Roger Gosalbez ^[2] from Spain crowned his successor John Raspado from Philippines, at the end of the event.

Results

Final results	Contestant
Mister Gay World 2017	Philippines – John Raspado
1st Runner-Up	Spain – Candido Arteaga
2nd Runner-Up	Belgium – Raf Van Puymbroeck
3rd Runner-Up	Switzerland – Marco Tornese
4th Runner-Up	South Africa - Alexander Steyn
Top 10	Australia – David Francis (crowned the year after Australia's absence following Patrick MacDonald's withdrawal to compete in 2016)   Austria – Michael Dalpiaz   Chile – Juan Pedro Pavez Bohle   Ecuador – Flavio Romero   India – Darshan Mandhana

Contestants

21 contestants competed for the title:^[3]

Country	Contestant	Age	Position - Awards	Hometown	Notes
Australia	David Francis	35-37	Top 10		^[4] (Australia did not compete for one year after Patrick MacDonald's withdrawal in 2016)
Austria	Michael Dalpiaz	-----	Top 10	------
Brazil	Vitor Hugo Trindade de Castro	-----		------
Belgium	Raf Van Puymbroeck	21	2nd Runner Up	Vosselaar	^[5]
Chile	Juan Pedro Pavez Böhle	29	Top 10, Sport Challenge Winner and Fashion Show Winner	Los Lagos Region	^[6]
Czech Republic	Frantisek Pesek	-----		------
Ecuador	Flavio Romero	27	Top 10	Portoviejo	^[7]
Finland	Joonas Nilsson	29		Turku
India	Darshan Mandhana	31	Top 10	Mumbai	^[8]
Indonesia	Budi Alamsyah	29	Written test Winner,	------
Mexico	Jorge Gonzalez	24		Zacatecas City	^[9]
New Zealand	Charlie Tredway	33	Sympathy Winner	Auckland	^[10]
Philippines	John Raspado	36	Mr. Gay World 2017, Swimsuit, Evening Dress, Interview, Vote Online and Social Media Winner.	Baguio	^[11]
Poland	Andrzej Berg Dalpiaz	-----		------
South Africa	Alexander Steyn	33	Top 5 and Social Campaign Winner	Bloemfontein	^[12]
Spain	Cándido Arteaga ^[13]	26	1st Runner Up, National Costume and Fotogenia Winner	Tenerife	^[14]
Slovak Republic	Jaromir Sufr	-----		------
Switzerland	Marco Tornese	32	Top 5	Lausanne	^[15]
Taiwan	Touya Xiao	22		Taipei	^[16]
Thailand	Pattanajuk Vipadakul	30		Udon Thani	^[17]
Venezuela	Alberto Jose Rodriguez Rengifo	30		Caracas	^[18]

References

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