Beauty Kings: Inside The World of Male Beauty Pageants | Full Episode | SBS Dateline

For this episode, which first aired in 2023, Dateline went inside the world of male beauty pageants in the Philippines to see who will be crowned Man of the World. And we asked, is this growing industry perpetuating an unhealthy male body image?

00:00 Introduction to the world of male beauty pageants
01:22 What it takes to be a Beauty King
2:35 The importance of male pageants in the Philippines
4:44 How the Man of the World contest works
6:18 The Beauty Kings attend a charity day at a local school
8:31 The swimwear competition
8:58 The pressure to win
10:02 Racially biased notions of beauty standards
12:23 A former Beauty King tells of the pressure to change his looks
14:06 The surgeon fixing botched cosmetic surgeries
15:32 Allegations of indecent proposals, sexual favours and cheating
18:41 The final night of the competition
25:56 The winner is crowned

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