A male beauty contest in Mexico has been cancelled after the contestants failed to meet necessary ‘physical requirements’.
Only six entrants threw their sombreros into the ring when the Mr Tabasco 2017 competition was announced.
Modelling a gent Oscar Servin Leon had been overseeing the pageant – in the southeastern Mexican state of Tabasco – and expectations were high.
His agency had even caused controversy with its original advert by specifying that contestants must be a minimum height of 5 feet 10 inches, single, childless, have an athletic body and not be a stripper.
Only six entrants threw their sombreros into the ring when the Mr Tabasco 2017 competition was announced. Pictured: The not-so-hot hopefuls
Mr Average: This chap was one of the half-dozen deemed to have failed to meet the ‘physical requirements’ of the beauty pageant
Modelling a gent Oscar Servin Leon had been overseeing the pageant – in the southeastern Mexican state of Tabasco – and expectations were high. Pictured: One of the unlucky entrants
Leon’s agency had even caused controversy with its original advert by specifying that contestants must be a minimum height of 5 feet 10 inches, single, childless, have an athletic body and not be a stripper
When the half-dozen hopefuls turned up for the photoshoot, the future of the beauty contest was immediately thrown in doubt
The agency put together a publicity package featuring the six wannabe hunks, showing them in swimsuits, casual clothes and formal attire
Trainee stud: One of the contestants poses during a photoshoot designed to advertise the contest
But when the half-dozen hopefuls turned up for the photoshoot, the future of the beauty contest was immediately thrown in doubt.
The agency put together a publicity package featuring the six wannabe hunks, showing them in swimsuits, casual clothes and formal attire.
But the contest was soon cancelled as the men were deemed to be nothing like as hot as Tabasco’s most famous sauce.
The modelling agency confirmed the closing of the contest in a statement.
People online were quick to mock the substandard entrants, with one posting a meme showing them pictured with some beefcakes from Jalisco labelled ‘Expectations’ and the less impressive line-up of Tabasco lads labelled ‘Reality’
The agency did not publicise what prize the rejected not-so-handsome lads had missed out on
It said: ‘The National Organisation of Mr Model Mexico regrets to inform that the event Mr Model Tabasco 2017 has been cancelled until further notice, due to [contestants] not meeting the physical requirements established for the organisation.’
People online were quick to mock the substandard entrants, with one posting a meme showing them pictured with some beefcakes from Jalisco labelled ‘Expectations’ and the less impressive line-up of Tabasco lads labelled ‘Reality’.
The agency did not publicise what prize the rejected not-so-handsome lads had missed out on.