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.
Jack Heslewood of England crowned Daniel Mejía of Puerto Rico at the conclusion 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. 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.
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. 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".
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 – Daniel Mejía 1st Runner-Up – Phạm Tuấn Ngọc 2nd Runner-Up – Antonio Company 3rd Runner-Up – Salvatore Crisball Top 10 – Tomas Haring – Gokul Ganesan – Teddy Rossiter – Megha Sooriyaarachchi – Ege Karabenli – Juan Alberto García Top 20 – Tomas Ghigo – Nathan de Schepper – Bruno Barbieri Roggiero – Mario El Hajj – Alan Salazar – Sai Toung Law – Mickael Peña Olivieri – Kirk Bondad – Alhaji Hassan Mansaray – Daryn Friedman
Order of announcements
Top 20
Top 10
Top 4
Continental Zone Winners Continent ContestantAfrica – Salvatore CrisballAmericas – Juan Alberto GarcíaAsia – Phạm Tuấn NgọcCaribbean – Tarique BarrettEurope – Antonio CompanyOceania – Lochlan Carey
People's Choice Winners People's Choice ContestantAfrica – Alhaji Hassan MansarayAmericas & Caribbean – Mickael Peña OlivieriAsia & Oceania – Megha SooriyaarachchiEurope – Nathan de Schepper
Fast Track Events Event ContestantSports Challenge – Daniel MejíaTalentMultimedia – Bruno Barbieri RoggieroHead-to-Head Challenge – Daryn FriedmanTop Model – Ege KarabenliBeauty with a Purpose – Sai Toung LawPeople'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 GroupDelegatesAsia & 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.
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Round 3 Advanced to the Top 20 via the Head-to-Head challenge. Country 1Country 2Country 3Country 4Country 5
Overall Placement ContestantWinner – Daryn Friedman1st Runner-up – Lochlan Carey2nd 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 ContestantWinner – Daniel MejíaTop 5 – Travis Edward – Hubert Gromadzki – Daryn Friedman – Phạm Tuấn NgọcTop 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". 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 ContestantWinner – Ege KarabenliTop 5 – Gokul Ganesan – James Moody – Kirk Bondad – Antonio CompanyTop 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. 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 – Daniel Mejía1st runner-up – Kirk Bondad2nd runner-up – Bruno Barbiero3rd runner-up – Manuel Alcantara-Turner4th runner-up – Vincent Gobuamang
Swimming Round Placement Contestant Winner – Daniel Mejía1st runner-up – Bruno Barbieri2nd runner-up – Eduardo MenezesTop 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 Gobuamang1st runner-up – Kirk Bondad2nd runner-up – Wei ZihongTop 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 ContestantWinner – Sai Toung LawTop 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 BarbieriTop 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 (Winner Mr People's Choice). Advanced to the Top 20 via winning Round 1 (per continental group). Continental Group Winner Africa – Alhaji Hassan Mansaray Americas & Caribbean – Mickael Peña Olivieri Asia & Oceania – Megha Sooriyaarachchi Europe – 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.