JAPAN - Ryo Yatogo. He is a buffed, Boyish Asian Cutie (BAC). I know there are people who do like those kind of features, so a Top 16 finish is conceivable for this guy.
KAZAKHSTAN - Anatoly Anissimov. Most people from this country look Asian, but he's obviously more in the European/Russian side of the Eurasian equation. Being the tallest guy in this batch, he could've been this year's Beefcake Behemoth, but he doesn't quite have that much polish and was not channeling much charisma throughout his stint here. He has potential, though.
KOREA - Jaeyoung Cho. Here's another member of the BAC contingent. If enough judges have a strong liking to his features, he can advance to the Top 16.
LAOS - Sengtavanh Chaleunphonh. See INDONESIA, with slightly plainer features.
MALAYSIA - Hugo Amandus. He received buzz during the press presentation, as he exudes a mix of BAC with a dash of that Trinh Bao charisma that is currently exhibited by HONG KONG. It is pointing towards him becoming a shoo-in for the Top 16 with a possible play for the Top 10 and perhaps even beyond.
MEXICO - Andrés Villegas. He looks like he's competing at a very high level that he could be a possible usurper for the title. He has handsomeness, charisma, sex appeal, competitive drive, and stage polish in spades.
MYANMAR - San Thar. It's such a shame he was bullied online as being "unworthy" of competing in this pageant. Though in a Magnificent Batch like this one he does take up the rear as he lacks relative polish and charisma, I wouldn't say he's unworthy of belonging in this group, it is just that the other guys are clearly more at the top of their game than he has. But at least he can showcase his advocacy and enjoy the brotherhood being developed among his batch.
NEPAL - Manash Kumar Raj. He's attractive and reasonably polished, but with this Magnificent Batch, this only amounts to a standing as a worthwhile contender, at most.
NETHERLANDS - Ilya Shahedi. I'm not sure if based from his name he has Russian and Iranian/Arab heritage, but he does possess a swarthy appeal with a relatively shorter stature, just like DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. If enough judges dig his sort of look, he can make the Top 16.
NICARAGUA - Jonathan López. He's the most fully bearded guy in this year's batch. He's attractive and buffed, but since this is a Magnificent Batch, he's at msot a worthwhile contender.
PANAMA - Daniel Andrian Morán. He's a dusky, buffed, and polished contender, but he's overshadowed by another guy with his qualities that exuded a lot more charisma, and there is a connection between that guy's country and this country as they used to be part of one big country back in the 19th century.*1
*1 The super-country in question was Gran Colombia (1819-1831). That country constituted present-day Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela alongside parts of Brazil, Peru, and Guyana. When Colombia and Ecuador split up from Gran Colombia, Panama used to be a part of Colombia--it became a separate independent country later in 1903.
PERU - Eleazar Moreno. This guy is quietly receiving sleeper buzz as he possesses a clean-cut Classic Latino Handsomeness (CLH) that could make him a shoo-in to the Top 16 with a possible play for the Top 10 and beyond.
COMING UP: PHILIPPINES to VENEZUELA plus the "FEARFUL" FORECAST
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