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Mister Leather Europe (MLE) is a pan European contest of leathermen held annually around October in Europe; it's organized by the ECMC, European Confederation of Motorsport Club, and hosted each year by a different member club[1].[2].
The first known contest was held in 1985 in Stockholm, Sweden; the winner was David Risenborough.[3].
MLE contestants must either be the winner of a local or regional ECMC club leather contest. Winners are usually sponsored to attend the International Mister Leather contest in Chicago the following May.
The current titleholder is Alexi Carpentieri [4]from Sweden.
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MLE Contest format
The contest take place during the ECMC AGM, tha Annual General Meeting of ECMC clubs, hosted each year by a different club. The AGM weekend program schedules [5][6]:
Friday:
- welcome party (with contestants introduction);
Saturday
- (afternoon) Conference of the ECMC clubs;
- (night) Gala Dinner;
- (night) Mister Leather Europe Contest;
Sunday
- (morning) Farewell Brunch
Usually, as in 2009 to 2011[7], the contest is composed of two rounds:
1. On stage interview and appearance.
2. Fetish show
Scoring
Scoring varies from year to year and is decided by the host club.
Generally there is an aggregate score from the judges and the audience.
For 2011, the host club, SLM Copenhagen announced that "The winner, the second place and the third place will be determined by votes by:
- The audience
- A pre-selected jury
The votes of the audience and the jury respectively each have equal weight, i.e. 50 % each.
Each member of the audience will receive two voting tickets. One ticket has a value of one point and the other has a value of two points. You vote by placing one or both of your voting tickets into the container that represents the contestant(s) you want to vote for. You can vote for two candidates as first and second choice by putting the ticket with two points into the container for your first choice candidate, and the ticket for one point into the container for your second choice candidate. You can also put both tickets into the same box and thus give three points to one candidate.
The sum of the votes by the audience will be converted into a ranking of the contestants where the one with the most votes receives X points (X being the number of participants).
The jury will be composed of one jury member from each club, organisation or business sponsoring a contestant. Each judge may vote for any contestant except for the one sponsored by his own club, organisation or business.
Each member of the jury will receive a voting card with the contestants listed. The possible votes will range from 1 to 10. Each number may only be used once. The sum of the votes by the jury will be converted into a ranking of the contestants where the one with the most votes receives X points (X being the number of participants).
The points from the audience’s ranking will be added to the points from the jury’s ranking. The contestant with the most points will be the winner.
In case of a tie, the contestant the jury has given the most points to will be the winner.
For the first, second and third places a medal will be presented by SLM Copenhagen."[8]
MLE contest winners
MLE Year Date MLE winner Winner's preliminary title or sponsor Winner's city Field of contestants Contest's location Host Club 1985 ? David Risenborough [3] ? ? ? Stockholm, Sweden ? 1986 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 1987 ? Thomas Karasch[9] ? Hamburg, Germany ? ? ? 1988 ? Vincente Jimenez[9] ? Barcelona, Spain ? ? ? 1989 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 1990 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 1991 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 1992 ? A. J. Steigenberger [9] ? ? ? ? ? 1993 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 1994 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 1995 1995-11-05 Antonio Sanchez [10] ? Madrid, Spain ? Amsterdam, Netherlands MSC Amsterdam 1996 ? Dario van der Lundin Videla[9] ? ? ? Brussels, Belgium MSC Belgium [11] 1997 ? Stein Losnegaard[12] ? ? ? Manchester, England Manchester Super Chain, Motor Sports Club (MSC-MSC)[11] 1998 ? Rob Scheers[9] ? Antwerp, Belgium ? ? ? 1999 ? Peter Wallace[12] Mr. Leather SLM-Olso Göteborg, Sweden ? København, Denmark SLM Copenaghen 2000 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 2001 2001-10-06 Maurizio[13] Mr Leather Italy Varese, Italy ? Stuttgart ? 2002 ? Fernando Manzali[14][15] Mr. Leather Italy Mantova, Italy ? ? ? 2003 ? Saad Mr Baltic Battle Stockholm, Sweden ? MS Cap San Diego, Hamburg MSC Hamburg 2004 ? Roberto Menichetti ? ? ? ? ? 2005 ? Christian Roger ? ? ? ? ? 2006 ? Simen Enersen Mr Leather Denmark Aarhus, Denmark ? Fabrikken, Oslo, Norway SLM Oslo 2007 2007-09-27 Martin Cedergren [16] Mr Baltic Battle Stockholm, Sweden 5 Gamla Tryckeriet, Stockholm SLM Stockholm 2008 2008-10-18 Ralf Lauritzen Rasmussen [17] Mr. Leather Denmark Copenhagen, Denmark 6 Universal Hall, Berlin BLF Berlin 2009 2009-10-03 Pieter Claeys [18] Mr. MS Amsterdam Amsterdam, the Netherlands 5 RistoTheatre, Rome Leather Club Roma 2010 2010-10-02 Eric Gutierrez Mr Leather France Paris, France 9 Tanzhaus West, Frankfurt FLC Frankfurter Leder Club 2011 2011-10-01 Alexi Carpentieri [4] Mr Baltic Battle Stockholm, Sweden 10 Kulturhuset Islands, Copenhagen SLM Copenhagen The next contests are due to take place In October 2012 in Hamburg and October 2013 in Zurich. [19].
See also
References
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- ^ "Ecmc official website". ECMC. http://www.ecmc.nu. Retrieved 2010-05-18. (in English)
- ^ a b "Internationa Mister Leather Contestants by Year". IMRL. http://www.imrl.com/history/viewyear.php. Retrieved 2010-05-18. (in English) - The 1985 contestant table reports David Risenborough as Mister Leather Europe organized by ECMC in Stockholm
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- ^ a b "International Mister Leather Contestants by year (year 1998)". http://www.imrl.com/history/viewyear.php. Retrieved 2010-05-10. (in Englis)
- ^ a b "Ny norsk seier i laerhomoEuropa (New Norwegian Victory in Mister Leather Europe)". 1999-09-07. http://www.revisef65.org/fepeterwallace.html. Retrieved 2010-05-10. (in Norwegian)
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- ^ "Ralf blev Mr Leather Europe 2008". QX.SE. 2008-10-20. http://www.qx.se/noje/8304/ralf-blev-mr-leather-europe-2008. Retrieved 2009-04-16. (in Swedish)
- ^ "Pieter from Holland is the Mister Leather Europe 2009". LeatherClubRoma. 2009-10-04. http://www.lcroma.com/english/news/MisterLeatherEurope2009.html. Retrieved 2010-04-28. (in English)
- ^ "Ecmc Calendar". Ecmc. http://www.ecmc.nu/calendar/index.html. Retrieved 2010-04-28. (in English)
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