Comments on: South African man wins Mr Gay World 2010

By: notagain

notagain — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 17:55:16 +0000

He’s nothing special

By: Riondo

Riondo — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 10:58:48 +0000

Is he advertising an under-arm deodorant?
Looks a bit of a bruiser, but none the worse for that. Drool.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:40:15 +0000

The last Mr Gay world? Joe Ratzy…The Pope!

By: Percival

Percival — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:41:59 +0000

BTW, Who was Mr Gay World last year? Does anybody know??

By: Jean-Paul Bentham

Jean-Paul Bentham — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:04:10 +0000

Personally, I like having a Mr Gay World, and I believe he would not be a good role model if he were Perfect, do you????

And Ray Cloete is right. This guy won fair and square, and he looks like an ordinary guy to me which is why he will be able to carry out his duties as Mr Gay World.

Let’s keep our eyes on him and we’ll see that being Mr Gay World has little to do with being ‘gorgeous’ or Perfect.

I personally expect a lot from Charl by way of educating the world about the disastrous effects of homophobia.

By: Ray Cloete

Ray Cloete — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:14:01 +0000

Racism!? that whole competition consisted of numerous cultures, Asian, Indian, African, European, American,Korean,Portuguese, to name a few.

Howcome does this certain race feel discriminated against? He won because the world, judges voted for him based on hes performance.
The competition is take very serious, and to degrade is realy distastefull…btw arent we all equal, why are you so cencerned about the color of our skin, do you reckon it makes us different. Practice what you Preach!!!!

By: dean

dean — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:02:55 +0000

So this is what weve done with our rights and freedoms Great!

By: Rehan

Rehan — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:29:15 +0000

@ Clivejw: “Presumably, they couldn’t find a gorgeous black man in the whole of South Africa.” Would you know how many gorgeous black men competed for the title of Mr Gay South Africa in the first place?

@ Mbosaramba (4): if a person of Afro-Caribbean, African or South or East Asian descent born in the UK can be called British, why should the same rule not apply to SA?

By: Jean-Paul Bentham

Jean-Paul Bentham — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:15:04 +0000

Somewhere over the Rainbow, everything will be perfect.

Personally, I like having a Mr Gay World, and I believe he would not be a good role model if he were Perfect, do you.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:29:45 +0000

I guess I’m concerned about the disclosure of Xiadai’s information. Is this site using a pseudonym, or did it just divulge information that may result in the imprisonment and potential torture of a Chinese national?

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:20:04 +0000

Despite Charl Van den Berg’s previous history with the adult film industry, outlined in my blog at http://pridebook.com , he was still crowned the winner of this competition. The competiton director has also been very verbal that they do not support the porn industry in anyway. Leaving me confused…

By: jason

jason — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:58:40 +0000

To Clivejw and mbosaramba – You know what?…you dont know what!! South Africa does not = racism, unfortuneately people like you make it come across as if it does. Others on here rightfully laugh at how you clumsily exposed yourself as racist. It may come as a shock but homosexuality is still VERY much seen as Western and un-african where even its very own President believe that a hot shower cure one of HIV! I do suspect the same level of common sense between Clive, Mbosarama and President Jacob Zuma.

By: Simon Murphy

Simon Murphy — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:43:56 +0000

“Well having had a 3 year relationship to one (white) South African, and married for 4 years to another, I can tell you they are really fun loving, passionate and great friends.”

But that doesn’t answer the burning question of how they look in the swimwear section?

By: RobN

RobN — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:24:17 +0000

Well having had a 3 year relationship to one (white) South African, and married for 4 years to another, I can tell you they are really fun loving, passionate and great friends.

By: flapjack

flapjack — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:50:48 +0000

Fair play Simon – I sometimes wonder if the UN when looking through the CV of someone applying for the job of peace envoy check to see their ranking in a beauty pagent!
Maybe the logic is that you can get two warring factions at the negotiation table to a temporary ceasefire if they’re temporalily distracted by a bimbo in their midst!
[Though whether a gay pageant winner would have the desired effect is something of a moot point, you'd have to find 2 gay warring factions first!]
Mind you, isn’t sending in a drop-dead gorgeous bimbo actually what started the Trojan war? They just didn’t think this “world peace” thing through!
I think there’s a plot for “Miss Congeniality 3″ in there somewhere…

By: Simon Murphy

Simon Murphy — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:36:51 +0000

Whether he’s black or white is largely irrelevant.

What is relevant is that he is portraying himself as a brainless bimbo. It’s a f***ing beauty pageant. He’s being treated as a lump of meat to be ogled. That’s his choice for sure, but it’s completely laughable if he believes that “It’s my aim to help break down stereotypes and differing mindsets in the global community”

No it isn’t.

It’s your job to look good in a pair of Speedos

Mr Gay World – what a joke. Do we have the daywear, eveningwear and swimwear sections?

I wonder does he want to work with children and will he keep pushing for world peace.

By: Squidgy

Squidgy — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:45:23 +0000

Oops sorry your comments bored me so much I fell asleep.

By: Squidgy

Squidgy — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:43:43 +0000

Mbosara…………..

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:01:46 +0000

Can’t say I am suprised. Look at Andrew Strauss and Kevin pieterson; fine examples of South African manhood..()!)

By: flapjack

flapjack — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:55:33 +0000

CliveJW – Glad you cleared that up, it’s sometimes difficult to detect flippant comments on these boards without resorting to emoticons! My apologies… and I do agree it would be good to see a few black winners.