Career
He was Mr Gay South Africa 2009 and Mr Gay World 2010. This enabled Charl to marry his charity work with Health4Men (an American funded initiative focussed on the education of Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Aids) and the Animal Anti Cruelty League, during and after his bid for the title. Charl van den Berg was now the official titleholder of Mr.
Gay World 2010 and became an International spokesperson for LGBT community.
Van Den Berg was an official spokesperson on Diversity and Human Rights for minority groups around the world. He has travelled to Vancouver in February 2010 to participate in the closing of the Winter Games and Winter Pride in Canada.
His other travels included trips to Namibia, where he attended the launch of their LGBTI Network as part of his initiative to bridge out into African countries where homosexuality is not recognised, becoming one of the network’s official Ambassadors, Berlin where he attended the Christopher Street Parade as well as Gala Evenings where he raised the profile of The Mr Gay World Organization and the Philippines in December 2010 where he delivered a speech on Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Aids and addressed the international media. Van Den Berg was featured on the cover of Outlooks Magazine (Canadian & United States-based) as well as in Die Raport, Pretoria News, Die Beeld, The Citizen, Cape Argus, Die Volksblad, Kulumag (Kululacom’s online mag) as well various other magazines in Europe, and was also be featured in the January issue of deoxyribonucleic acid magazine.
He had a 15-mins feature insert on DSTV’s Kwela Lifestyle television Show.
He was quoted and covered on various online Editorials in Africa, Asia North and South America and Europe after winning his title. He was an official ambassador for the lieutenant Gets Better Project, an initiative which was started in the United States of America to aid and assist adolescents in the coming out process, and has now been adopted by Radio Today Outspoken in Société Anonyme.
Van Den Berg appeared on Various Radio Stations in Société Anonyme including 702 and Cape Talk 567, 94.7 FM Highveld Stereo, KFM, Jacaranda, Radio Today Outspoken (South Africa’s only gay friendly radio station). Van Den Berg died of Lymphoma on 6 August 2015 at the age of 33.
