Perusing through the hard-hitting SMH headlines this morning, the following newsworthy item caught my [optically modified] eyes: "Battle of the Cheekbones". The narration accompanying the headlines reads: Aussie boy misses out on being crowned Mr World 2007.
Being an avid admirer of beauty contests of all variations - as reflected by this part blog-homage to the vast wonderfulness of the Miss Universe Pageant (to be held on May 28 in 2007), I encouraged my fingers to do some Mr World google-ing (is Google-ing in the dictionary yet?). Lo and behold: http://www.mrworld.tv/ - worth a visit if you are in the mood for some frivolous fun.
The Mr World contest claims (or boasts) to be a competition that filters out "the world’s most desirable man"; the beau ideal man.
Interesting to note the criteria for the beau ideal man. Clearly they have to possess "great looks and well-toned bodies", but it goes much further. They must excel in the following "immensely challenging" tasks:
• Traditional raft building
• Jungle survival exercises in Tropical Rain Forest
• Mountain River Rapid Series
• Scuba Recovery Challenge
• Martial Arts and Tai Chi Training School
• Elephant Pull
• Cooking & Cocktail Challenge
• Beach Fashion Show
Sounds like a frick'n summer camp to me! How tugging an elephant makes you desirable is a mystery to me.
Perusing through the 80 odd contestants, it seems to me that the real criteria for the title of the world’s most desirable man is:
• to speak more than 1 language
• hobbies that include either football or basketball
• ambition to excel as model, actor and singer
• ability to ride a motobike
• ... and of course, the ability to pull an elephant?
One of my faves, Mr Norway, comes with the following credentials:
"He also works part-time at a news-stand ... In his spare time, Silvert enjoys motor sports, diving, tennis and climbing in the beautiful Norwegian countryside, while his other main passion is restoring a spectacular 1971 Jaguar XJ6. Silvert speaks Norwegian and English."
BEAU IDEAL MAN!
Perfect concept for a Ben Stiller/Owen Wilson movie
Although ... Mr Philippines is a bit of a looker!
Monday, April 02, 2007
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
I'd, like, so totally win that competition hands down. I've already been Mr. Universe, like, a bazillion times already.. gosh !
ReplyDeleteI already have a butt-load of skills.. like raft building skills, jungle survival skills, mountain rapid skills, scuba diving skills, nunchuck skills, elephant pulling skills, Pedro voting skills, cocktail cooking skills, liger fashion skills, football and basketball skills, motorbike skills. How many more skills does a guy need ? Gosh !
The ability to ice skate!
ReplyDeleteShit. OK I already knew I'm no prize, but if those are the conditions needed to be a mr universe then I don't qualify in any way at all! DOH!!! I don't even speak a 2nd language! How un-mr-world of me.
ReplyDeleteand I guess I can see what you might admire in Mr Phillipines. He is a pretty boy...
ok... time to check out miss universe contestants :D~~
what a rort! mr china came in 3rd! c'mon our own mr world australia is waaay better looking than mr china! and how come mr france isn't there?! brazil's pretty hot. how come all the asian boys look like girls?
ReplyDelete