Mister International 2022

Mister International 2022 was the 14th Mister International competition, held at the New Frontier Theater in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, on October 30, 2022.^[1] Candidates from 35 countries and territories competed for the title.

Mister International 2022
Date	October 30, 2022
Presenters	Michael Bristol
Venue	New Frontier Theater, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Broadcaster	Youtube
Entrants	35
Placements	16
Debuts	Albania Cuba Laos Sierra Leone
Withdrawals	Australia Bolivia Chile China Colombia Ecuador Guam Lebanon Nigeria Norway Poland Russia Slovenia South Africa Sweden Vietnam
Returns	France Kazakhstan Myanmar
Winner	Emmanuel "Manu" Franco Dominican Republic
Congeniality	Ryo Yatogo Japan
Best National Costume	Jason Julius Indonesia
Photogenic	Surasak Muangkaew Thailand
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Emmanuel "Manu" Franco of the Dominican Republic at the end of the event was granted as the winner. This is the last undisputed edition of Mister International. Following the death of its Singaporean founder Alan Sim in October 2022, the pageant plunged into a leadership crisis with two successors; Pradit Pradinunt of Thailand and Manuel Deldio of the Philippines. Two pageants were held the next year both of which claiming to be the legitimate 15th edition.^[2][3]

Background

Selection of participants

Contestants from 35 countries and territories have been selected to compete. The 2022 edition was known as the 14th edition of Mister International after a three-year hiatus from the COVID-19 pandemic.^{[citation needed]}

The 2022 edition seen the debut of Albania, Cuba, Laos, and Sierra Leone, returning countries from France, Kazakhstan, Myanmar, and withdrawals from Australia, China, Norway, Slovenia, and Sweden.^{[citation needed]}

Delegates were winners from their national pageants or appointed to their positions after being a runner-up in their national pageant between 2019 and 2022 and/or being selected through a casting process.^{[citation needed]}

Results

Placements announced by the pageant were as follows:^[4]

  Winner

Placement	Contestant
Mister International 2022	Dominican Republic – Emmanuel "Manu" Franco
1st Runner-Up	India – Lukanand Kshetrimayum
2nd Runner-Up	Venezuela – Orangel Dirinot
3rd Runner-Up	Hong Kong – Jason Li Kwai Chiu
4th Runner-Up	Philippines – Myron Jude Ordillano
5th Runner-Up	Spain – Juan Pablo Colías
Top 10	Cuba – Rubert Arias  Mexico – Andres Villegas  Thailand – Surasak Muangkaew  United States – Daryn Friedman
Top 16	Brazil – Luan Antonelli  Czech Republic – Matěj Švec  Malaysia – Hugo Amandus  Netherlands – Iliya Shahedi  Peru – Eleazar Moreno  Switzerland – Marcel Riera

Special awards

Award	Contestant	Ref.
Best in Formal Wear	Dominican Republic – Emmanuel “Manu” Franco
Best in Swimwear	Spain – Juan Pablo Colías
Best National Costume	Indonesia – Jason Julius
Mister Congeniality	Japan – Ryo Yatogo
Mister Personality	Albania – Boris Gurtner
Mister Photogenic	Thailand – Surasak Muangkeaw

Contestants

35 contestants competed for the title:^[5]

Country/Territory	Delegate	Age[a]	Height	Hometown	Ref.
Albania	Boris Gurtner	22	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Fribourg	[6]
Belgium	Niels van Dijk	24	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Bornem	[7]
Brazil	Luan Antonelli	29	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Jacinto Machado
Cambodia	Bunchhat Eat	25	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Phnom Penh	[8]
Cuba	Rubert Manuel Arias	28	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)	La Habana	[9]
Czech Republic	Matěj Švec	23	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Velešín	[10][11]
Dominican Republic	Emmanuel "Manu" Franco	21	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Distrito Nacional	[12]
France	Pierre Carriou	21	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Paimpol	[13]
Haiti	Réginal Theodore Bien-Aime	29	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Port-au-Prince	[14]
Hong Kong	Jason Li Kwai Chiu	24	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Hong Kong	[15]
India	Lukanand Kshetrimayum	20	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Manipur
Indonesia	Jason Julius	25	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Bandung	[16]
Japan	Ryo Yatogo	25	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Niigata
Kazakhstan	Anatoly Anissimov	24	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)	Astana
South Korea	Cho Jae-young	29	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Seoul	[17]
Laos	Sengtavanh Chaleunphonh	23	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Luang Prabang
Malaysia	Roger Hugo Amandus	21	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Sabah
Mexico	Jorge Andrés Villegas	25	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Mexico City
Myanmar	San Thar	27	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)	Pauktaw
Nepal	Manash Kumar Rai	22	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Kathmandu
Netherlands	Iliya Shahedi	23	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Amsterdam
Nicaragua	Jonathan López	29	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	León	[18]
Panama	Daniel Andrian Morán	22	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)	Panama City	[19]
Peru	Eleazar Moreno	29	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Lima	[20]
Philippines	Myron Jude "MJ" Ordillano	25	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Parañaque City	[21]
Puerto Rico	Driel Souza	29	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	San Juan	[22]
Sierra Leone	Almon Sall	27	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)	Freetown	[23]
Singapore	Sean Nicholas Sutiono	26	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Singapore
Spain	Juan Pablo Colías	25	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Valladolid
Sri Lanka	Pasan Weerasekara	23	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Ganemulla	[24]
Switzerland	Marcel Ignacio Riera	28	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Neuchâtelois	[25][26]
Taiwan	Jacob Hsiao	29	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Taipei
Thailand	Surasak Muangkaew	27	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Lamphun	[27]
United States	Daryn Alexander Friedman	23	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Hollywood
Venezuela	Orangel Dirinot	26	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)	Coro

Notes

1. Ages at the time of the pageant.