Mr Gay World 2010

DateFebruary 13, 2010

PresentersWill Fennell

EntertainmentVelvet

VenueNedre Vollgate 11, Oslo, Norway

Mr Gay World 2010
Date	February 13, 2010
Presenters	Will Fennell
Entertainment	Velvet
Venue	Nedre Vollgate 11, Oslo, Norway
Broadcaster	World Wide Mr Gay Official Site
Entrants	23
Placements	10
Debuts	Belgium China Hong Kong Iceland Italy Poland Russia Switzerland Thailand
Withdrawals	Austria Bulgaria Colombia Lithuania Paraguay Venezuela
Returns	United States
Winner	Charl Van Den Berg South Africa
Congeniality	Byron Adu Australia Cédric Fievet Belgium Rick Dean Twombley Hong Kong Walter Heidkampf Norway Charl Van den Berg South Africa
Best National Costume	Rick Dean Twombley Hong Kong
Photogenic	David Baramia Russia
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Mr Gay World 2010, the 2nd Mr Gay World pageant, was held at the Nedre Vollgate 11, in Oslo, Norway on February 13, 2010. Charl Van Den Berg of South Africa, was crowned Mr Gay World 2010 by outgoing titleholder Max Krzyzanowski from Ireland. 23 countries and territories competed for the title.

Special awards

Final results ^[1]	Contestant
Mister Gay World 2010	South Africa – Charl Van Den Berg
1st Runner-Up	Australia – Byron Adu
2nd Runner-Up	Hong Kong – Rick Dean Twombley
3rd Runner-Up	China – Xindai Muyi
4th Runner-Up	Spain – Sergio Lara
Top 10	Brazil – Thiago Silvestre Norway – Walter Heidkampf Philippines – David Noel Bosley Poland – Kamil Szmerdt Russia – David Baramia

Award	Contestant
Mr. Gay Swimwear	Russia – David Baramia
Mr. Gay Photogenic	Russia – David Baramia
Best National Costume	Hong Kong – Rick Dean Twombley
Mr. Gay Congeniality	Australia – Byron Adu Belgium – Cédric Fievet Hong Kong – Rick Dean Twombley Norway – Walter Heidkampf South Africa – Charl Van den Berg

Judges

Carlene Ang Aguilar - Miss Philippines Earth 2001, top 10 in Miss Earth 2001, Binibining Pilipinas - World 2005, and top 15 semi-finalist in Miss World 2005.
Eric Butter - President of Mr. Gay World Ltd.
Andrew Craig - Founding Editor DNA Magazine.
Jarl Haugedal - International businessman and entrepreneur.
Will Kapfer - Journalist and Vice President, and Principal of Edge Media.
Mirka Kraus - Psychologist, specialist in clinical psychology.
Max Krzyzanowski - Mr Gay World 2009.
Bruce Tallon - Chief Innovation Officer Consultant at Kempinski Hotels.

Historical significance

Countries who also made into the top 10 previous year were Australia and South Africa.
Australia & South Africa placed for the second consecutive year.
Brazil, China, Hong Kong, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Russia and Spain placed for the first time.