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Manhunt International 2002 was the 9th Manhunt International

Manhunt International

Manhunt International is an international male beauty pageant which began in 1993, though the roots of the pageant go back a few years more to when one single national preliminary was held in Singapore...

beauty pageant. The final was held in Shanghai

Shanghai

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, China

People's Republic of China

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. 46 countries sent their representatives to the competition and the winner was Fabrice Wattez

Fabrice Wattez

Fabrice Wattez is a French model. He won the Manhunt International beauty contest in 2002 and 2003, representing France. The pageant was held in the Chinese city of Shanghai....

from France

France

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Preliminary round

The preliminaray round included talent, national costume, and swimsuit showcase. Emerging as hot picks for the title were Australia

Australia

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, Belgium

Belgium

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, China

People's Republic of China

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, Portugal

Portugal

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, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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, Vietnam

Vietnam

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, USA, and Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

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.

During the preliminary round, the three first awards were given to winners of national costume design. Aruba

Aruba

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took the top place with his yellow Native American costume. Italy

Italy

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was second with his black Baron style costume. Nicaragua

Nicaragua

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was the third with his green peacock inspired costume. Other award presented was the talent award for delegate from Cuba.

Final round

The final of 2002 Manhunt International pageant was held on November 9. The show included parades of contestants in national costume, swimsuit, and casual shirt. The result was announced at the end of the show, followed by the crowning ceremony of the new Manhunt International.

Results:

Final result	Contestant
Manhunt International 2002	Early Modern France – Fabrice Bertrand Wattez Fabrice Wattez Fabrice Wattez is a French model. He won the Manhunt International beauty contest in 2002 and 2003, representing France. The pageant was held in the Chinese city of Shanghai....
1st runner-up	Belgium – Bart Deschuymer
2nd runner-up	Turkey – Murat Erbaytan
3rd runner-up	Cuba – Adrián Medina Scull
4th runner-up	Venezuela – Daniel Leonard Navarrete Muktans
Top 15 (In alphabet order)	Australia – Wesley Craig Mainland China – Wang Lin ' – Leander de Weijer Hong Kong – Jerry Chua da Silva India – Nitin Singh Italy – Michael Forer Jamaica – Kingsley Evering Portugal – Deive Arnaldo Garcés Joaquin South Africa – Jorge Maia Sri Lanka – Roshan Massilamany