Manhunt International 1997

Manhunt International 1997
Date	May 24, 1997
Venue	Singapore
Entrants	38
Debuts	Bahamas, Colombia, Costa Rica, Gibraltar, Macedonia, Peru, Poland, Ukraine, Uruguay, Panama, Venezuela
Withdrawals	Austria, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Estonia, Fiji, France, Guatemala, Hawaii, Hong Kong, Nepal, Romania, United Kingdom
Returns	Canada, Ireland, Spain, Sweden
Winner	Jason Erceg  New Zealand

The 1997 Manhunt International World Final was held in Singapore on May 24, 1997. About 38 participants compete in this edition. Jason Erceg from New Zealand was crowned as the winner of the pageant.

Final Results

Final result	Contestant
Manthunt International 1997	New Zealand – Jason Erceg
1st runner-up	Venezuela – Sandro Finnoglio Speranza
2nd runner-up	Philippines – Vincent Pinto
3rd runner-up	Puerto Rico – Jonathan Rojas Ortega
4th runner-up	India - Zulfi Syed Ahmad
Top 10	Cyprus – Marios Niasides  Panama – Francisco Jimenez Mery  Singapore – Kevin Chiak  Turkey – Kemal Fidan  USA – Brian Donnellan

Special awards

Award	Name	Country
Mr Physique	Jason Erceg	New Zealand
Mr Popularity	Pedro Fernando Etchevarne	Uruguay
Mr Talent	Vincent Pinto	Philippines
Best Groomed	Kevin Chiak	Singapore
Jockey Fitness Award	Sandro Finnoglio Speranza	Venezuela

Best in National Costume

Result	Contestant
Winner	Venezuela – Sandro Finnoglio Speranza
1st runner-up	Brazil – Carlos Alberto de Azevedo
2nd runner-up	Turkey – Kemal Fidan

Contestants

Australia – David John Eller  Bahamas – Van Brown  Belgium – Daoud Boukebbous  Bolivia – Raul Serrate Vaca  Brazil – Carlos Alberto de Azevedo  Canada – Brock Madill  Colombia – Francisco Cruz  Costa Rica – Henry Romero  Cyprus – Marios Niasides  Denmark – Peter Ferrold  Germany – Mario Schuster  Gibraltar – Albert Carl Viagas  Greece – Dimitrios Koutsavlakis  India – Zulfi Syed Ahmad  Indonesia – John Michael Pupella  Ireland – Paul Joseph O’Gorman  Kazakhstan – Vladimir Zolenkov  Latvia – Inguss Jostin  Macedonia – Asen Hajcic

Malaysia – Jefree Sharizal B. Abdul Aziz  New Zealand – Jason Erceg  Panama – Francisco Jimenez Mery  Peru – Norberto Veloza  Philippines – Vincent Pinto  Poland – Kamil Karasek  Puerto Rico – Jonathan Rojas Ortega  Singapore – Kevin Chiak  South Africa – Carlos Reis  Spain – Agustin Ortega  Sri Lanka – Nalin Kumara  Sweden – Marcus Christian Fagerlund   Switzerland – Rene Burach  Thailand – Chaiyod Soison  Turkey – Kemal Fidan  Venezuela – Sandro Finnoglio Speranza  Ukraine – Oleg V. Kaveshnikov  Uruguay – Pedro Fernando Etchevarne  USA – Brian Donnellan

See also

• Manhunt International

External links

• Manhunt International Official Website