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.  

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