Mister Supranational 2024

Mister Supranational 2024 was the eighth edition of the Mister Supranational pageant held in Nowy Sącz, Lesser Poland, Poland on 4 July 2024.^[1] It was won by Fezile Mkhize of South Africa, making South Africa the first African nation to win, and with the first black winner of the title.

Mister Supranational 2024
Date	4 July 2024
Presenters	Aleksander Sikora [pl] Katarzyna Kołeczek [pl] Nico Panagio
Venue	Strzelecki Park Amphitheater, Nowy Sącz, Lesser Poland, Poland
Entrants	36
Placements	20
Debuts	Côte d'Ivoire Guatemala
Withdrawals	Belgium Cambodia Cameroon Cuba Equatorial Guinea France Greece Italy Namibia Panama Zimbabwe
Returns	Colombia Dominican Republic Germany Haiti Jamaica Laos Malta Myanmar Paraguay Sierra Leone Vietnam
Winner	Fezile Mkhize South Africa
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Background

Selection of participants

Contestants from 36 countries and territories were selected to compete for the 2024 edition.

Debuts, returns and withdrawals

The 2024 pageant had the debut of Côte d'Ivoire and Guatemala. The following countries returned after a hiatus: Colombia, Dominican Republic, Germany, Haiti, Laos, Malta, and Myanmar all of which last participated in 2022. Furthermore, Myanmar and Paraguay, absent since 2018, returned, along with Jamaica, who last participated in 2019, and Colombia and the Dominican Republic, who last participated in 2021.^{[citation needed]}

The contestants were officially confirmed to be competing during The Sashing Ceremony, on a broadcast on the pageant's YouTube channel on June 26, 2024.^[2]

Belgium, Cameroon, Cuba, France, Italy, Namibia, Panama, and Zimbabwe withdrew after their respective organizations failed to appoint a delegate, hold a national competition, or lost their national franchise. Delegates from Cambodia, Equatorial Guinea, and Greece were no-shows in Poland; they had all taken part in Supra Chat 2024.^{[citation needed]}

Results

Placements

Placements were in order:^[3]

Placement	Contestant[4][5]
Mister Supranational 2024	South Africa – Fezile Mkhize ∆
1st runner-up	Netherlands – Casey de Vries
2nd runner-up	Philippines – Brandon Espiritu ∆
3rd runner-up	Venezuela – Marcos De Freitas
4th runner-up	Laos – Sanonh Maniphonh
Top 10	Poland – Patryk Karbowski  Colombia – Rafael Rapelo ∆  Mexico – Zait Reza  Dominican Republic – Bray Vargas  Vietnam – Đỗ Quang Tuyển §
Top 20	Brazil – Matheus Maia ‡  Spain – Álvaro Germes  Czech Republic – Adam Sedro  Peru – Joel Farach  Puerto Rico – Cristian González Pérez  Sierra Leone – Uthman Issa Bangura    Nepal – Dhiroj Kaji Basnet  Thailand – Chonlawit Wongsriwor  Indonesia – Nathaniel Christopher  Trinidad and Tobago – Anderson Subero

Note:

^∆ Automatically qualified for the top 20 finalists after winning fast-track challenges.

^§ Automatically qualified for the top 10 finalists after winning the "Supra Fan Vote".

^‡ Automatically qualified for the top 20 finalists chosen as "the Candidate's Choice" (chosen by fellow contestants).

Order of announcements

Top 20 Source:[6]  Brazil  Colombia  South Africa  Philippines  Trinidad and Tobago  Peru  Sierra Leone  Dominican Republic  Netherlands  Poland  Laos  Venezuela  Puerto Rico  Czech Republic  Thailand  Spain  Indonesia  Vietnam  Mexico    Nepal

Top 10 Source:[7]  Vietnam  Venezuela  Laos  Mexico  South Africa  Colombia  Netherlands  Philippines  Poland  Dominican Republic

Top 5 Source:[8]  Philippines  Venezuela  Netherlands  Laos  South Africa

Continental titleholders

The award was presented to representatives with the highest ranking within the continent, excluding those in the Top 5.

Continent	Contestant	Ref.
Africa	Sierra Leone – Uthman Issa Bangura	[9]
Americas	Colombia – Rafael Rapelo
Asia	Vietnam – Đỗ Quang Tuyển
Caribbean	Dominican Republic – Bray Vargas
Europe	Poland – Patryk Karbowski

Challenge events

Fast track events

Supra Chat

The Supra Chat with contestants was on May 27, 2024, and was broadcast on the official YouTube channel of Mister Supranational. During the event, contestants were grouped into clusters of four to six, where they individually presented themselves. There were seven groups, with the winners from each group advancing to the final round of the challenge.

•   Advanced to the semi-finals

	Country or territory
Group	1	2	3	4	5	6	Ref.
1	Cuba	Dominican Republic	Ecuador	Paraguay	Spain	Venezuela	[10]
2	Czech Republic	Germany	Malta	Netherlands	Poland	Sierra Leone	[11]
3	Côte d'Ivoire	France	Greece	Haiti	Indonesia	Philippines	[12]
4	Canada	Equatorial Guinea	Myanmar	Nepal	South Africa	South Korea	[13]
5	Cambodia	India	Jamaica	Malaysia	Slovakia	—	[14]
6	Argentina	Brazil	Colombia	Guatemala	Mexico	—	[15]
7	Laos	Peru	Puerto Rico	Thailand	Trinidad and Tobago	United States	[16]

Notes

• Cambodia withdrew from the competition despite participating in the Supra Chat.
• Cuba withdrew from the competition.
• Equatorial Guinea withdrew with a no-show in Poland.
• France withdrew with a no-show in Poland.
• Greece withdrew with a no-show in Poland.
• Vietnam wasn't assigned to any group for the Supra Chat.

Final round

•   Advanced to the Top 20 via Supra Chat

Results	Country	Ref.
Winner	South Africa – Fezile Mkhize
Top 7	Indonesia – Nathaniel Christopher  Jamaica – Jermaine Harris  Mexico – Zait Reza  Netherlands – Casey De Vries  Thailand – Chonlawit Wongsriwor  Venezuela – Marcos De Freitas	[17]

Mister Influencer Opportunity

In the selection process, two individuals were chosen as semifinalist winners via the Facebook competition, while the remaining candidates were selected through competitions on Instagram and YouTube. These individuals secured positions as part of the Top 8 semifinalists. The participant with the highest overall performance in the challenge automatically advanced to become one of the Top 20 semifinalists in the final round.

•   Advanced to the Top 20 via Mister Influencer Opportunity

Results	Country	Ref.
Winner	Philippines – Brandon Espiritu
Top 3	Brazil – Matheus Maia  Myanmar – Thet Oo Maung Maung	[18]
Top 8	Argentina – Guillermo Layus  Malaysia – Siavesh Akbari  South Africa – Fezile Mkhize  Thailand – Chonlawit Wongsriwor  Vietnam – Đỗ Quang Tuyển	[19]

Supra Fan-Vote

The Supra Fan-Vote event commenced on June 18, 2024, and concluded on the day of the finals. The recipient of the most votes in the Supra Fan Vote was directly promoted to the Top 10 of Mister Supranational 2024. The voting period occurred prior to the final evening and closed before the start of the finals. The definitive ranking of the leaderboard was disclosed on July 4, ahead of the finals night.^[20][21]

•   Advanced to the Top 10 via Supra Fan-Vote.

Placement	Country	Ref.
Winner	Vietnam – Đỗ Quang Tuyển	[22]
Top 10	Dominican Republic – Bray Vargas  Indonesia – Nathaniel Christopher  Laos – Sanonh Maniphonh  Mexico – Zait Reza  Myanmar – Thet Oo Maung Maung  Philippines – Brandon Espiritu  South Korea – Jo Seong Hyeon  Thailand – Chonlawit Wongsriwor  United States – Alan Hierro	[21]

Supra Model of the Year

On June 29, 2024, the Supra Model of the Year contest was live-streamed on the official Miss Supranational YouTube channel at 6pm.^[23] During the finals, one of the three finalists was revealed as a semi-finalist in the finals.^[24]

•   Advanced to the Top 20 via Supra Model of the Year

Placement	Contestant		Ref.
Winner	Colombia – Rafael Rapelo
Top 3	Dominican Republic – Bray Vargas  Sierra Leone – Uthman Issa Bangura		[25]
Top 11	Côte d’Ivoire – Firmin Junior Yapi  Haiti – Abdias Augustin  Laos – Sanonh Maniphonh  Peru – Joel Farach  Philippines – Brandon Espiritu  South Africa – Fezile Mkhize  South Korea – Jo Seong Hyeon  Venezuela – Marcos De Freitas

Non-fast track events

Mister Talent

On June 25, ten talent entries were showcased on the official YouTube channel of Mister Supranational, and subsequent votes were cast. The Supra Talent Finals was streamed live on the Miss Supranational official YouTube channel at 9 pm on June 29, 2024.^[26]

Final Results	Country	Ref.
Winner	Trinidad and Tobago – Anderson Subero	[27]
Top 4	Canada – Jaime Cecar  Indonesia – Nathaniel Christopher  Mexico – Zait Reza	[28]
Top 10	Argentina – Guillermo Layus  Brazil – Matheus Maia  Colombia – Rafael Rapelo  Haiti – Abdias Augustin  Jamaica – Jermaine Harris    Nepal – Dhiroj Kaji Basnet

Pageant

Presenters

On June 6, 2024, the President of the Miss Supranational Organization, Gerhard Parzutka von Lipinski, announced Nico Panagio as the host for the Miss and Mister Supranational 2024 Final Shows.^[29] Kasia Kołeczek [pl] will also be joining Panagio on the finals.^[30]

• Nico Panagio: South African actor, host of Survivor South Africa
• Kasia Kołeczek [pl]: Polish/British actress
• Aleksander Sikora [pl]: Polish presenter

Panel of experts

The Preliminary Competition was broadcast live on the official Mister Supranational YouTube channel at 6 pm CET on July 1, 2024.^[31][32]

• Andrea Aguilera, Miss Supranational 2023 from Ecuador
• Andre Sleigh – Creative director of Miss and Mister Supranational
• Iván Álvarez Guedes – Mister Supranational 2023 from Spain
• Katarzyna Krzeszowska - Miss Supranational 2014 fourth runner-up from Poland (only on the final broadcast)
• Keisha - Polish stylist and designer
• Louisa - Creative producer of Miss Supernational and Mister Supernational 2024 finals shows
• Nguyễn Huỳnh Kim Duyên – Miss Supranational 2022 second runner-up from Vietnam ^[33]
• Rick Sotelo - Supranational stylist
• Robert Czepiel – General director of Jubiler Schubert / World of Amber

The final show was broadcast live on the official Mister Supranational YouTube channel at 8pm CET, on July 4, 2024.

Contestants

Thirty-six contestants competed for the title:

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age[a]	Hometown	Continental Group
Argentina	Guillermo Layus[34]	28	San Miguel de Tucumán	Americas
Brazil	Matheus Maia[35]	26	Cachoeirinha	Americas
Canada	Jaime Cesar	33	Toronto	Americas
Colombia	Rafael Rapelo[36]	27	Santa Marta	Americas
Côte d'Ivoire	Firmin Junior Yapi[37]	28	Yamoussoukro	Africa
Czech Republic	Adam Sedro[38]	29	Prague	Europe
Dominican Republic	Bray Vargas[39]	32	Santiago	Caribbean
Ecuador	Fernando Mendieta	33	Guayaquil	Americas
Germany	Marc Arthur Tsanang	34	Wiesbaden	Europe
Guatemala	Joshua Mata	32	Guatemala City	Americas
Haiti	Abdias Augustin	23	Cap-Haïtien	Caribbean
India	Aman Rajesh Singh	24	Bangalore	Asia
Indonesia	Nathaniel Christopher[40]	20	Banten	Asia
Jamaica	Jermaine Harris	34	St. Catherine	Caribbean
Laos	Sanonh Maniphonh[41]	26	Luang Prabang	Asia
Malta	Ruben Pulido[42]	33	Msida	Europe
Malaysia	Siavesh Akbari[43]	31	Kuala Lumpur	Asia
Mexico	Zait Reza[44]	32	Saltillo	Americas
Myanmar	Thet Oo Maung Maung[45]	25	Yangon	Asia
Nepal	Dhiroj Kaji Basnet[46]	21	Bharatpur	Asia
Netherlands	Casey De Vries[47]	28	Brielle	Europe
Paraguay	Osvaldo Orué[48]	26	Asunción	Americas
Peru	Joel Farach[49]	34	Callao	Americas
Philippines	Brandon Espiritu[50]	29	Dededo	Asia
Poland	Patryk Karbowski[51]	31	Augustów	Europe
Puerto Rico	Cristian González Pérez[52]	21	San Juan	Caribbean
Sierra Leone	Uthman Issa Bangura[53]	25	Freetown	Africa
Slovakia	Adam Palkovič[54]	26	Bratislava	Europe
South Africa	Fezile Mkhize[55]	33	Bloemfontein	Africa
South Korea	Jo Seong Hyeon[56]	28	Seoul	Asia
Spain	Álvaro Germes[57]	29	Huesca	Europe
Thailand	Chonlawit Wongsriwor[58]	27	Khon Kaen	Asia
Trinidad and Tobago	Anderson Subero[59]	25	Sangre Grande	Caribbean
United States	Alan Hierro	32	New York City	Americas
Venezuela	Marcos De Freitas[60]	24	Caracas	Americas
Vietnam	Đỗ Quang Tuyển[61]	24	Nam Định	Asia

Notes

1. Ages at the time of the pageant