Man of the World 2017

Man of the World 2017 was the first edition of the Man of the World competition, held at the One Esplanade in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines, on July 28, 2017.

Man of the World 2017
Date	28 July 2017
Presenters	Ryan Tercero
Venue	One Esplanade, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines
Entrants	28
Placements	18
Withdrawals	Brazil Canada Costa Rica India Iran Nigeria Panama Poland United States
Winner	Mostafa Galal Mohammed Elezali Egypt
Congeniality	Abou Sahyoun Wassim (Palestine)
Best National Costume	Tatsuya Furuyama (Japan)
Photogenic	Mostafa Galal Mohammed Elezali (Egypt)
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Mostafa Galal Mohammed Elezali of Egypt was crowned at the end of the event.^[1][2][3]

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Man of the World 2017	Egypt – Mostafa Galal Mohammed Elezali
1st Runner-Up	Vietnam – Nguyễn Hữu Long [4][5]
2nd Runner-Up	Palestine – Abou Sahyoun Wassim
Top 5	Guam – Jake Edward Limtiaco  Moldova – Victor Suiu
Top 10	Australia – James Carne  Colombia – Christian Hernández  Philippines – Christopher Dulagan §  Puerto Rico – Enrique Antonio Santana  Spain – Marc Tarrés
Top 18	Cape Verde – Daniel Jose da Graça §  England – Habib Mohamed Ali §  South Korea – Jung Goo Young  Singapore – Ikhwan Risyadh Nasuha Bin  Sri Lanka – Damith Chandima Bandara Wijayatunga  Syria – Abdullah Srayddin  Thailand – Mooltribut Phiratthaphong  Zambia – John Mwila

Fast track events

	Contestants	Ref
Best in Talent	England – Habib Mohamed Ali	[6]
Best in Introduction Video	Cape Verde – Daniel Jose Da Luz Da Graca
People's Choice	Philippines – Christopher Dulagan

Special awards

	Contestants	Ref
Best in Advocacy	Thailand – Mooltribut Phiratthaphong	[7]
Mr. Photogenic	Egypt – Mostafa Galal Mohammed Elezali
Mr. Friendship	Palestine – Abou Sahyoun Wassim
Charity and Public Service Award	Nepal – Shree Ram Chand
Best in Fashion of the World	China – Junjie Huang Gibraltar – Felix Bothen
Trendsetter Award	Algeria – Ahmed Merdoukh Fahd Mike
Mr. Personality	Afghanistan – Ali Mansour Nawruzi
Best in National Costume	Japan – Tatsuya Furuyama
Best in Formal Wear	Vietnam – Nguyễn Hữu Long
Best in Swimwear	Moldova – Victor Şuiu
Man of Icon Hotel	Palestine – Abou Sahyoun Wassim
Mr. I-Maker	Spain – Marc Tarrés
Mr. Play Do	Spain – Marc Tarrés
Missosology People's Choice	Vietnam – Nguyễn Hữu Long

§ Automatic placement in the Top 18

Contestants

Country	Contestant
Afghanistan	Ali Mansour Nawruzi
Algeria	Ahmed-Merdoukh Fahd Mike
Australia	James Carne
Cape Verde	Daniel Jose Da Luz Da Graca[8]
China	Junjie Huang
Colombia	Christian Hernández
Egypt	Mostafa Galal Mohammed Elezali
England	Habib Mohamed Ali
Estonia	Kaido Matson
Gibraltar	Felix Bothén
Guam	Jake Edward Limtiaco
Indonesia	Ifnu Viqri Al Karani
Japan	Tatsuya Furuyama
South Korea	Jung Goo Young
Malta	Iven Mercieca
Moldova	Victor Şuiu
Myanmar	Aung Ko Ko
Nepal	Shree Ram Chand
Palestine	Abou Sahyoun Wassim
Philippines	Christopher Dulagan[9]
Puerto Rico	Enrique Antonio Santana Pérez
Singapore	Ikhwan Risydah Nasuha Bin Sapi'ee
Spain	Marc Tarrés
Sri Lanka	Damith Chandima Bandara
Syria	Abdullah Srayddin
Thailand	Mooltribut Phiratthaphong
Vietnam	Nguyễn Hữu Long[10]
Zambia	John Mwila

Notes

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Major competitions

Manhunt International

• 2016: Thailand – Mooltribut Phiratthaphong (Top 16)^[11]

Mister Global

• 2014: Cape Verde - Daniel José Da Luz Da Graça

Mister International

• 2015: Colombia - Christian Hernández
• 2016: Australia - James Carne (Top 16)^[12][13]
• 2016: South Korea - Jung Goo Young

Minor competitions

Men Universe Model

• 2012: Cape Verde - Daniel José Da Luz Da Graça