Mister International 2023 (Thailand)

Mister International 2023 was the 15th Mister International competition, held at the Crystal Design Center Ballroom, Khwaeng Khlong Chan in Bangkok, Thailand, on October 20, 2023.[1]

Mister International 2023
DateSeptember 17, 2023
VenueCrystal Design Center Ballroom, Khwaeng Khlong Chan, Bangkok, Thailand
Broadcaster
  • YouTube
  • Facebook
Entrants36
Placements20
Debuts
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Northern Cyprus
  • Trinidad and Tobago
Withdrawals
  • Albania
  • Cambodia
  • Hong Kong
  • Kazakhstan
  • Mali
  • Netherlands
  • Nicaragua
  • Panama
  • Sierra Leone
Returns
  • Canada
  • Colombia
  • Lebanon
  • Nigeria
  • The Bahamas
  • Vietnam
WinnerThitisan Goodburn
Thailand
CongenialityPrajwol Tamrakar
Nepal
Best National CostumeThitisan Goodburn
Thailand
PhotogenicBorxa Ramo Ruiz
Spain
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This pageant was organized by the Thailand-based Mister International Organization, in parallel of the Mister International 2023 pageant in Baguio of the Philippine-based organization, which claims to be the legitimate organizer of the pageant.

Emmanuel Franco of the Dominican Republic crowned Kim Thitisan Goodburn of Thailand as his successor at the end of the event. This is the first time that Thailand won Mister International.[2]

Background

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Selection of participants

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Contestants from 38 countries and territories were selected either as winners from their national pageants, or appointed to their positions after being runner-up in their national pageant between 2019 and 2023 or being chosen through a casting process.[citation needed]

This edition debuted from Guinea Bissau, North Cyprus and Trinidad and Tobago, while Canada (2016), Colombia (2017), Lebanon (2018), Nigeria (2011), The Bahamas (2014) and Vietnam (2018) made their return. Albania, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Nicaragua, Panama and Sierra Leone participated in the previous edition but not this edition. Mali's Harouna Sissoko and Netherlands's Ilyas Chaouki were expected to compete but later withdrew, bringing the total participating countries to 36. Haiti did not take part in the Swimwear Competition held on September 10.[citation needed]

For the first time in 16 years, the Mister International Organization will allow fathers, married, and divorced men to compete.[3]

Results

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Placements

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Placement Contestants
Mister International 2023
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
  •   Brazil – Edward Ogunniya
Top 5
  •   France – Lucas Schlachter
  •   India – Shashwat Dwivedi
Top 10
Top 20

§ – Voted into the Top 20 by viewers.

Special awards

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Category Awards Winner Runner-ups
MAIN AWARDS
Best in Swimwear
Best National Costume
Mister Congeniality
  •     Nepal – Prajwol Tamrakar
Mister Charming
Mister Photogenic
  •   Spain – Borxa Ramo Ruiz
Fan Votes
SPONSORS AWARDS
Ayutthaya Popular Vote
Mister Chat Influencer
  •   Colombia – Daniel Alejandro García Molina
Mister Lucky
  •   Canada – Rennel Ricketts
Most Attractive Men
Most Charisma Men
  •   Lebanon – Seif Al'walid Harb
  •   Mexico – Brian Eduardo Ceballos
  •   Peru – Joel Farach Marquina
  •   Thailand – Kim Thitisan Goodburn
  •   Venezuela – William Manuel Badell López
Shining Bright by HYA
  •   France – Lucas Schlachter
  •   Japan – Koki Sakata
Smart Guy

Competition events

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All times in this article are Indochina Time (UTC+7)

Preliminary Competition

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The Preliminary Competition Presented by CHAT Cosmetics will be broadcast LIVE via Mister International's official Facebook page from Bangkok, Thailand, held on September 15 at 7 p.m. (ICT / Bangkok time).[citation needed]

Swimwear Competition

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The Swimwear Competition Presented by CHAT Cosmetics was broadcast LIVE via Mister International official Facebook page from Ayutthaya, Thailand, held on September 10 at 7 p.m. (ICT / Bangkok time). Haiti's Samuel Saint Juste did not take part in the Swimwear Competition held on September 10. Mister Lucky awards were selected at random by the sponsors, the winner, Canada's Rennel Ricketts, won ฿30,000 and the other two runner-ups, Czech Republic's Alexandros Panayi and North Cyprus's Suleyman Mullahasan with ฿10,000 each.[citation needed]

Contestants

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36 contestants have been confirmed:[4]

Country/Territory Delegate Age[a] Height Ref.
  Belgium Maksym Belevyh 21 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
  Brazil Edward Taiye Ogunniya 32 1.89 m (6 ft 2+12 in) [5]
  Canada Rennel Ricketts 23 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [6]
  Colombia Daniel Alejandro García Molina 29 1.81 m (5 ft 11+12 in) [7]
  Cuba Daruma Almenares 30 1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in) [8]
  Czech Republic Alexandros Panayi 26 1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in) [9]
  Dominican Republic Ovarlyn Torres 26 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [10]
  France Lucas Schlachter 22 1.89 m (6 ft 2+12 in) [11]
  Guinea-Bissau Gabriel Monteiro 29 TBA [12]
  Haiti Samuel Saint Juste 31 TBA [13]
  India Shashwat Dwivedi 20 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
  Indonesia Jeremy Gregory Samatara 25 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [14]
  Japan Koki Sakata 30 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
  South Korea Ho Sun Kang 32 1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in)
  Laos Donesavanh Xaimonty TBA TBA
  Lebanon Seif Al'walid Harb 23 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [15]
  Malaysia Arvind Gorasia 29 TBA
  Mexico Brian Eduardo Ceballos 27 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
  Myanmar Austin Myat 23 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
    Nepal Prajwol Tamrakar 24 TBA
  Nigeria Martin Osagie Omoregbee 23 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [16]
  North Cyprus Suleyman Mullahasan TBA TBA
  Peru Joel Farach Marquina 33 1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in) [17]
  Philippines Jefferson Nigel Allan Bunney 28 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
  Puerto Rico Joshua Yaddah Maldonado Cruz 29 TBA [18]
  Singapore Joshua Hee 25 1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in)
  Spain Borxa Ramo Ruiz 25 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) [19]
  Sri Lanka Derrein Keith Christian De Zilwa 20 TBA
   Switzerland Elson Bytyqi 20 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [20]
  Taiwan Chen Chien Yu TBA TBA
  Thailand Kim Thitisan Goodburn 24 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [21]
  The Bahamas Vjaughn Ingraham 21 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) [22]
  Trinidad and Tobago Johnathan Samuel TBA TBA [23]
  United States Hector Louis Rodríguez 28 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [24]
  Venezuela William Manuel Badell López 27 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [25]
  Vietnam Phạm Minh Quyền 29 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [26][27]

Notes

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  1. ^ Ages at the time of the pageant.

References

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