Mister Gay World 2015 finals moved from Cape Town to Knysna, South Africa

The Mister Gay World 2015 happening in South Africa April 26-May 3 suffered a setback after Cape Town authorities withdrew support of the pageant’s supposed grand finals at the Cape Town City Hall. In a press release, organizers of Mister Gay World announced that the City of Cape Town declined to host the finals or facilitate events to promote Cape Town to the expected 30 visiting international delegates.

The pageant which is on its 7^th edition this year was originally to be hosted jointly by the cities of Cape Town and Knysna in South Africa. Due to this turn of events, the organizers are now forced to move the grand finals of the contest to Knysna. Although some of the planned events will still go ahead in Cape Town such as the visit to parliament and the farewell & after party.

Coenie Kukkuk, Mister Gay World Director of Africa & Middle East and Managing Director of Mister Gay World 2015 remarked that Cape Town lost an opportunity to boosts its reputation as a welcoming and gay-friendly tourism destination. In most cases he said, like in Manila and Oslo, officials have handed the key to the city to the President of Mister Gay World. On the other hand, Eric Butler, President of the Mister Gay World speaking from Sydney, Australia expressed full support for the organizers and their decision to hold the grand finals in Knysna.