Mr Gay Wellington 2007 is........

At 2:27am Sunday morning, 29-year-old Allan-John (AJ) Marsh was crowned Mr Gay Wellington at Imerst Nightclub. Hosted by Lady Trenyce, the pageant featured eight contestants who battled it out in open wear, club wear, swim wear and formal wear, in front of judges James Laverty, TV personality Steven Oates, three time Academy Award winning costume designer James Acheson and the reigning Miss Drag Wellington Arabia. AJ Marsh has been active on the Wellington gay scene for several years. He served as gay student group UniQ Co-President, worked with gay business networking group GAP, and appeared with his Civil Union partner Thomas in a promotional video for the NZ AIDS Foundation. A page of photos from the couple’s 2005 Civil Union is still the most-viewed GayNZ.com page ever. AJ takes over the crown held by James Laverty who has held the title since the last pageant in October 2005 at the now closed Pound nightclub. In second place was Alan the ballet dancer from Newcastle in Australia, and third was leatherboi Chris from Wellington. You can check out photos of AJ and his gorgeous husband Thomas at their civil union website. http://www.ajandthomas.com/index.html