About the Contest

Those entering the Mr. Mayhem Leather and Leather Bear contests not only compete to represent their home bar, club, city, state region, and country but they also represent the passions of the bear, cub, and Leatherfolk communities at large. Joining the ranks of the Mayhems you become part of a brotherhood, a legacy of community support and leadership. There is no secret formula to winning this contest other than coming out and doing your best.

The winners of Mr. Mayhem Leather, and Leather Bear are allowed to consume alcoholic beverages at events that they are attending but shall not overly consume. Remember you are to be respectful, as composed when ever in public.

If you wish to compete, you must complete the online application. Please include a head shot as it will be used to help our judging panel identify you. In addition all contestants should plan on arriving Friday night by no later than 3pm for check in. The contest will begin promptly at 4pm with the contestants meeting.

The winner of Mr. Mayhem Leather is required to compete in either International Mr. Leather (IML) in Chicago or Mid-Atlantic Leather (MAL) in Washington DC.

The Winner of Mr. Mayhem Leather Bear goes on to compete at North American Bear or World Bear.

How it is scored:

Both the Mr. Mayhem Leather & Leather Bear Contests are structured in the same manner. There are 5 categories which are assigned a point value. Below you will find details on each of the categories and what you can expect:

Meet the Meat – 15 Points

This category judges the contestant’s social interaction skills. Contestants are asked to wear what they would normally wear to a “Bar Night.”

On-Stage Question – 25 Points

Contestants should have the ability to speak well. The winner of the contests will be asked to represent Bears, Bikers and Mayhem at different events during their title year. Just as social interaction skills are very important, so is your ability to convey your message and that of BBM.

Personal Interview – 25 Points

Contestants are interviewed privately by the judges panel and scored based on their responses to the judges questions.

Physique – 15 Points

Themed as a Wet Jockstrap Contests, this category is a moment for contestant to really shine and show their level of comfort with their own body image. Confidence as a title holder is very important, and “Physique” really shows the contestant’s ability to be happy in their own skin. This category is not judged on the contestants body, but on their confidence.

Formal Leather Image – 20 Points

Since both of these contests are leather related, an understanding of how formal leathers should fit and look is important. With that said, we do understand that “high cow” is expensive, and we would NEVER want the lack of Leather formals to preclude a constants from running. As such the judges focus on their contestants ability to construct a formal image that best convey’s their own personality.

Prizes

Mr. Mayhem Leather
Prize Package

$1000.00 Travel Fund

  • A medallion

  • Free VIP Run Package to Bears, Bikers and Mayhem the following Year

  • Hotel Room at BBM the following Year

    (Friday & Saturday) at the host hotel.
  • Leather Sash, Vest & Back Patch by wolfstryker leather leather*

Mr. Mayhem Leather Bear
Prize Package

$1000.00 Travel Fund

  • A medallion

  • Free VIP Run Package to Bears, Bikers and Mayhem the following Year

  • Hotel Room at BBM the following Year

    (Friday & Saturday) at the host hotel.
  • Leather Sash, Vest & Back Patch by wolfstryker leather leather*

*Leather Sash is to be handed down to the next winner the following year.

Applications for the 2025 contests will open soon!

Please click on the logo of the contest you would like to apply for.

If you have any questions about the applications process please feel free to reach out to our producers via the form below:

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