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