Mister International 2012

Mister International 2012
Date	November 24, 2012
Venue	Bangkok, Thailand
Entrants	38
Placements	16
Debuts	Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Macedonia, Serbia
Withdrawals	Denmark, Greece, Latvia, Madagascar, Mexico, Pakistan, Panama, Nigeria, Norway, South Africa
Returns	Australia, Bolivia, China, India, Italy, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Turkey, Ukraine
Winner	Ali Hammoud  Lebanon
Congeniality	Piyanat Sujarit  Thailand
Best National Costume	Đỗ Bá Đạt  Vietnam
Photogenic	Francesco Basile  Italy

Mister International 2012, the 7th edition of the Mister International pageant, held in Bangkok, Thailand on November 24, 2012. ^[1] Cesar Curti from Brazil crowned Ali Hammoud of Lebanon as his successor at the end of the event.

Result

Placements

Special Awards

Minor Awards

Contestants

38 contestants have been selected.^[2]

Country	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown
Australia	James Mathieson[3]	28		Sydney
Bahamas	Pedro Mejias[4]	24		Nassau
Belgium	Joshua Vanfraeyenhoven[5]	25		Antwerp
Bolivia	Denis Paolo Ruiz[6]	28	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Santa Cruz
Brazil	Ricardo Magryino[7]	23	1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)	Sao Paulo
Canada	Jason Mesa[8]	20	1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)	Toronto
China	Gao Ximin[9]	25	1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)	Heilongjiang
Colombia	Reinel Rodriguez Vergara[10]	29		San Juan del Cesar
Costa Rica	Jorge Suarez Gomez[11]	22		Tibas
Czech Republic	Robert Anderle[12]	24	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Litovel
Dominican Republic	Anthony Santana[13]	22	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Santiago de los Caballeros
France	Guillaume Reydel[14]	25		Boulay
Great Britain	Sukhraj Hayer[15]	27		Derby
Haiti	Yves Moise Conséant[16]	24	1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)	Port-au-Prince
India	Opangtongdang Jamir[17]	21	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Mokokchung
Indonesia	Rizal Al Idrus[18]	25	1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)	Makassar
Ireland	James Murphy[19]	28		Dublin
Italy	Francesco Basile[20]	26		Sacerno
Korea	Kim Doyeop[21]	22		Seoul
Lebanon	Ali Hammoud[22]	23	1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)	Beirut
Macedonia	Gjorgi Filipov[23]	26		Radovish
Malaysia	Evan Siau[24]	26	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Sabah
New Zealand	Sai Constantine[25]	23		Wellington
Philippines	Mark John D. Gutoman[26]	21	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Marikina City
Portugal	Bruno da Cunha[27]	25		Vila do Conde
Serbia	Luka Raco[28]	21		Belgrade
Singapore	Ron Teh[29]	23	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Woodlands
Slovak Republic	Ján Haraslín[30]	23	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Bratislava
Slovenia	Marko Šobot[31]	25		Novo Mesto
Spain	Miguel Arce[32]	28		Valtierra
Sri Lanka	Dimitri Dolapihilla[33]	21		Colombo
Sweden	Andreas Ahlberg[34]	22		Nynashamn
Thailand	Piyanat Sujarit[35]	24	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Samut Prakan
Turkey	Mert Ciftci[36]	21		Eskisehir
Ukraine	Alexander Sabadosh[37]	23		Kiev
USA	Aaron Weiner[38]	26		New York City
Venezuela	Gary Pinha[39]	29	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Caracas
Vietnam	Đỗ Bá Đạt[40]	26	1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄2 in)	Ho Chi Minh City

National Pageant Notes

Debuts

•  Bahamas
•  Dominican Republic
•  Haiti
•  Macedonia
•  Serbia

Returning Countries and Territories

• Last competed in 2009:
  •  New Zealand
• Last competed in 2010:
  •  Australia
  •  Bolivia
  •  China
  •  India
  •  Italy
  •  Malaysia
  •  Singapore
  •  Turkey
  •  Ukraine

Withdrawing Countries and Territories

•  Denmark
•  Greece
•  Latvia
•  Madagascar
•  Mexico
•  Pakistan
•  Panama
•  Nigeria
•  Norway
•  South Africa - Due to the delayed flight, Daniel Wessels couldn't go to Thailand to participate.

Historical significance

• Lebanon won for the second time and now hold the most Mister International titles, tied with Brazil.
• Brazil, Indonesia, Korea, Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Venezuela placed the year before.
• Brazil placed in the top 5 previous year.
• Macedonia, Malaysia, Serbia, Thailand placed for the first time.
• France & Turkey last placed in 2010.
• Lebanon & Singapore last placed in 2009.
• China last placed in 2008.
• Italy last placed 2006.
• Venezuela placed for the seven consecutive time holding the longest streak.
• Indonesia has placed for the fifth consecutive time.
• Brazil has placed for the third consecutive time
• Korea, Slovak Republic, Slovenia has placed for the second consecutive time.
• Vietnam won Best National Costume for the first time.
• Thailand won Mister Congeniality for the first time.
• Italy won Mister Photogenic for the first time.

Crossovers

Contestants who previously competed or will compete at other pageants:

Manhunt International

• 2012:  Costa Rica: Jorge Suarez
• 2012:  France: Guillaume Reydel
• 2012:  Spain: Miguel Arce

External links

• Mister International Official Site

References