MISTER INTERNATIONAL 2024: RESULTS REACTION & CAPSULE REVIEW

 

MISTER INTERNATIONAL [NEW ERA] 2024: AT THE HOMESTRETCH (CONCLUSION)

 PANAMA - Mario Biancol.

PERU - Cristian Novoa Arrué.

PHILIPPINES - Justine Ong.

POLAND - "Goofy Hunk" Patryk Karbowski.

PUERTO RICO - José Enrique López Ramirez.

SCOTLAND - Christian Hawkins.

SINGAPORE - Baron Chia Jia Jun.

SOUTH AFRICA - S.J. Pretorius.

SPAIN - Rafael Junior Dominguez Mata.

SRI LANKA - Maduranga Hewapathirrana.

SWITZERLAND - Thibaud Renaud.

TAIWAN - Adam He.

THAILAND - Chutipong Buddharak.

U S A - Josef O'Brien.

VENEZUELA - Emmanuel Serrano Liscano.

VIETNAM - Nguyễn Mạnh Lân[1.

With all 47 contestants accounted for, here is how they all would stack up in my leaderboard:

TOP CONTENDERS:  CUBA, FRANCE, MEXICO, NETHERLANDS

SHOO-INS:  ECUADOR, INDONESIA, NIGERIA, PANAMA, PERU, POLAND, SPAIN, THAILAND, VENEZUELA

LIKELIEST:: CANADA, CHINA, COLOMBIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, , DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, INDIA, ITALY, KOREA, LEBANON, MALI, MYANMAR, SOUTH AFRICA, SRI LANKA, SWITZERLAND, VIETNAM

FRANCHISEE FACTOR:  PHILIPPINES

INTERVIEW FACTOR:  ENGLAND, HAITI, SCOTLAND

EXCELLENT:  BENIN, BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA, BRAZIL, , JAPAN, , NEPAL, SINGAPORE, TAIWAN, U S A

VERY STRONG:  CAMBODIA, CAMEROON, EL SALVADOR, LAOS, , MALAYSIA, PUERTO RICO, 

So who would I preiict will make it and how high they will fare?  Here's my take thus far:

FINAL THREE: FRANCE, MEXICO, NETHERLANDS

TOP SIX:  CUBA, NIGERIA, SWITZERLAND

TOP 10: ECUADOR, INDONESIA, SPAIN, VENEZUELA

TOP 15:  COLOMBIA, PANAMA, PERU, POLAND, THAILAND

BUBBLING UNDER:  CANADA, CHINA, CZECH REPUBLIC, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, INDIA, ITALY, KOREA, LEBANON, MALI, MYANMAR, SOUTH AFRICA, SRI LANKA, VIETNAM

STRIKING DISTANCE:  BENIN, BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA, BRAZIL, ENGLAND, HAITI, JAPAN, , NEPAL, PHILIPPINES, SCOTLAND, SINGAPORE, TAIWAN, U S A

Can I declare this batch as a "Magnificent" Batch?  Well it might depend on how much you fancy the likes of ENGLAND and SCOTLAND.  In my reckoning, their presence seems to drag down this sterling batch, but then again, they seem to offer something interesting that the selection committee members could not resist.  

MISTER INTERNATIONAL [NEW ERA] 2024: AT THE HOMESTRETCH (PART 2)

 HAITI - Marc Tyson Jean.

INDIA - Vishnu Choudary.

INDONESIA - Glenn Victor Sutanto.

ITALY - Leonardo Castaldo.

JAPAN - Kodai Takahashi.

KOREA - Joon-Song Heo.

LAOS - Nipon Minoymanny.

LEBANON - Rawad Aboutine.

MALAYSIA - Edison Ho Liang Ee.

MALI - Harouna Sissoko.

MEXICO - Brian Faugier.

MYANMAR - Hein Htet Aung.

NEPAL - Kshitij Shrestha Chhetri.

NETHERLANDS - Anthony Henricus.

NIGERIA - Nwajagu Samuel.

COMING UP:  PANAMA to VIETNAM plus the "FEARFUL" FORECAST

MISTER INTERNATIONAL [NEW ERA] 2024: AT THE HOMESTRETCH (PART 1)

The Mister International [New Era] pageant can now claim to be the biggest edition of Mister International ever as it drew a record number of contestants.  Initially 49 confirmed, but two of them have issues with travel documents and could apparently not make it, leaving with 47.  But then, one decided to leave the proceedings midway due to "health issues" and the roster was reduced to 46.  But after the preliminary competition was conducted, one who was presumed to sit out because of travel issues made it and was accepted for the final, so the final roster resumes to be 47.

Let's first talk about the candidate who failed to make it:

GHANA - 

Now, te contestant who withdrew:

BELGIUM - Nick J. Thyson.

So with the record quantity of contestants, do we have a high quality group?  Can this be a "Magnificent" Batch?  Read on...

BENIN - Aladdin Tavolini.

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA - Anel Mehić.

BRAZIL - Bruno Ezequiel Fonseca.

CAMBODIA - Neov Bunthea.

CAMEROON - Philippe Dipanda Lea.

CANADA - Kunal Raghava.

CHINA - Liu Xu Adrian Lorin.

COLOMBIA - Sebastián Melo Nieves.

CUBA - Cristian Jesùs Aniceto.

CURACAO - Diadrie Williams.

CZECH REPUBLIC - Ondřej Valenta.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Felipe Reyes.

ECUADOR - Abel Diaz.

EL SALVADOR - Josué David Molina.

ENGLAND - Nathaniel Cranton.

FRANCE - Lavigne Swann.

COMING UP:  HAITI to NIGERIA

MISS UNIVERSE 2024: A GRAND SIZZLE (OR FIZZLE)? (CONCLUSION)

Continental Queens:

MISS UNIVERSE - ASIA:  PHILIPPINES - Chelsaa Manalo

MISS UNIVERSE E- UROPE:  FINLAND - Matilda Wirtavuori.

 CANADA - Ashley Callingbull.

BOLIVIA - Juliana Barrientos.

ARGENTINA -  Magalí Benejam.

RUSSIA - Valentina Alekseeva.

CHILE - Emilia Dides.

PUERTO RICO - Jennifer Colón.

MISS UNIVERSE - AMERICAS:  PERU - Tatiana Calmell.

The Final Five

4TH RUNNER-UP:  VENEZUELA - Ileana Márquez.

3RD RUNNER-UP:  THAILAND - Suchata "Opal" Chuangsri.

2ND RUNNER-UP:  MEXICO - María Fernandda Beltrán.

1ST RUNNER-UP and MISS UN IVERSE - AFRICA & OCEANIA:  NIGERIA - Chidimma Adetshina.

MISS UNIVERSE 2024:  DENMARK - Victoria Kjær Theilvig.

MISS UNIVERSE 2024: A GRAND SIZZLE (OR FIZZLE)? (PART 2)

 

MACAU - Cassandra Chiu.

JAPAN - Kaya Chakraborthy.

CHINA - Jia Qi.

NICARAGUA - Geyssell García.

CAMBODIA - Davin Prasath.

CUBA - Marianela Ancheta.

EGYPT - Logina Salah.

SERBIA - Ivana Trišić.

ARUBA =Anouk Eman.

INDIA - Rhea Singha.

FRANCE - Indira Amiot.

VIETNAM - Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên.

MALAYSIA - Sandra Lim.

ZIMBABWE - Sakhile Dube.

DOMINCAN REPUBLIC - Celinee Santos.

ECUADOR - Mara Topić.

COMING UP:  CONTINENTAL WINNERS pls the TOP 12

MISS UNIVERSE 2024: A GRAND SIZZLE (OR FIZZLE)? (PART 1)

 Notes

Notable non-finalists that I thought would've made Top 30:

BAHAMAS - Selvinique Wright.

GREAT BRITAIN - Christina Chalk.

NETHERLANDS - Faith Landman.

NEW ZEALAND - Victoria Velasquez Vincent.

Voice of Change awardees:

BAHRAIN - Shereen Ahmed.

CAYMAN ISLANDS - Raegan Rutty.

ERITREA - Snil Tewoldemedhin.

GUINEA - Saran Bah.

Voice for Change Gold Winner:

GUATEMALA - Ana Gabriela Villanueva.

Spotlights in the Delegates' Roundtable:

MALTA - Beatrice Njoya.

U S A - Alma Cooper.

MISS CONGENIALITY:  TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - Jenelle Thongs

BEST SKIN AWARD:  HONDURAS - Stephanie Cam.

4TH RUNNER-UP, RUTH OCUMAREZ AWARD:  INDONESIA - Clara Shafira Krebs

3RD RUNNER-UP, RUTH OCUMAREZ AWARD:  PARAGUAY - Naomi Mendez.

2ND RUNNER-UP, RUTH OCUMAREZ AWARD:  SOMALIA - Khadija Omar.

1ST RUNNER-UP, RUTH OCUMAREZ AWARD:  COLOMBIA - Daniela Toloza.

WINNER, RUTH OCUMAREZ AWARD:  BRAZIL - Luana Cavalcante.

COMING UP:  THE TOP 30