Reigning Mr. Texas Leather Jack Duke — who we profiled last week — made a great showing in Chicago for International Mr. Leather, coming in second runner-up behind Mr. San Francisco Leather and the winner, Mr. Rio Grande (based on New Mexico, not Texas). That’s a remarkable achievement, on the heels of outgoing International Mr. Leather Jeffrey Payne, who followed the same path as Duke last year.
Payne himself was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award … but not just any kind. He is the first recipient of the JEFFREY PAYNE Lifetime Achievement Award, which will henceforth be named after him. Payne really dedicated himself to leather during his tenure, and the citation reads: “In recognition of service above and beyond to the international leather community.” Yea for Duke! Yea for Payne! Yeah for Texas.
Congratulations to Jack Duke for representing not only Texas, but our local Dallas Leather community at IML. A great THANK YOU to Jeffrey Payne and David for all of their hard work and service to the International Leather and Deaf communities
This is great news…Now it is time for Jack Duke to come back to Dallas and settle down as
Mr. Jack Duke Jett.
We will be registered at Mr. S Leather in San Francisco.