Mister World 2024 Explained

Mister World 2024 was the eleventh edition of the Mister World competition, held at the NovaWorld Phan Thiết in Bình Thuận, Vietnam, on 23 November 2024.^[1]

Jack Heslewood of England crowned Daniel Mejía of Puerto Rico at the end of the event.

Background

Location and date

On 17 March 2024, the organizer of the Mister World pageant, announced on their official social that the 11th edition of the contest was scheduled to be held in Vietnam in September 2024.^[2] This will be the first time for Vietnam to host the contest and the fourth time an Asian country has hosted the contest, after China in 2007, South Korea in 2010 and the Philippines in 2019. The memorandum of understanding signing ceremony between the Miss World organization and the local organizer Sen Vàng Entertainment, which also organizes the Mister World Vietnam competition, took place during the press conference of the inaugural edition of Mister World Vietnam contest at Vertical Garden Rex Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City on 22 June 2024. Attending this event were Mister World 2019 Jack Heslewood and Miss World 2023 Krystyna Pyszková.^{[3] [4]}

The contest was originally scheduled to take place between September 12–28, but rescheduled to September 17 to October 5, and once again to November 5-23, due to the passing of Vietnam’s former president, Nguyễn Phú Trọng. The contestants will be going through many locations such as Phan Thiet City, Vung Tau City, and Nam Cat Tien National Park.^[5] This year, the contest will include several activities including pre-final challenge events, body art photo shoot session, and election of "Nam Cat Tien Green Environment Ambassador".^[6]

Selection of participants

This edition will feature the debuts of Guinea, Laos and Pakistan.

Out of a total of 60 contestants, 13 contestants are replacement representatives for the previously officially announced participants such as representatives from countries: Cambodia, Brazil, and India. Before the competition, twelve contestants withdrew from the competition: Cameroon, Chile, Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Panama and Uganda. Nine countries returned from a hiatus, including Botswana, which last competed in 1996, Jamaica in 1998, Albania in 2007, Ethiopia in 2010, Vietnam in 2012, Belgium and Turkey in 2014 and Bolivia and France in 2016.

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Mister World 2024	Puerto Rico – Daniel Mejía
1st Runner-Up	– Phạm Tuấn Ngọc
2nd Runner-Up	Spain – Antonio Company
3rd Runner-Up	Angola – Salvatore Crisball
Top 10	Czech Republic – Tomas Haring India – Gokul Ganesan Kenya – Teddy Rossiter Sri Lanka – Megha Sooriyaarachchi Turkey – Ege Karabenli – Juan Alberto García
Top 20	Argentina – Tomas Ghigo Belgium – Nathan de Schepper Italy – Bruno Barbieri Roggiero Lebanon – Mario El Hajj Mexico – Alan Salazar Myanmar – Sai Toung Law Peru – Mickael Peña Olivieri Philippines – Kirk Bondad Sierra Leone – Alhaji Hassan Mansaray United States – Daryn Friedman

Order of announcements

Top 4

Continental Zone Winners

Continent	Contestant
Africa	– Salvatore Crisball
Americas	– Juan Alberto García
Asia	– Phạm Tuấn Ngọc
Caribbean	– Tarique Barrett
Europe	– Antonio Company
Oceania	– Lochlan Carey

People's Choice Winners

People's Choice	Contestant
Africa	Sierra Leone – Alhaji Hassan Mansaray
Americas & Caribbean	Peru – Mickael Peña Olivieri
Asia & Oceania	Sri Lanka – Megha Sooriyaarachchi
Europe	Belgium – Nathan de Schepper

Fast Track Events

Event		Contestant
Sports Challenge		– Daniel Mejía
Talent
Multimedia		– Bruno Barbieri Roggiero
Head-to-Head Challenge		– Daryn Friedman
Top Model		– Ege Karabenli
Beauty with a Purpose		– Sai Toung Law
People's Choice		– Megha Sooriyaarachchi
Best National Costume	People's Choice
	Judges' Choice	– Amac Mathiang Ater Apugi

Challenge Events

Head-to-Head Challenge

The challenge was held in multiple rounds. Twenty semifinalists were selected after the first round held on 11 November 2024 in which the contestants presented a self-introduction speech. In the second round held on 12 November 2024, the semifinalists were divided into 5 groups and had to present a speech about Vietnam tourism. The best semifinalist from each group was selected to become part of the five finalists who competed in the third round. Daryn Friedman from United States won the challenge, obtaining a placement in the Top 20.

Round 1

• Advanced to Round 2 of the Head-to-Head Challenge.
• Advanced to Round 2 of the Head-to-Head Challenge, but advanced to the Top 20 via judges' choice or a challenge event other than Head-to-Head Challenge.
• Advanced to the Top 20 via a challenge event other than Head-to-Head Challenge.
• Advanced to the Top 20 via judges' choice.

Continental Group	Delegates
Asia & Oceania
Africa
Americas & Caribbean
Europe

• Note: and weren't assigned for the Head-to-Head challenge.

Round 2

• Advanced to Round 3 of the Head-to-Head Challenge.

Round 3

• Advanced to the Top 20 via the Head-to-Head challenge.

Overall

Placement	Contestant
Winner	– Daryn Friedman
1st Runner-up	– Lochlan Carey
2nd Runner-up	– Daniel Mejía
Top 5	– Travis Edward – Tomas Haring
Top 20	– Tomas Ghigo – Josue Molina – Manuel Alcantara-Turner – Natnael Yazbec – Maxime Klinger – Djibril Cissé – Gokul Ganesan – Nathanael Yoga – Glenn Williamson – Bruno Barbieri – Vladimir Vukcevic – Alhaji Hassan Mansaray – John Sathguru – Antonio Company – Phạm Tuấn Ngọc

Talent

The thirty-three semifinalists in the Talent Competition were announced via Mister World social media platforms on 9 November 2024. Three additional semifinalists were added during the final round held on 10 November 2024, where the five finalists were selected. Danny Mejia from Puerto Rico won the challenge, obtaining a placement in the Top 20.

• Advanced to the Top 20 via the Talent challenge.

Placement	Contestant
Winner	– Daniel Mejía
Top 5	– Travis Edward – Hubert Gromadzki – Daryn Friedman – Phạm Tuấn Ngọc
Top 36	– Algert Beraj – Salvatore Crisball – Vincent Gobuamang – Sokhunrangsey Thul – Tomas Haring – Antonio Borja – Josue Molina – Juuso Savolainen – Maxime Klinger – Gokul Ganesan – Nathanael Yoga – Bruno Barbieri – Tarique Barrett – Tomohiro Mitani – Teddy Rossiter – Sithpaseuth Syinthavong – Govind Nagi – Alan Salazar – Vladimir Vukcevic – Sai Toung Law – Santosh Lokshum Limbu – Ahmed Haydar – Tim Kiriwi – Erlin Ayerdis – Usman Janjua – Kirk Bondad – Alhaji Hassan Mansaray – Samuel Chauke – Antonio Company – Megha Sooriyaarachchi – Jeerawat Vatchasakol

Top Model Challenge

The Top Model challenge was held on 9 November 2024 at the Villa Blanche, a historical building located in Vung Tau City, in conjunction with the ninth edition of the Vietnam Beauty Fashion Fest with the theme "Oriental Flow".^[7] The contestants paraded in two outfits, one provided by Vietnamese designers and one prepared by the contestants themselves, before the twelve semifinalists were selected. Ege Karabenli from Turkey won the challenge, obtaining a placement in the Top 20.

• Advanced to the Top 20 via the Top Model challenge.

Final Result	Contestant
Winner	– Ege Karabenli
Top 5	– Gokul Ganesan – James Moody – Kirk Bondad – Antonio Company
Top 12	– Wei Zihong – Juan Esteban Rodriguez – Bruno Barbieri – Teddy Rossiter – Alan Salazar – Juan Alberto García – Phạm Tuấn Ngọc

Sports

The challenge was held in two parts, 50 meter freestyle swim and 5 kilometer run. The swimming round was held on 14 November 2024 while the running round was held in conjunction with the Strong Vietnam Marathon in Vung Tau City on 17 November 2024.^[8] Danny Mejia from Puerto Rico won the challenge, obtaining a placement in the Top 20.

• Advanced to the Top 20 via the Sports challenge.

Overall

Final result	Contestants
Winner	Puerto Rico – Daniel Mejía
1st runner-up	Philippines – Kirk Bondad
2nd runner-up	Italy – Bruno Barbiero
3rd runner-up	– Manuel Alcantara-Turner
4th runner-up	Botswana – Vincent Gobuamang

Swimming Round

Placement	Contestant
Winner	– Daniel Mejía
1st runner-up	– Bruno Barbieri
2nd runner-up	– Eduardo Menezes
Top 20 (by placement order)	– Antonio Company – Lochlan Carey – Daryn Friedman – Josue Molina – Juan Alberto García – Manuel Alcantara-Turner – Tomas Haring – Maxime Klinger – Juuso Savolainen – Vladimir Vukcevic – Kirk Bondad – James Moody – Ege Karabenli – Nathan de Schepper – Alan Salazar – Jeerawat Vatchasakol – Julio Peña

Running Round

Placement	Contestant
Winner	– Vincent Gobuamang
1st runner-up	– Kirk Bondad
2nd runner-up	– Wei Zihong
Top 20 (by placement order)	– Alan Salazar – Tomohiro Mitani – Danny Mejia – Juuso Savolainen – Manuel Alcantara-Turner – Amac Mathiang Ater Apugi – Teddy Rossiter – Ahmed Haydar – Slaven Micallef – Samuel Chauke – Govind Nagi – Bruno Barbieri – Daryn Friedman – Nathanael Yoga – Antonio Company – Usman Janjua – Ege Karabenli

Beauty With a Purpose

The thirty semifinalists in the Beauty With a Purpose were announced via Mister World social media platforms on 20 November 2024. Sai Toung Law from Myanmar won the challenge, obtaining a placement in the Top 20.

• Advanced to the Top 20 via the Beauty With a Purpose challenge.

Placement	Contestant
Winner	– Sai Toung Law
Top 5	– Julio Peña – Samuel Chauke – Antonio Company – Phạm Tuấn Ngọc
Top 30	– Lochlan Carey – Nathan de Schepper – Vincent Gobuamang – Eduardo Menezes – Sokhunrangsey Thul – Josue Molina – Manuel Alcantara-Turner – Maxime Klinger – Djibril Cissé – Gokul Ganesan – Nathanael Yoga – Glenn Williamson – Bruno Barbieri – Tarique Barrett – Mario El Hajj – Joshua Benedict – Alan Salazar – Vladimir Vukcevic – Santosh Lokshum Limbu – Kirk Bondad – Daniel Mejía – Alhaji Hassan Mansaray – Amac Mathiang Ater Apugi – Megha Sooriyaarachchi – Jeerawat Vatchasakol

Multimedia Challenge

The seventeen semifinalists in the Multimedia Challenge were announced via Mister World social media platforms on 21 November 2024. Bruno Barbieri from Italy won the challenge, obtaining a placement in the Top 20.

• Advanced to the Top 20 via the Multimedia Challenge.

Placement	Contestant
Winner	– Bruno Barbieri
Top 5	– Josue Molina – Gokul Ganesan – Ahmed Haydar – Antonio Company
Top 17	– Tomas Ghigo – Wei Zihong – Tomas Haring – Maxime Klinger – Nathanael Yoga – Teddy Rossiter – Sithpaseuth Syinthavong – Joshua Benedict – Alan Salazar – Daniel Mejía – Samuel Chauke – Phạm Tuấn Ngọc

Mr People's Choice

• Advanced to the Top 10 via winning Round 2.
• Advanced to the Top 20 via winning Round 1 (per continental group).

Placement		Contestant
Winner		Sri Lanka – Megha Sooriyaarachchi
Top 4
	Africa	Sierra Leone – Alhaji Hassan Mansaray
	Americas & Caribbean	Peru – Mickael Peña Olivieri
	Asia & Oceania	Sri Lanka – Megha Sooriyaarachchi
	Europe	Belgium – Nathan de Schepper

Best National Costume

Placement		Contestant
Winner	People's Choice	– Megha Sooriyaarachchi
	Judges' Choice	– Amac Mathiang Ater Apugi
Top 20		– Salvatore Crisball – Juan Esteban Rodriguez – Tomas Haring – Nathanael Yoga – Glenn Williamson – Bruno Barbieri – Tarique Barrett – Teddy Rossiter – Alan Salazar – Ahmed Haydar – Erlin Ayerdis – Kirk Bondad – Hubert Gromadzki – Daniel Mejía – Alhaji Hassan Mansaray – Samuel Chauke – Juan Alberto García – Phạm Tuấn Ngọc

Contestants

60 contestants competed for the title.

Country/territory	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown
	Algert Beraj			Tirana
	Salvatore Crisball			Luanda
	Tomas Ghigo[9]	23		Buenos Aires
	Lochlan Carey	25		Melbourne
	B Proshad Das	24		Dhaka
	Nathan de Schepper[10]	21		Oudenaarde
	Mario Chávez[11]	25		Santa Cruz
	Vincent Gobuamang	22		Qabo
	Eduardo Menezes[12]	19		Toledo
	Mihail Sitev[13]	31		Plovdiv
	Sokhunrangsey Thul	21		Kampot
	Travis Edward			Halifax
	Wei Zihong	24		Sichuan
	Juan Esteban Rodriguez[14]	18		Santa Fe de Bogota
	Tomas Haring	31		Prague
	Julio Peña[15]	25		Santo Domingo
	Antonio Borja	24		Guayaquil
	Josue Molina[16]	26		San Salvador
	Manuel Alcantara-Turner[17]	22		Windsor
	Natnael Yazbec	28		Dire Dawa
	Juuso Savolainen	24		Helsinki
	Maxime Klinger[18]	24		Kembs
	Melvin Bartan			Basse-Terre
	Djibril Cissé	28		Conakry
	Gokul Ganesan[19]	24		Chennai
	Nathanael Yoga[20]	21		Jakarta
	Glenn Williamson[21]	28		Togher
	Bruno Barbieri[22]	32		Rome
	Tarique Barrett[23]	22		Kingston
	Tomohiro Mitani[24]	23		Minato
	Teddy Rossiter[25]			Nairobi
	Sithpaseuth Syinthavong			Vientiane
Lebanon	Mario El Hajj			Beirut
	Joshua Benedict[26]	32		Johor Bahru
	Slaven Micallef[27]	27		Naxxar
	Govind Nagi	25		Moka
	Alan Salazar[28]	24		Mexico City
	Vladimir Vukcevic	20		Podgorica
	Sai Toung Law			Shan State
	Santosh Lokshum Limbu[29]	20		Jhapa
	Ahmed Haydar[30]	19		Amsterdam
	Erlin Ayerdis[31]	24		Managua
	James Moody	18		Belfast
	Usman Janjua	24		Lahore
	Mickael Peña Olivieri	24		Cusco
	Kirk Bondad[32]	27		Baguio
	Hubert Gromadzki[33]	27
	Daniel Mejía[34]	27		San Juan
	Filip Bakic	21		Belgrade
	Alhaji Hassan Mansaray	26		Kamabai
	John Sathguru	29		Singapore
	Samuel Chauke[35]	30		Potchefstroom
	Amac Mathiang Ater Apugi			Juba
	Antonio Company[36]	26		Palma de Mallorca
	Megha Sooriyaarachchi[37]	28		Kandy
	Jeerawat Vatchasakol[38]	28		Chiang Rai
	Ege Karabenli[39]	26		Kuşadası
	Daryn Friedman[40]	25		Hollywood
Venezuela	Juan Alberto García[41]	25		Valencia
	Phạm Tuấn Ngọc[42]	25		Haiphong

Notes

Debuts

• Guinea
  • Pakistan

Returns

• Last competed in 1996:
  • • Last competed in 1998:
    • Last competed in 2007:
    • Last competed in 2010:

• Last competed in 2012:
  • • Last competed in 2014:
      • • Last competed in 2016:

Replacement

• – Franco Luciano Touceda replaced by Tomas Ghigo
• – Vilmar Bertolino replaced by Eduardo Menezes
• – Oliver Sara and Chomreoun Sovananreach replaced by Sokhunrangsey Thul
• – Zbyněk Vlček replaced by Tomas Haring
• – Liam Royce Ulla replaced by Manuel Alcantara-Turner
• – Jitesh Singh Deo replaced by Gokul Ganesan
• – Franklyne Herbert Asoyo replaced by Teddy Rossiter
• – Alex Borg replaced by Slaven Micallef
• – Nutan Shrestha replaced by Santosh Lokshum Limbu
• – Hanniel Espinoza replaced by Erlin Ayerdis
• – Victor Soto replaced by Mickael Peña Olivieri
• – Joshua Moses replaced by John Sathguru
• – Sean van Noordwyk replaced by Samuel Chauke

Withdraws

During the competition

• – Hendrix Allan Moth
• – Jorge Aldoney
• – José Roberto Mena Araya
• – Abraham Mauvé

• – Janno Talumaa
• – Richard Ouro-Tagba Kofi
• – Gabriel Monteiro
• – Bruce Irwin Schuler

• – Tim Kiriwi
• – Michael Mazi-Michael
• – Aaron Guerra
• – Shaun Micheal Alinda

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tuấn Ngọc đăng quang Mr World Vietnam 2024 . vnexpress . 13 July 2024.
2. Web site: Cuộc thi Mr World 2024 công bố lịch trình tại Việt Nam . VTV News . 23 June 2024 . 13 July 2024.
3. Web site: Vietnam will host Mr World 2024 . Mr World . 20 June 2024 . 13 July 2024.
4. Web site: Phạm Tuấn Ngọc đến từ Hải Phòng đoạt danh hiệu nam vương Mr World Vietnam 2024 . Tuoi Tre . 13 July 2024 . 13 July 2024.
5. Web site: Lịch thi chung kết Mr World 2024 diễn ra ở đâu, khi nào? . danviet . 23 June 2024 . 13 July 2024.
6. Web site: Công bố top 30 Mr World Vietnam, Ý Nhi đi thi Miss World . . 23 June 2024 . 13 July 2024.
7. Web site: Đạo diễn Hoàng Nhật Nam tâm huyết với áo dài và văn hóa Việt tại VBFF . tuoitre . 9 November 2024.
8. Web site: Mr. World contestants to join Strong Vietnam marathon . VOV . 14 November 2024.
9. Tomas Ghigo @tomy.gh, a 23-year-old international model, is Mr. World Argentina 2024. A former aspiring rugby player, at the age of 18 Ghigo saw his modeling career take off in Asia. . C-vEbJ4MzjT . mrworld.official . en . 17 August 2024.
10. Web site: Voor het eerst sinds jaren heeft ons land een Mister World België: Nathan de Schepper (21) wint verkiezing . Nieuwsblad.be . 7 July 2024 . 14 July 2024 . nl-be.
11. Web site: Mario Chávez es el nuevo Mister Bolivia Mundo 2024 y representará al país en Vietnam . . 20 August 2024 . 21 August 2024 . es.
12. Web site: Mr. World Brazil 2024 is Eduardo Menezes . . 15 August 2024 . 21 August 2024 . en.
13. mrworld.official. DAYbCN7sxr0. Mihail Sitev @mihail_sitev, a native of Plovdiv and a military veteran with two overseas missions in Afghanistan, one as a sniper and the other with the Active Naval Forces as a boarding party (searching intruder ships in the Mediterranean), is Mr. World Bulgaria 2024.. 26 September 2024. 28 September 2024.
14. mrworld.official. C-7jltdsP5J. Juan Esteban Rodriguez @juanes.rodriguez.b, 18, from Santa Fé de Bogotá is Mr. World Colombia 2024.. 21 August 2022. 22 August 2022.
15. missmundodominicanaoficial. CnsAlQKusEI. Nuestra organización está de fiesta! Les presentamos al nuevo Mr. World Dominican Republic quien nos estará representando en la próxima edición del @mrworld.official. Our organization is celebrating! We present to you the new Mr. World Dominican Republic who will represent us in the next edition of @mrworld.official. es. 21 January 2023. 22 January 2023.
16. 26 years old, Mechanical Engineering student, Josue Molina is Mister World El Salvador 2024 . C921VFBRTSP . misselsalvadorofficial . en . 26 July 2024.
17. Web site: King's Guard who served during Queen's funeral is crowned Mr England . The Telegraph. en . 21 August 2024 . 22 August 2024.
18. L'organisation de Mister World France, en collaboration avec l'organisation @mister.national.france.off, est fière de vous annoncer que c'est @maximeklinger qui représentera la France à Mister Monde 2024 au Vietnam ! . /C-aw9qTsby8 . misterworld.france . fr . 9 August 2024.
19. News: Gokul Ganesan from Chennai wins Mr India 2024!. Femina. en. 20 July 2024.
20. L-Men proudly announces Nathanael Yoga as Mister World Indonesia 2024! . C8CVZIivmK1 . lmen . en . 11 June 2024.
21. News: Cork mental health activist wins Mr Ireland title after competition's 5 year hiatus . Cork Beo . en.
22. C_Vj5rMImkO . misteritalia_official . è lui il nuovo Mr World Italia che rappresenterà l'Italia e @misteritalia_official alla finale mondiale di @mrworld.official in Vietnam . 1 September 2024 . it .
23. Web site: Tarique Barrett is Mr World Jamaica 2024 . Perry . Kediesha . Jamaica Observer . 3 September 2024 . 25 September 2024 . vi.
24. News: 「ミス・ワールド・ジャパン2024」32人のファイナリストお披露目 10月に日本代表決定 「ミスター」の代表も発表 . 32 finalists of "Miss World Japan 2024" unveiled; Japan's representative to be decided in October; "Mister" representative also announced. Chunichi . ja. 2 August 2024. 3 August 2024.
25. News: Mr. And Miss World Kenya Winners Crowned In Glitzy Ceremony . Capital FM. 5 August 2024. 6 August 2024.
26. malaysiapageantupdates. Cj-sl_nPJID. Please welcome your new Mr World Malaysia 2022 @joshuabenedict007.. 21 October 2022. 22 October 2022.
27. News: Slaven Micallef u Martine Cutajar jirbħu t-titlu ta' Mr u Miss World Malta . talk.mt . mt.
28. News: Míster World Mexico llevará proyecto ambiental y de salud al concurso internacional. xeu.mx. es.
29. Web site: Santosh Lokshum wins Mr. Nepal . The Rising Nepal. en. 27 August 2023. 3 September 2024.
30. MISTER WORLD NETHERLANDS 2024 @pageantahmed . C-SV8jBKEkG . mrworldnederland . 5 August 2024.
31. Web site: Mr. World Nicaragua 2024 is Erlin Ayerdis . . 15 August 2024 . 26 August 2024 . en.
32. News: Introducing Mr World Philippines 2022. Miss World. 5 May 2022. 20 August 2022.
33. News: Mr World Poland. Male Pageantry. 21 October 2024. 21 October 2024.
34. News: Conoce al puertorriqueño que compite en Mr. Mundo 2024. Metro PR . 9 May 2024. 5 June 2024. es.
35. Web site: Local brings Mr World South Africa runner-up sash home . African Reporter . 5 September 2024 . 25 September 2024 . en.
36. News: Antonio Company (Islas Baleares), nuevo Mister World Spain 2023. Antonio Company (Balearic Islands) is the new Mister World Spain 2023. es. Sol del Sur Tenerifé. 5 June 2023. 10 June 2023.
37. News: Anudi and Megha crowned!. The Sunday Times. 4 August 2023. 7 August 2024.
38. Web site: ยิ่งใหญ่! แฟชั่นโชว์ผ้าไทยสุดครีเอทีฟ THAILAND MODEL OF THE WORLD 2024. Great! Creative Thai fabric fashion show Thailand Model of The World 2024 . DailyNews . th. 6 August 2023. 3 September 2024.
39. Ege Karabenli @ege_karabenli, 26, a personal trainer, model and actor living in Istanbul, is Mr. World Türkiye 2024. . C915kJvMDAb . mrworld.official . en . 25 July 2024.
40. @daryn_alexander from Florida is Mr. World USA 2024! . C_vY0TSoMca . mrworld.official . en . 10 September 2024.
41. Web site: Juan Carlos García es el nuevo Mister Venezuela 2024 . Noticia al Dia . 14 July 2024 . 22 August 2024 . es.
42. News: Phạm Tuấn Ngọc đăng quang Nam vương Thế giới Việt Nam 2024. vi. Dân Trí. 14 July 2024. 15 July 2024.