Gay Pages Winter 2018

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Delegates from Mr. Gay World with the mayor of Knysna, Eleanore Bouw-Spies

MR.GAY

THE AUSSIE CHEF WORLD WITH A BIG HEART By KEVIN DU PLESSIS | Photography by Kevin du Plessis, Gerhard Meiring & Rubin van Niekerk

“IT’S NOT ABOUT WANTING TO BE SOMEONE, IT’S ABOUT WANTING TO DO SOMETHING”

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hef and fierce gay rights campaigner Jordan Bruno from Australia had the crowd at Villa Castollini in Knysna roaring when he took the title of Mr. Gay World 2018. After a demanding competition before and at the annual Pink Loerie Mardi Gras and Arts Festival he came out on top among the nineteen other delegates attending. Each contestant had to go through twelve demanding rounds, which includes interviews, written tests, a social campaign, a social media challenge, online voting, a sports challenge, a photogenic challenge, national costume, swimwear, formal wear, they had to make a presentation video and then there was the final Q&A live on stage. So, it is truly not just a walk in the park for the prettiest or most popular gay guy from each respective country and Mr. Gay Australia truly deserves the support of the entire gay community as our new international ambassador. The week of the competition was packed with emotion and genuine people, all of whom truly stood a chance of taking the crown. The most significant part of the event was seeing so many beautiful, fully rounded gay men from all over the world come together, connect, and learn from each other. I cannot count the amount of times I teared up just watching

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the process from behind my camera lens. And how could I not, being in the privileged position to be one of the only members of the media to sit through all the judging and being able to interact closely with the organisers and judges? When our new Mr. Gay World presented his social awareness campaign to the judges, there wasn’t a dry eye in the room. Jordan is a reality TV chef in Australia and has run a campaign called The Gay Chef: Cooking for a Cause. He has released a free E-book packed with recipes and inspirational messages, as well as contact info about where gay people can find help if they need it. The book can be downloaded at www.jordanbruno.org. “I had an outpour of messages from gay youth after my sexuality was so publicised in the media; they were telling me that they were depressed and isolated because of their sexuality. I have created this E-book not because the meals have been tailored to the gay man, but because of the journey I have experienced with cooking. Food has the power to unite people and make them feel loved and I think we need that more than ever,” Jordan said. He also gave up working fulltime last year to be able to campaign for marriage equality laws in Australia which has since been legalised.


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ALL-NEW RESTAURANTS

18min
pages 108-116

OUT & ABOUT

4min
pages 92-93

A-Z BUSINESS DIRECTORY

22min
pages 94-107

TRAVELS WITH TOYOTA

6min
pages 86-89

NO TO EXERCISE MARKETING

3min
pages 76-77

SENSASIONAL LOVE, SIMON

6min
pages 78-79

DEATH BY HEARTBREAK

5min
pages 74-75

MR. GAY WORLD

7min
pages 68-73

FAG HAGS FOREVER

4min
pages 66-67

GROW A PAIR, DON’T GHOST

5min
pages 64-65

BOOK REVIEWS

6min
pages 56-57

FASHION: ANTONY MORATO

6min
pages 38-41

DVD REVIEWS

3min
page 52

ROAD TESTS

14min
pages 48-51

MUSIC: CALUM SCOTT

5min
pages 54-55

CAR NEWS

15min
pages 42-47

MUSIC REVIEWS

4min
page 53

DÉCOR

1min
pages 36-37

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

10min
pages 30-35

ENVIRONMENT

6min
pages 22-25

IN THE SPIRIT

2min
pages 12-13

TRAVEL

5min
pages 16-19

CURRENT AFFAIRS

7min
pages 28-29

SUBSCRIPTION GIVEAWAYS

4min
pages 10-11

ON THE PLATE

3min
pages 14-15

PETS

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pages 26-27
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