Mister Leather Europe


Mister Leather Europe is a pan-European contest of leathermen held annually around October in Europe, organized by the ECMC, European Confederation of Motorsport Club, and hosted each year by a different member club.
The first known contest was held in 1985 in Stockholm, Sweden; the winner was David Risenborough.
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.

MLE contest format

The contest take place during the ECMC AGM, the Annual General Meeting of ECMC clubs, hosted each year by a different club.
The AGM weekend program schedules:
Friday:
Saturday
Sunday
Usually, as in 2009 to 2011, 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 2013, the host club, Leather Friends Italia announced:-
1. The Jury of judges will represent two thirds of the ballot; the public will represent one third of the
ballot.
2. The jury is composed by the judges invited at the sole discretion of the organizing club of the
ECMC Annual General Meeting, i.e. Leather Friends Italia.
3. Mister Leather Europe 2012, the ECMC Secretary and the Presidents of each club physically
present at the ECMC AGM will be invited to be judges in the Jury. A President can delegate his role as a
judge to another person of his own club only. The judges will be invited immediately as jury members
after registration of their club for the ECMC AGM.

MLE contest winners

MLE YearDateMLE winnerWinner's preliminary title or sponsorWinner's cityField of contestantsContest's locationHost Club
1985?David RisenboroughMr TomssonStockholm, Sweden?Hamburg, GermanyMSC Hamburg e.V.
19861986-08-09????Bauernhaus HamburgMSC Hamburg e.V.
1987?Thomas Karasch?Hamburg, Germany??MSC Hamburg e.V.
1988?Vincente Jimenez?Barcelona, Spain???
1989???????
1990???????
1991???????
1992?A. J. Steigenberger?????
1993???????
19941995-10-08????Wasahallen, Stockholm, SwedenSLM Stockholm
19951995-11-05Antonio SanchezMSC MadridMadrid, Spain24Amsterdam, NetherlandsMSC Amsterdam
19961996-10-11–13Dario van der Lundin VidelaMr Baltic BattleStockholm, Sweden?Brussels, BelgiumMSC Belgium
19971997-08-23Stein Losnegaard???Manchester, EnglandManchester Super Chain, Motor Sports Club
1998?Rob Scheers?Antwerp, Belgium???
1999?Peter WallaceMr. Leather SLM-OsloGothenburg, Sweden?Copenhagen, DenmarkSLM Copenhagen
20002000-08-19????Milan, Italy?
20012001-10-06MaurizioMr Leather ItalyVarese, Italy?Stuttgart?
20022002-10-19Fernando ManzaliMr. Leather ItalyMantua, Italy?chalet de la porte jaune Paris FranceASMF Paris
20032003-10-03–05Saad HassonMr Baltic BattleStockholm, Sweden?MS Cap San Diego, HamburgMSC Hamburg
20042004-09-18Roberto Menichetti???Helsinki Finland?
2005?Christian Roger?????
2006?Simen EnersenMr Leather DenmarkAarhus, Denmark?Fabrikken, Oslo, NorwaySLM Oslo
20072007-09-27Martin CedergrenMr Baltic BattleStockholm, Sweden5Gamla Tryckeriet, Stockholm, SwedenSLM Stockholm
20082008-10-18Ralf Lauritzen RasmussenMr. Leather DenmarkCopenhagen, Denmark6Universal Hall, BerlinBLF Berlin
20092009-10-03Pieter ClaeysMr. MS AmsterdamAmsterdam, the Netherlands5Risto Theatre, RomeLeather Club Rome
20102010-10-02Eric GutierrezMr Leather FranceParis, France9Tanzhaus West, FrankfurtFLC Frankfurter Leder Club
20112011-10-01Alexi CarpentieriMr Baltic BattleStockholm, Sweden10Kulturhuset Islands, CopenhagenSLM Copenhagen
20122012-10-20Kilker AlcarazMr Leather UKLondon, United Kingdom9Mazza Restaurant, YoHo, HamburgSpike Hamburg
20132013-11-09FrancescoMr Leatherman ItaliaMilan, Italy9Kofler Restaurant, PaduaLeather Friends Italia
20142014-10-25ArnaudMr. Leather AmsterdamAmsterdam, the Netherlands7Eagle Amsterdam, AmsterdamMS Amsterdam
20152015-10-24Thorsten Buhl Mr. Leather AustriaVienna, Austria9Fluc, ViennaLMC Vienna
20162016-08-27Joe King Mr. Leather UK9Helsinki, FinlandMSC Finland
20172017-10-28Raymond TimmerMr. Leather AmsterdamAmsterdam, the Netherlands5Amsterdam, the NetherlandsMS Amsterdam