Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Saturday, December 14, 2024
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
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
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.
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
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
MISS UNIVERSE 2024: NON-FINALISTS REVIEW (PART 5)
SENEGAL - Fatou Bintou Guè ye.
SINGAPORE - Charlotte Chia.
SLOVAKIA - Petra Sivakova.
sSPAIN - Michelle Jiménezz.
SRI LANKA - Melloney Dassanayake.
SURINAME - Pooja Chotkan.
SWITZERLAND - Laura Bircher.
TANZANIA - Judith Ngusa.
TURKIYE - Ayliz Duman.
TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS - Reynae Myers.
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Emilia Dobreva.
URUGUAY - Yanina Lucas.
U S VIRGIN ISLAND S- Stephaniy Andjuar.
UZBEKISTAN - Nigina Fakhridinova.
zZAMBIA - Brandina Lubuli.
COMING UP: The MAIR REVIEW, feautring NOTABLE NON-FINALISTS and SPECIAL AWARD WINNERS
MISS UNIVERSE 2024: NON-FINALISTS REVIEW (PART 4)
MOLDOVA - Djulieta Cabalb.
MONGOLIA - Nominzuul Zandangiin.
MONTENEGRO - Rumina Ivezaj.
MYANMAR - Thet San Andersen.
NAMIBIA - Prisca Anyolo.
NEPAL - Sampada Ghimire.
NORTH MACEDONIA - Tea Gjorgievska.
NORWAY - Lilly Sødal.
PAKISTAN - Noor Xarmina.
PERSIA - Ava Vahneshan.
POLAND - Kasandra Zawal.
PORTUGAL - Andreia Correia.
ROMANIA - Loredana Salanṭǎ.
SAINT LUCIA - Skye Faucher.
SAMOA - Haylani Kuruppu.
COMING UP: SENENGAL to ZAMBIA
MISS UNIVERSE 2024: NON-FINALISTS REVIEW (PART 3)
ICELAND - Sóldís Vala Ívarsdóttir.
IRELAND - Sofia Labus.
ISRAEL - Ofir Korsia.
ITALY -= Glelany Cavalcante.
JAMAICA - Rachel Silvera.
KAZAKHSTAN - Madina Amulkanova.
KENYA - Irene Ng'endo.
KOREA - Ariel Han.
KYRGYZSTAN - Maya Turdalieva.
LAOS - Phiranya Thipphomvong.
LATVIA - Maria Vicinska.
LEBANON - Nada Koussa.
MALDIVES - Mariyam Shaina.
MARTINIQUE - Catherine Edouard.
MAURITIUS - Tania René.
COMING UP: MOLDOVA to SAMOA
MISS UNIVERSE 2024: NON-FINALISTS REVIEW (PART 2)
CURACAO - Kimberly Boer.
CYPRUS - Katerina Dimitriou.
CZECH REPUBLIC - Marie Danči.
D R CONGO - Ilda Amani.
EL SALVADOR - Florence Garcia.
EQUATOIAL GUINEA - Diana Angono Mouhafo.
ESTONIA - Valeria Vasileva.
FIJI - Manshika Prasad.
GERMANY - Pia Thiessen.
GIBRALTAR - Shyanne McInto0sh..
GREECE - Christianna Katsieri.
GUADELOUPE - Coraly Desplan.
GUYANA - Ariana Blaize.
HONG KONG - Joanne Rhodes.
HUNGARY - Nóra Kenéz.
COMING UP: ICELAND to MAURITIUS
MISS UNIVERSE 2024: NON-FINALISTS REVIEW (PART 1)
ALBANIA - Franceska Rustem.
ANGOLA - Nelma Ferreira.
ARMENIA - Eva Avanesyan.
AUSTRALIA - Zoe Creed.
BANGLADESH - Aniqa Alam.
BELARUS - Eleanora Kachalovskaya.
BELGIUM - Kenza Ameloot.
BELIZE - Halima Hoy.
BONAIRE - Ruby Pouchet.
BOTSWANA - Thanolo Keutwile.
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS - Dyouunce Lowenfield.
BULGARIA - Elena Vian.
CAMERIOON - Noura Njikam.
COSTA RICA - Elena Hidalgo.
COTE D'IVOIRE - Marie-Emmanuelle Eiamala.
CROATIA - Zrinka Ćorić.
COMING UP: CURACAO to HUNGARY
Sunday, December 1, 2024
MISS INTERNATIONAL 2024: DELEGATES REVIEW (CONCLUSION)
8TH PLACE: CZECH REPUBLIC - Alina Dementjeva.
7TH PLACE: POLAND - Ewa Jakubiec.
6TH PLACE & BEST NATIONAL COSTUME: NEW ZEALAND - Samantha Poole.
4TH RUNNER-UP: INDONESIA - Sophie Kirana.
3RD RUNNER-UP: VENEZUELA - Sakra Guerrero.
2ND RUNNER-UP: SPAIN - Alba Perez.
1ST RUNNER-UP: BOLIVIA - Camila Roca.
MISS INTERNATIONAL 2024: VIETNAM - Huỳnh Thị Thanh Thủy.
MISS INTERNATIONAL 2024: DELEGATES REVIEW (PART 4)
20TH PLACE: MONGOLIA - Bayaraa Suvd-erdene.
19TH PLACE: SOUTH SUDAN - Amylia Deng.
18TH PLACE: IRELAND - Hannah Kathleen Hawkshaw.
17TH PLACE: JAPAN - Mei Ueda.
16TH PLACE: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Miyuki Cruz.
15TH PLACE: SOUTH AFRICA - Belinda Schreuder.
14TH PLACE: CUBA - Shelbi Byrnes Garica.
13TH PLACE: TAIWAN - Oceana Lin-Kurie.
12TH PLACe: CABO VERDE - Akisanna Veiga.
11TH PLACE: AUSTRALIA - Selina McCloskey.
10TH PLACE: NIGERIA - Perpetual Ukadike.
9TH PLACE and MISS FITNESS: HONDURAS - April Tobie.
COMING UP: FINAL EIGHT
MISS INTERNATIONAL 2024: DELEGATES REVIEW (PART 3)
COTE D'IVOIRE - Nadine Maulani Konan.
ECUADOR - Paulethe Cajas.
ETHIOPIA - Hermela Niguissie.
FRANCE - Camille Platroz.
KYRGYZSTAN - Aiperi Nurbekova.
NETHERLANDS - Christina Lazaros.
PANAMA - Liliam Ashley Barrera.
PORTUGAL - Maria Rosado.
ROMANIA - Miriam Tigau.
UKRAINE - Sofia Zghoba.
RUTH OCUMAREZ AWARD, 2ND RUNNER-UP: COLOMBIA - Juanita Urrea.
RUTH OCUMAREZ AWARD, 1ST RUNNER-UP: THAILAND - Apisara Thadadoltip.
MISS PHOTOGENIC: MEXICO - Valeria Villanueva.
WINNER, RUTH OCUMAREZ AWARD and BEST IN EVENING GOWN: PERU - Sofia Cajo.
25TH PLACE: PUERTO RICO - Zahira Mariel.
24TH PLACE: CANADA - Jessica Bailey.
23RD PLACE: MALAYSIA - Ashlyn Ooi.
22ND PLACE: BULGARIA - Kristiyana Yordanova.
21ST PLACE: PHILIPPINES - Angelica Lopez.
COMING UP: THE TOP 20
MISS INTERNATIONAL 2024: DELEGATES REVIEW (PART 2)
ITALY - Eva Shostak.
KOREA - Chung Gyu-ri
LAOS - Shasikone Shasit.
LIBERIA - Kindness Wilson.
LUXEMBOURG - Chiara Vanderveeren.
MACAU - Shirley Zhou.
MOLDOVA - Arina Mardari.
MYANMAR - Khaing Zar Thant.
NEPAL - Karuna Warat.
NICARAGUA - Mariela Cerros.
PARAGUAY - Jimena Sosa.
SIERRA LEONE - Yarissa Kargbo.
SINGAPORE - Vanessa Tiara Tay.
SRI LANKA - Maya Dmitri.
UNITED KINGDOM - Tiny Simbani.
U S A - Alysa Cook.
COMING UP: SHORTLISTED and BUBBLING UNDER DELEGATES
MISS INTERNATIONAL 2024: DELEGATES REVIEW (PART 1)
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ALBANIA - Desara Hatija.
ARGENTINA - Maria Agostina Galfre.
BANGLADESH - Efa Tabassum.
BELGIUM - Luka Deproost.
BRAZIL - Emilly Soares.
CAMBODIA - Chanreaksmey Loy.
CHILE - Kelsey Kohler.
CHINA - Shi Xiaoxuan.
COSTA RICA - Jussan Sandoval.
EL SALVADOR - Luciana Martinez.
FINLAND - Tila Aalto.
GHANA - Celestina Oneng.
GUATEMALA - Helen Morales.
HAWAII - Melody Higa.
HONG KONG - Beata Zhang.
INDIA - Rashmi Shunde.
COMING UP: ITALY to UNITED STATES
Sunday, November 24, 2024
Saturday, November 23, 2024
MISTER WORLD 2024: AT THE HOMESTRETCH --CONCLUSION
The final tally of contestants in this edition of Mister World is 60. It may be a sharp decline from 72 in the previous edition and the record of 74 back in 2010, but this is a sum all other major international male pageants would envy, as none of them has ever reached this level. So how do these 60 gentlemen stack up? Here's ow my leaderboard looks like:
TOP CONTENDERS: AUSTRALIA, KENYA, SPAIN, UNITED STATES, VIETNAM
SHOO-INS: CANADA, CHINA, CZECH REPUBLIC, ENGLAND, INDIA,, ITALY, MEXICO, NETHERLANDS, NORTHERN IRELAND, PHILIPPINES, PUERTO RICO, SOUTH AFRICA, VENEZUELA
LIKELIEST: ANGOLA, ARGENTINA, BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, COLOMBIA, GUADELOUPE, IRELAND, JAMAICA, LEBANON, , MALTA, NICARAGUA, PERU, POLAND, SINGAPORE, SIERRA LEONE, SOUTH SUDAN, SRI LANKA, THAILAND, TURKIYE,
BWAP FACTOR: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, MYANMAR,
PERSONALITY FACTOR: INDONESIA, MALAYSIA,
EXCELLENT: BANGLADESH, BELGIUM, , BULGARIA, CAMBODIA, ECUADOR, EL SALVADOR, FRANCE, GUINEA, MONTENEGRO, NEPAL,
VERY STRONG: ALBANIA, ETHIOPIA, JAPAN, LAOS, PAKISTAN,
STRONG: FINLAND, SERBIA,
And here is my "Fearful" Forecast:
FINAL FOUR: KENYA, SPAIN, UNITED STATESS, VIETNAM
TOP 10: AUSTRALIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, ITALY, PHILIPPINES, PUERTO RICO, SOUTH AFRICA
TOP 20: CHINA, ENGLAND, INDIA, MEXICO, NETHERLANDS, NORTHERN IRELAND, SIERRA LEONE, SRI LANKA, TURKIYE, VENEZUELA
BUBBLING UNDER: ANGOLA, ARGENTINA, BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, COLOMBIA, GUADELOUPE, IRELAND, JAMAICA, LEBANON, , MALTA, NICARAGUA, PERU, POLAND, SINGAPORE,SOUTH SUDAN, THAILAND
STRIKING DISTANCE: BANGLADESH, BELGIUM, , BULGARIA, CAMBODIA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, EL SALVADOR, FRANCE, GUINEA, INDONESIA, MALAYSIA, MONTENEGRO, MYANMAR, NEPAL,
MISTER WORLD 2024: AT THE HOMESTRETCH -- GREEN TEAM (ASIA & OCEANIA)
The Green Team, or Team Asia & Oceania, is the biggest team in this year's batch. It initially had 20 members, but one guy somehow decided to drop out after arriving in Vietnman and participating in Talent and Top Model:
NEW ZEALAND - Tim Kiriwi.
Still, the remaining 19 members of the Green Team still look like a formidable bunch.
AUSTRALIA - Lochlan Carey.
BANGLADESH - B Proshad Das.
CAMBODIA - Sokhurangsey Thul.
CHINA, P.R. - Wei Zihong.
INDIA - Gokul Ganesan.
INDONESIA - Nathanael Yoga.
JAPAN - Tomohiro Mitani.
LAOS - Sithpaseuth Syinthavong.
LEBANON - Mario El Hajj.
MALAYSIA - Joshua Benedict.
MYANMAR - Sai Toung Law.
NEPAL - Santosh Lokshum Limbu.
PAKISTAN - Usman Janjua.
PHILIPPINES - Kirk Bondad.
SINGAPORE - John Sathguru.
SRI LANKA - Megha Sooriyaarachchi.
THAILAND - Jeerawat Vatchasakol.
TURKEY / TURKIYE - Eğe Karabenli.
VIETNAM - Phạm Tuấn Ngọc.
COMING UP: THE "FEARFUL" FORECAST
MISTER WORLD 2024: AT THE HOMESTRETCH -- RED TEAM (AMERICAS)
The Red Team or the Americas Team
There are three guys who sent initial feelers but backed out when final confirmation was due:
CHILE - Jorge Aldoney.
COSTA RICA - Roberto Mena.
PANAMA - Aaron Guerra.
Like the Blue Team, there are 16 members of this team.
ARGENTINA - Tomas Ghigo.
BOLIVIA - Mario Chavez.
BRAZIL - Eduardo Menezes.
CANADA - Travis Edward.
COLOMBIA - Juan Esteban Rodriguez.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Julio Peña.
ECUADOR - Antonio Borja.
EL SALVADOR - Josue Molina.
GUADELOUPE - Melvin Bartan.
JAMAICA - Tarique Bennett.
MEXICO - Alan Salazar.
NICARAGUA - Erlin Ayerdis.
PERU - Mickael Peña.Olivieri.
PUERTO RICO - Danny Mejia.
UNITED STATES - Daryn Alexander Friedman.
VENEZUELA - Juan Alberto Garcia.
COMING UP: THE GREEN TEAM (ASIA & OCEANIA)
MISTER WORLD 2024: AT THE HOMESTRETCH -- BLUE TEAM (EUROPE)
The Blue Team or Team Europe,
There was one guy who initially sent an initial confirmation, but then backed out before final confirmation:
ESTONIA - Janno Talumaa.
The remaining members of this team number 16.
ALBANIA - Algert Beraj.
BELGIUM - Nathan de Schepper.
BULGARIA - Mihail Sitev.
CZECH REPUBLIC - Tomas Haring.
ENGLAND - Manuel Alcantara Turner.
FINLAND - Juuso Savolainen.
FRANCE - Maxime Klinger.
IRELAND - Glenn Williamson.
ITALY - Bruno Barbieri.
MALTA - Slaven Micallef.
MONTENEGRO - Vladimir Vukcevic.
NETHERLANDS - Ahmed Haydar.
NORTHERN IRELAND - James Moody.
POLAND - Hubert Gromadzki.
SERBIA - Filip Bakic.
SPAIN - Toni Company Toeps.
COMING UP: RED TEAM (AMERICAS)
MISTER WORLD 2024: AT THE HOMESTRETCH -- YELLOW TEAM (AFRICA)
After five long years, the grandest male pageant around, Mister World is being staged again. This time it's held in Vietnam. Despite some postponements, like from September to October, once they finally fixed on a date in November, the full itinerary was then revealed and it is filled with a host of varied activities that makes for a well-rounded experience.
Like in previous editions, this year's contestants are split into four teams--but unlike the strict alphabetical split in 2019, this time it's split by continental regions. Typically the continental regions are presented as follows: Europe, Americas, Africa, and Asia & Oceania. But I'll put the African team first because they are actually the smallest roster with also the most no-shows from the so-called last confirmation. One African made iseems to have an initial confirmation but then backed out:
GHANA - Richard Ouro-Tagba Kofi.
Six, in fact, were no-shows:
CAMEROON - Hendrix Allan Moth.
EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Abraham Mauvé.
GUINEA-BISSAU - Gabriel Monteiro.
LIBERIA - Bruce Erwin Schuler.
NIGERIA - Michael Mazi-Michael.
UGANDA - Shaun Micheal Alinda.
There wre nine mebers of this team that actually showed up, making the smallest team in this bunch. Let's take a look at them starting with:
ANGOLA - Felipe Salvador Maria.
BOTSWANA - Vincent Gobuamang. He is notable for winning the marathon leg of the Sports challenge, amassing enough points to be 5th place overall.
ETHIOPIA - Natnael Yazbec.
GUINEA - Djibril Cissé.
KENYA - Teddy Rossiter.
MAURITIUS - Govind Nagi.
SIERRA LEONE - Alhaji Hassan Mansaray.
SOUTH AFRICA - Samuel Chauke.
SOUTH SUDAN - Amac Mathiang Ater Apugi.
COMING UP: THE BLUE TEAM (EUROPE)
Saturday, November 16, 2024
MISS UNIVERSE 2024: "FEARFUL" FORECAST
With the 50% capital infusion by Mexican business Raul Rocha into the Miss Universe Organization, it has led to bigger ambitions such as reasserting its position as the biggest international pageant around, a title it has been yielding to Miss World from 1987 onwards. They aimed to beat the record drawn by its rival of 127 back in 2013, and by doing so they opened up franchises to new countires and those that had been dormant for quite some time. With that program, they were able to confirm 129 delegates.
However, one delegate opted to no-show, and she is:
AZERBAIJAN
Three delegates were present in Mexico, but dropped out before the crucial Preliminary Competition:
PANAMA - Italy Mora.
SOUTH AFRICA - Mia LeRoux.
KOSOVO - Eldona
So, the ifnal roster of 125 still did not beat Miss World's record, but it sstill is a number not to be sneezed at. After evaluating their performance in the Preliminary Competition, here is how I think they all stand on my leaderboard:
TOP CONTENDERS: CHILE, PERU, THAILAND, VENEZUELA
SHOO-INS: BRAZIL, COLOMBIA, DENMARK, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, FINLAND, FRANCE, INDIA, INDONESIA, MEXICO,, NIGERIA, PARAGUAY, PHILIPPINES, PUERTO RICO, RUSSIA, SOMALIA, U S A, VIETNAM, ZIMBABWE
LIKELIEST: ANGOLA, ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, BAHAMAS, BOLIVIA, BOTSWANA, CAMEROON, CANADA, COTE D'IVOIRE, D R CONGO, ESTONIA, GREAT BRITAIN, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, HONG KONG, ISRAEL, JAMAICA, MALAYSIA, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, POLAND, SAINT LUCIA, SERBIA, SLOVAKIA, SPAIN, TANZANIA, TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, ZAMBIA
ADVOCACY FACTOR: ARUBA, BAHRAIN: CAMBODIA, CAYMAN ISLANDS, GUINEA,
DIVERSITY FACTOR: EGYPT, MALTA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
EXCELLENT: ALBANIA, ARMENIA, BANGLADESH, BELGIUM, BELIZE, BULGARIA, CHINA, COSTA RICA, CUBA, CURACAO, CYPRUS, CZECH REPUBLIC, EL SALVADOR, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, GREECE, GUYANA, HUNGARY, ICELAND, IRELAND, ITALY, JAPAN, KAZAKHSTAN, KENYA, KOREA, LATVIA, LEBANON, MARTINIQUE, MAURTITIUS, MOLDOVA, MONGOLIA, MYANMAR, NAMIBIA, NEPAL, NICARAGUA, NORTH MACEDONIA, NORWAY, PAKISTAN, PERSIA,ROMANIA, SENEGAL, SWITZERLAND, URUGUAY, UZBEKISTAN
VERY STRONG: BONAIRE, CROATIA, FIJI, GERMANY, GIBRALTAR, GUADELOUPE, KYRGYZSTAN, LAOS, MACAU, MALDIVES, PORTUGAL, ,SAMOA, SRI LANKA, SURINAME, TURKIYE, UKRAINE,
STRONG: BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, MONTENEGRO, SINGAPORE, U S VIRGIN ISLANDS
Now, my "Fearful" Forecast:
FINAL FIVE: CHILE, DENMARK, PERU, THAILAND, VENEZUELA
TOP 12: BRAZIL, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, FINLAND, MEXICO, PHILIPPINES, PUERTO RICO
TOP 30: BAHAMAS, COLOMBIA, FRANCE, GREAT BRITAIN, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, INDIA, INDONESIA, MALAYSIA, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NIGERIA, PARAGUAY, RUSSIA, SOMALIA, U S A, VIETNAM, ZIMBABWE
BUBBLING UNDER: ANGOLA, ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, BOLIVIA, BOTSWANA, CAMEROON, CANADA, COTE D'IVOIRE, D R CONGO, ESTONIA,HONG KONG, ISRAEL, JAMAICA, POLAND, SAINT LUCIA, SERBIA, SLOVAKIA, SPAIN, TANZANIA, TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, ZAMBIA
STRIKING DISTANCE: ALBANIA, ARMENIA, ARUBA, BAHRAIN, BANGLADESH, BELGIUM, BELIZE, BULGARIA, CAMBODIA, CAYMAN ISLANDS, CHINA, COSTA RICA, CUBA, CURACAO, CYPRUS, CZECH REPUBLIC, EGYPT, EL SALVADOR, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, GREECE, GUINEA, GUYANA, HUNGARY, ICELAND, IRELAND, ITALY, JAPAN, KAZAKHSTAN, KENYA, KOREA, LATVIA, LEBANON, MALTA, MARTINIQUE, MAURTITIUS, MOLDOVA, MONGOLIA, MYANMAR, NAMIBIA, NEPAL, NICARAGUA, NORTH MACEDONIA, NORWAY, PAKISTAN, PERSIA,ROMANIA, SENEGAL, SWITZERLAND, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, URUGUAY, UZBEKISTAN
Monday, November 11, 2024
MISS INTERNATIONAL 2024: "FEARFUL" FORECAST
Though the 62nd edition of the Miss International Beauty Pageant remains steeped in traditional Japanese values and cultural immersion, the gradual modernizing touches brought on by Stephen Diaz continues on, as this time the live final will feature a live competition for the Top 20 walking in swimsuits before whittling them down to a Final Eight + One (because the overall popular vote champion is reportedly going to be added to that cut) and like last year, there will be a live Q&A instead of the pre-rehearsed "cultural" speeches of years past. On top of all these, there is a team taht actually uploaded the footage of the entire Preliminary Evaluation (interview and swimsuit), so we almost have a very good picture to assess the 71 delegates at this point. I'm tempted to structure this review as such, but I decided to contunue with my format from last year, where after I post this "Fearful" Forecast, I will post a full-fledged Delegates and Pageant review. All 71 delegates are still competing in the finals in national costume and evening gown, so in a way, the full Preliminary Evaluation has not yet been completed.
With the impressions we have of them thus far, here's how my leaderboard for this batch looks like:
TOP CONTENDERS: CABO VERDE, CZECH REPUBLIC, INDONESIA, PERU, THAILAND,
SHOO-INS: COLOMBIA, FINLAND, KOREA, NIGERIA, PHILIPPINES, VENEZUELA, VIETNAM
LIKELIEST: AUSTRALIA, BELGIUM, BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, BULGARIA, COTE D'IVOIRE, CUBA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, EL SALVADOR, HONDURAS, JAPAN, MALAYSIA, MEXICO, MOLDOVA, MONGOLIA, MYANMAR, NETHERLANDS, PANAMA, POLAND, PUERTO RICO, ROMANIA, SIERRA LEONE, SOUTH AFRICA, SOUTH SUDAN, SPAIN, SRI LANKA, TAIWAN, UKRAINE, UNITED KINGDOM,
INTERVIEW/ADVOCACY FACTOR: NEPAL
EXCELLENT: ALBANIA, BANGLADESH, CAMBODIA, CHILE, CHINA, COSTA RICA, ECUADOR, ETHIOPIA, FRANCE, GHANA, HAWAII, HONG KONG, IRELAND, LAOS, LIBERIA, NEW ZEALAND, U S A,
VERY STR ONG: ARGENTINA, CANADA, GUATEMALA, INDIA, ITALY, KYRGYZSTAN, LUXEMBOURG, MACAU, NICARAGUA,
STRONG: PARAGUAY, PORTUGAL, SINGAPORE,
From the above leaderboard, here is my "Fearfule" Forecast:
FINAL FIVE: CABO VERDE, CZECH REPUBLIC, INDONESIA, PERU, THAILAND,
FINAL EIGHT + ONE: COLOMBIA, FINLAND, KOREA, PHILIPPINES
TOP 20: AUSTRALIA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, EL SALVADOR, HONDURAS, JAPAN, NIGERIA, PANAMA, PUERTO RICO, VENEZUELA, VIETNAM
BUBBLING UNDER: BELGIUM, BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, BULGARIA, COTE D'IVOIRE, CUBA, MALAYSIA, MEXICO, MOLDOVA, MONGOLIA, MYANMAR, NETHERLANDS, POLAND, ROMANIA, SIERRA LEONE, SOUTH AFRICA, SOUTH SUDAN, SPAIN, SRI LANKA, TAIWAN, UKRAINE, UNITED KINGDOM,
STRIKING DISTANCE: ALBANIA, BANGLADESH, CAMBODIA, CHILE, CHINA, COSTA RICA, ECUADOR, ETHIOPIA, FRANCE, GHANA, HAWAII, HONG KONG, IRELAND, LAOS, LIBERIA, NEPAL, NEW ZEALAND, U S A,
Sunday, November 10, 2024
MISTER INTERNATIONAL [DISTINCTIVELY HANDSOME]: AT THE HOMESTRETCH --CONCLUSION
MYANMAR - Minn Minn Shin Thant.
NEPAL - Dilip Nepali.
NIGERIA - Great Ocheni.
PERU - Estefano Balarin.
PHILIPPINES - Marvin Diamante.
PUERTO RICO - Angel Salcedo Velez.
SINGAPORE - Zane Ong.
SPAIN - Francisco Zafra.
SRI LANKA - Sudeera Perera.
UNITED KINGDOM - Joseph Atkins.
VENEZUELA - Acasio Peña.
VIETNAM - Mai Hieu Trung.
With all 25 contestants accounted for, here's how my leaderboard stacks up:
TOP CONTENDERS: COLOMBIA, PERU, SPAIN, VIETNAM
SHOO-INS: ITALY, MEXICO, NIGERIA, PHILIPPINES, VENEZUELA
LIKELIEST: BRAZIL, CAMBODIA, CHINA, ECUADOR, GALAPAGOS ISLAND, INDIA, INDONESIA, JAPAN, NEPAL, PUERTO RICO, SRI LANKA, UNITED KINGDOM
EXCELLENT: MALAYSIA,
VERY STRONG: SINGAPORE,
STRONG: HONG KONG
VERY GOOD: MYANMAR
And, here's my "Fearful" Forecast:
FINAL FIVE: COLOMBIA, PERU, PHILIPPINES, SPAIN, VIETNAM
TOP 12: ECUADOR, ITALY, MEXICO, NIGERIA, PUERTO RICO, , UNITED KINGDOM, VENEZUELA
BUBBLING UNDER: BRAZIL, CAMBODIA, CHINA, GALAPAGOS ISLAND, INDIA, INDONESIA, JPANA, NEPAL, SRI LANKA
STRIKING DISTANCE: MALAYSIA
MISTER INTERNATIONAL [DISTINCTIVELY HANDSOME]: AT THE HOMESTRETCH -- PART 1
There were some promises made from the previous edition of this version of Mister International that I was hoping would yield to growth and credibility. First, there was this African personality who promised the delivery of multiple franchises from his area for the next edition. Then there was the fanfare when they announced new franchise holders, especially from perceived powerhouse Latin American countries like Colombia and Venezuela.
So it's a big let down that this year's roster is merely 25. This levelis more of a second-tier level pageant like Man of the World*1, Mister Grand International,, Caballero Universal, and many others. What happened to the promised multitude of franchises for the African region, as this year only one African is present? This doesn't bode well for this organization's aim to claim legitimacy for tis title, as the rival pageant coming up next month is set to attract a record number of contestants, and a major Mister World 2019 alumni is on-hand to likely secure the title and generate more prestige and legitimacy for that organization.
*1 Man of the World had attracted 30 contestants in 2017 but since then it never reached the 25 level.
But do they make up with quality what they lack in quantity? Let's assess...
BRAZIL - Nathanael Santos.
CAMBODIA - Ry Sovannak.
CHINA - Zeny Xianyang.
COLOMBIA - Nelson Ruiz.
ECUADOR - Mario Fernando Perez Rivera.
GALAPAGOS ISLAND - Flavio Romero.
HONG KONG - Liu Guiliu.
INDIA - Adong Jamatia.
INDONESIA - Elias Silitonga.
ITALY - Gabriele Cala.
JAPAN - Akira Hatekayama.
MALAYSIA - Datu Mustapha.
MEXICO - Gustavo Olmos.
COMING UP: MYANMAR to VIETNAM
Saturday, November 9, 2024
MISS EARTH 2024: AT THE HOMESTRETCH (CONCLUSION)
It's time for me to trot out my leaderboard based on my impressions of the 76 delegates.
TOP CONTENDERS: AUSTRALIA, KOREA, PERU, U S A
SHOO-INS: BRAZIL, CUBA, ICELAND, NAMIBIA, THAILAND, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, WALES
LIKELIEST: CABO VERDE, CAMEROON, CANADA, COLOMBIA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ENGLAND, INDIA, INDONESIA, JAPAN, LIBERIA, MAURITIUS, MEXICO, MONGOLIA, NETHERLANDS, NIGERIA, PHILIPPINES, POLAND, PORTUGAL, PUERTO RICO, RUSSIA, SOUTH AFRICA, VIETNAM
INTELLIGENCE FACTOR: GHANA, KENYA,NEW ZEALAND, U S VIRGIN ISLANDS
EXCELLENT: ALBANIA, ALGERIA, ARGENTINA, BELARUS, BELGIUM, BOLIVIA, BULGARIA, CHILE, COSTA RICA, EL SALVADOR, ETHIOPIA, FRANCE, HAITI, HONG KONG, ITALY, KOSOVO, MALAYSIA, NEPAL, REUNION ISLAND, SERBIA, SLOVENIA, VENEZUELA, ZIMBABWE
VERY STRONG: BANGLADESH, BELIZE, FIJI, HONDURAS, MADAGASCAR, MONTENEGRO, NORTHERN MARIANAS, SRI LANKA,
STRONG: CHINA, NORWAY, PAKISTAN
VERY GOOD: CAMBODIA, MYANMAR, SAMOA, SINGAPORE
And here's my "Fearful" Forecast:
FINAL FOUR: AUSTRALIA, KOREA, PERU, U S A
TOP 10: BRAZIL, CUBA, ICELAND, THAILAND, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, WALES
TOP 20: CABO VERDE, COLOMBIA, ENGLAND, MAURITIUS, NAMIBIA, NIGERIA, PHILIPPINES, POLAND, RUSSIA, VIETNAM
BUBBLING UNDER: CAMEROON, CANADA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, INDIA, INDONESIA, JAPAN, LIBERIA, MEXICO, MONGOLIA, NETHERLANDS, PORTUGAL, PUERTO RICO, SOUTH AFRICA
STRIKING DISTANCE: ALBANIA, ALGERIA, ARGENTINA, BELARUS, BELGIUM, BOLIVIA, BULGARIA, CHILE, COSTA RICA, EL SALVADOR, ETHIOPIA, FRANCE, GHANA, HAITI, HONG KONG, ITALY, KENYA, KOSOVO, MALAYSIA, NEPAL, NEW ZEALAND, REUNION ISLAND, SERBIA, SLOVENIA, U S VIRGIN ISLANDS, VENEZUELA, ZIMBABWE
MISS EARTH 2024: AT THE HOMESTRETCH (ASIA & OCEANIA)
AUSTRALIA - Jessica Lane.
BANGLADESH - Ferdousi Tanvir Ichchha.
CAMBODIA - Rotha Pyadeth.
CHINA - Yang Ling.
FIJI - Ashlin Alveena Prasad.
HONG KONG - Ariel Tse.
INDIA - Gauri Gothankar.
INDONESIA - Jennifer Calista.
JAPAN - Ann Furukawa.
KOREA - Ryu Seo-byn.
LAOS - Fachalin Chounlamounty.
MALAYSIA - Geetha William.
MONGOLIA - Tselmeg Purevjal.
MYANMAR - Thaw Dar Sun.
NEPAL - Sumana Khatri Chhetri.
NEW ZEALAND - Angela Rowson.
NORTHERN MARIANAS - Heavenly Divine Pangelinan.
PAKISTAN - Mehwish Butt.
PHILIPPINES - Irha Mel Alfeche.
SAMOA - Anna Li Pisa Tanuvasa.
SINGAPORE - Ashley Gan Heqian.
SRI LANKA - Hasani Kawya.
THAILAND - Rachadawan Fowler.
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Noura Al Jasmi.
VIETNAM - Cao Ngoc Bich.
COMING UP: The "FEARFUL" FOECAST
MISS EARTH 2024: AT THE HOMESTRETCH (AFRICA)
ALGERIA - Sadija Herbane.
CABO VERDE - Jasmine Jorgensen.
CAMEROON - Enanga Tian Randa.
ETHIOPIA - Ruth Tewodros.
GHANA - Winifred Esi Sam.
KENYA - Tiffany Faith Wanyama.
LIBERIA - Mary Kermon.
MADAGASCAR - Hendry Tsiky Andriambolatiana.
MAURITIUS - Shreeya Bokorjee.
NAMIBIA - Albertina Haimbala.
NIGERIA - Shuntell Ezomo.
REUNION ISLAND - Candice Françoise.
SOUTH AFRICA - Jessica Amy Nel.
ZIMBABWE - Kimberly Tatenda.
COMING UP: ASIA & OCEANIA
MISS EARTH 2024: AT THE HOMESTRETCH (AMERICAS)
ARGENTINA - Sol Bonfigli.
BELIZE - Morgan Miles.
BOLIVIA - Steffany Arriaza.
BRAZIL - Josiane Viana.
CANADA - Aleena Singh.
CHILE - Janis Almendra Zamorano.
COLOMBIA - Maria Alejandra Camargo.
COSTA RICA - Sharon Recinos.
CUBA - Stephany Diaz.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Tamara Aznar.
EL SALVADOR - Fatima Cruz.
HAITI - Estephanie Charles.
HONDURAS - Elizabeth Maldonado.
MEXICO - Patricia Lagunes.
PERU - Niva Antezana.
PUERTO RICO - Bianca Carballo.
U S A - Bea Millan-Windorski.
U S VIRGIN ISLANDS - Brianna McSween.
VENEZUELA - Karleys Rojas.
COMING UP: AFRICA
MISS EARTH 2024: AT THE HOMESTRETCH (EUROPE)
ALBANIA - Xhesika Pengilil.
BELARUS - Ekaterina Shcheglova.
BELGIUM - Elizabeth Victoria Raska.
BULGARIA - Tatiana Miroshina Savko.
ENGLAND - Brooke Nicola Smith.
FRANCE - Margaux Bourgeais.
ICELAND - Hrafnhildur Haraldsdottir.
ITALY - Egle Fruttaro.
KOSOVO - Eltina Thaqi.
MONTENEGRO - Lola Djajić.
NORWAY - Selina Josefsen.
POLAND - Julia Zawistowska.
PORTUGAL - Ionela Romaniuc.
RUSSIA - Ekaterina Romanova.
SERBIA - Viktoria Stojiljković.
SLOVENIA - Zoja Ulaga.
WALES - Grace Gavigan.
COMING UP: THE AMERICAS
MISS EARTH 2024: AT THE HOMESTRETCH (PROLOGUE)
The month of November is emerging to be a very hectic season for pageants, as five major international pageants are being conducted simultaneously. For a one-man operation like myself with limited time to be able to compile my reviews, this poses an extreme challenge.
Anyway, I've observed one dubious milestone that Miss Earth achieved this year--this is the first time in 20 years that they have attracted less than 80 delegates. The final roster of 76 is the first time they went below the 80s threshhold since 2004.
COMING UP: EUROPE
Saturday, November 2, 2024
Friday, October 25, 2024
MISS GRAND INTERNATIONAL 2024: AT THE HOMESTRETCH (CONCLUSION)
SINGAPORE - Anisah Rahmat.
SOUTH AFRICA - Sharné Dheochand.
SPAIN - Susana Medina.
SWITZERLAND - Dalia Kramer.
TAIWAN - Yuhan Chen.
TANZANIA - Fatima Suleiman.
THAILAND - Malin Chara-anan.
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - Kristina James.
UNITED KINGDOM - Amy Viranya Berry.
U S A - Cora Griffen.
U S VIRGIN ISLANDS - Samantha Keaton.
VENEZUELA - Ana Patricia Blanco.
VIETNAM - Võ Lê Quế Anh.
With all 69 contenders accounted for, here's how I think they had figured in my leaderboard:
TOP CONTENDERS: CURACAO, FRANCE, INDIA, INDONESIA, MYANMAR, PHILIPPINES, SPAIN
SHOO-INS: BRAZIL, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, GUATEMALA, PERU, THAILAND, VENEZUELA
LIKELIEST: ANGOLA, AUSTRALIA, CAMEROON, COLOMBIA, CUBA, GIBRALTAR, JAPAN, MALAYSIA, MEXICO, NETHERLANDS, NIGERIA, PARAGUAY,PUERTO RICO, SOUTH AFRICA, TANZANIA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, UNITED KINGDOM, U S A, U S VIRGIN ISLANDS, VIETNAM
INTERVIEW/INTELLIGENCE FACTOR: CANADA, GHANA, NEPAL,
EXCELLENT: ALBANIA, BANGLADESH, BELGIUM, BOLIVIA, CHINA, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, ECUADOR, EL SALVADOR, GREENLAND, HAITI, HONDURAS, IVORY COAST, LAOS, NEW ZEALAND, NICARAGUA, PAKISTAN, PANAMA, POLAND, RUSSIA, SWITZERLAND,
VERY STRONG: ARGENTINA, ARMENIA, CHILE, GERMANY, ITALY, KOREA, MACAU, TAIWAN,
STRONG: EGYPT, KOSOVO,
VERY GOOD: NORWAY, SINGAPORE,
And now, my "Fearful" Forecast:
FINAL FIVE: CURACAO, FRANCE, INDIA, MYANMAR, PHILIPPINES
TOP 10: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, GUATEMALA, INDONESIA, PERU, SPAIN
TOP 20: ANGOLA, AUSTRALIA, BRAZIL, COLOMBIA, GIBRALTAR, JAPAN, MALAYSIA, THAILAND, UNITED KINGDOM, VENEZUELA
BUBBLING UNDER: CAMEROON, CUBA, MEXICO, NETHERLANDS, NIGERIA, PARAGUAY, PUERTO RICO, SOUTH AFRICA, TANZANIA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, , U S A, U S VIRGIN ISLANDS, VIETNAM
STRIKING DISTANCE: ALBANIA, BANGLADESH, BELGIUM, BOLIVIA, CANADA, CHINA, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, ECUADOR, EL SALVADOR, GHANA, GREENLAND, HAITI, HONDURAS, IVORY COAST, LAOS, NEPAL, NEW ZEALAND, NICARAGUA, PAKISTAN, PANAMA, POLAND, RUSSIA, SWITZERLAND,
MISS GRAND INTERNATIONAL 2024: AT THE HOMESTRETCH (PART 4)
NEPAL - Prema Lamgade.
NETHERLANDS - Ashley Brown.
NEW ZEALAND - Alyssa Roberts.
NICARAGUA - Isabella Salgado.
NIGERIA - Roseline Orji.
NORWAY - Madeleine Malmberg.
PAKISTAN - Roma Michael.
PANAMA - Yanelys Bergantiño.
PARAGUAY - Sharon Capó
PERU - Arlette Rujel.
PHILIPPINES - Christine Juliane Opiaza.
POLAND - Aleksandra Wielogórska.
PUERTO RICO - Mariangie Alicea.
RUSSIA - Renata Nadrshina.
COMING UP: SINGAPORE to VIETNAM plus the "FEARFUL" FORECAST
MISS GRAND INTERNATIONAL 2024: AT THE HOMESTRETCH (PART 2)
CUBA - Lourdes Feliu.
CURACAO - Akisha Albert.
CZECH REPUBLIC - Veronica Biasiol.
DENMARK - Cecilia Presmann.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Maria Felix.
ECUADOR - Maria Jose Vera.
EGYPT - Zeina Emara.
EL SALVADOR - Giulia Sanoni.
FRANCE - Safiétou Kabengele.
GERMANY - Phi-Nung Ilynn Sasolith.
GHANA - Sage-La Parriea Yakubu.
GIBRALTAR - Faith Torres.
GREENLAND - Naja Mathilde Rosing.
GUATEMALA - Cristina Gonzalo.
COMING UP: HAITI to MYANMAR
MISS GRAND INTERNATIONAL 2024: AT THE HOMESTRETCH (PART 3)
HAITI - Shaika Lorvengie Cadet.
HONDURAS - Yariela Garcia.
INDIA - Rachel Gupta.
INDONESIA - Nova Liana.
ITALY - Micaela Vietto.
IVORY COAST - Aya Kadjo.
JAPAN - Luma Naomi Shigemitsu.
KOREA - Chang Yu-hyun.
KOSOVO - Engjellushe Zhuniqi.
LAOS - Pimai Vongsonmphou.
MACAU - Ohm Zhang.
MALAYSIA - Melisha Lin.
MEXICO - Tania Estrada.
MYANMAR - Thae Su Nyein.
COMING UP: NEPAL to RUSSIA
MISS GRAND INTERNATIONAL 2024: AT THE HOMESTRETCH (PART 1)
ALBANIA - Elsa Alijaj.
ANGOLA - Nacira Amaral.
ARGENTINA - Alejandra Morales.
ARMENIA - Haykanush Mkrtchyan.
AUSTRALIA - P-aitin Powell.
BANGLADESH - Jessia Islam.
BELGIUM - Jennifer Louise.
BOLIVIA - Carolina Granier.
BRAZIL - Talita Hartmann.
CAMEROON - Sharlynn Acha.
CANADA - Alivia Croal.
CHILE - Gabriella Alvez.
CHINA - Zhongyi Sun.
COLOMBIA - Maria Angelica Valero.
COMING UP: CUBA to GUATEMALA
MISS GRAND INTERNATIONAL 2024: AT THE HOMESTRETCH (PROLOGUE)
Originally, the 2024 edition of Miss Grand International was intended to be staged in Myanmar. However, Myanmar is currently mired in a civil war that even if it has notactually affected main urban centers like Yangon, it is still a dangerous proposition to hold an even there. About August of this year, Nawat was able to announce that this edition will still be held as scheduled, but this time there would be two joint host nations, Cambodia and Thailand, the former providing some preliminary events but the finals would be staged in Bangkok, Thailand.
So, 73 delegates departed for Cambodia for the anticipated initial events in that country. But after the sashing ceremony, Nawat was apparently so displeased with the hosting that he unilaterally decided to cancel the remaining events in Cambodia, fly all the delegates in Thailand where they would recreate and stage the remaining events. Two of the contestants withdrew in the process of relocation:
CAMBODIA - Sotheary Bee
COSTA RICA - Macarena Chamberlain.
After staging a glitzy press conference in Bangkok and staging a swimsuit competition in Pattaya, two more cotnestants decided to withdraw:
HONG KO9NG - Kaylie Cheung.
UKRAINE - Kateryna Bilyk.
COMING UP: ALBANIA to COLOMBIA
Sunday, October 13, 2024
MISTER GLOBAL 2024: GOING CEREBRAL (CONCLUSION)
LAOS - Kisun Pansengmueang.
CHINA - Keda Luo.
KOREA - Hyunjae Yun.
PUERTO RICO - Jose Ali Garcia.
MEXICO - Bryan Gonzalez.
ENGLAND - Baltej Tattla.
FINAL FIVE:
4TH RUNNER-UP: BRAZIL - Luiz Henrique Mascarenhas.
3RD RUNNER-UP: THAILAND - Patrick Pho-Ngam Forttner.
FINAL THREE
2ND RUNNER-UP: NIGERIA - Favour Ogbuokiri.
1ST RUNNER-UP: SPAIN - Manuel Romo
MISTER GLOBAL 2024: PHILIPPINES - Dom Corilla.
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