SELF Titleholders
SouthEast LeatherFest honors the people who have represented our communities through SELF titles across the decades.
Current Titleholders
Papa Jeff Tanglewood - 2026 Mr. SouthEast LeatherFest
Papa Jeff Tanglewood2026 Mr SouthEast LeatherFest Papa Jeff is a native of rural North Carolina. He is a white, cisgendered, 68-year-old, masculine gay male who is conscious of the overlapping privilege and problems inherent in this stack of labels. He is currently serving as Mr. NC Leather 2025.Papa Jeff came into the Leather and Kink community in 1979 and was mentored and trained by Daddy David Wright for two-and-a-half years. In 1982, Papa...
Puddles Princess - SE Bootblack 2026
Puddles PrincessSE Bootblack 2026 PuddlePrincess, or Puddles for short, is a proud Leather Kitten from Greensboro NC. She entered the kink lifestyle at 18, and found her forever leather family and mentors of NCMaster, Master Varii and the Tarheel Leather Club in 2023. With their guidance she has learned a lot about leather history and what it means "to be leather". She found her love of teaching others as a teenager and has let that take over...
SELF Titles
Current active titles
- Mr. SouthEast LeatherFest
- Ms. SouthEast LeatherFest
- SouthEast LeatherFest Boy
- SouthEast BootBlack
- SouthEast Master/slave
- SouthEast Person of Leather
Titles in SELF history
- International Master / slave
- Ms. Leather Pride
- Mr. Georgia Leather
- Ms. Georgia Leather
- SE Mr. Drummer
- SE Drummer Boy
- SE Leather Sir
- SE Leather Boy
- SE Person of Leather (as of 2015)
Titleholder History
Browse who held each documented SELF title by year. Select a year to see its complete titleholder category and open individual titleholder articles.
2020–Present
2026
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021–2019
2010s
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2003–2009
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
1990–2002
This consolidated early archive reflects the historical documentation currently available to SELF. Individual article links are available from the early archive where those pages survive.
