The “most fascinating man on this planet” has been proclaimed, and he’s Daniel Mejia from Puerto Rico who was hailed as Mr. World 2024 in Vietnam on Saturday night, Nov. 23.
He bested 59 different aspirants to turn into the primary Puerto Rican man to win the title, and succeeded Englishman Jack Heslewood on the last competitors of the eleventh Mr. World contest held on the Bikini Seaside Sq. of NovaWorld in Phan Thiet, east of Ho Chi Minh Metropolis.
The current staging of the worldwide male tilt was held 5 years since final mounting a contest. Heslewood received within the tenth Mr. World contest that came about in Manila in 2019.
Mejia topped the Sports activities Problem and the Expertise Competitors, with each “fast-track” contests incomes him a semifinals berth.
Host delegate Pham Tuan Ngoc from Vietnam settled for the primary runner-up spot, whereas Spain’s Toni Firm Toeps was second runner-up. Angola’s Filipe Salvador Maria rounded up the ultimate 4 as third runner-up.
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The Prime 4 delegates had been the leaders of their respective geographical groupings, and had been earlier proclaimed as continental winners. Mejia was Mister Americas and Caribbean, Pham was Mister Asia and Oceania, Toeps was Mister Europe, whereas Maria was Mister Africa.
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The Philippines’ Kirk Bondad completed within the Prime 20. He was appointed as Mr. World Philippines in 2022, in anticipation of what was presupposed to be a staging of the worldwide male tilt that 12 months.
However the Miss World Group (MWO) that mounts the male competitors postponed the 2022 contest, and didn’t announce a contest in 2023.
In his Mr. World journey, Bondad highlighted his mom’s dwelling metropolis of Baguio, showcasing the chilly and mountainous terrain of the northern vacationer vacation spot. He additionally paraded in an Igorot-inspired ensemble within the nationwide costume competitors.
Andrew Wolff stays to be the highest-placing Filipino delegate within the Mr. World contest, ending as first runner-up within the seventh version of the worldwide male tilt in 2012.
Australia’s Lochian Carey, who received within the twenty first Manhunt Worldwide: Male Supermodel contest held in Manila in 2022, shocked many avid pageant followers by his early exit, failing to safe a Prime 20 slot.
Heslewood was a part of the judging panel, alongside along with his predecessor Rohit Khandelwal from India, reigning Miss World Krystyna Pyszkova from the Czech Republic, and MWO Pres. Julia Morley.