Man of the World 2018

Man of the World 2018 was the second edition of the Man of the World competition, held at the Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines, on July 14, 2018.

Man of the World 2018
Date	14 July 2018
Presenters	Ganiel Krishnan and Michael Bristol
Venue	Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan, Philippines
Entrants	27
Placements	17
Debuts	Brazil Cameroon Czech Republic Ecuador Ethiopia India Iran Italy Malaysia Mongolia Nigeria Peru
Withdrawals	Algeria Colombia Cuba Guinea Lebanon Macedonia Mexico Morocco United States
Winner	Cao Xuân Tài Vietnam
Congeniality	Clint Karkliñs Peralta (Philippines)
Best National Costume	Clint Karkliñs Peralta (Philippines)
Photogenic	Kbrom Gebremeskel Gesese (Ethiopia)
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Mostafa Galal Mohammed Elezali of Egypt crowned Cao Xuân Tài of Vietnam as his successor at the end of the event.^[1][2]

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Man of the World 2018	Vietnam – Cao Xuân Tài
1st Runner-Up	Philippines – Clint Karkliñs Peralta[3][4] §
2nd Runner-Up	Malta – Bjorn Camilleri[5][6]
3rd Runner-Up	Czech Republic – Ondrej Valenta[7]
4th Runner-Up	Thailand – Natapol Srisarn
Top 10	China – Li Ruitao  Indonesia – Wrendy Agil Rifansar  Myanmar – Kaung Htet Wai  Peru – Juan Carlos Cabrera  South Korea – Gil Hwan Kim
Top 17	Guam – Joseph Lawrence Bondoc  India – Joshua Roshan Chhabra  Iran – Max Mehrafsha §  Italy – Mark Anthony Cruz  Monaco – Erdenetsogt Siilegma  Nigeria – Emmanuel Luiz Okafor  Puerto Rico – Lennie Figueroa

Fast Track Events

	Contestants	Ref
Best in Talent	Iran – Max Mehrafsha Myanmar – Kaung Htet Wai India – Joshua Roshan Chhabra	[8]
World's Choice Award	Philippines – Clint Karkliñs Peralta

Special awards

	Contestants	Ref
Best in Advocacy	Myanmar – Kaung Htet Wai Philippines – Clint Karkliñs Peralta Brazil - Eduardo Gabriel Possamai	[9]
Best in Fashion of the World	India – Joshua Chhabra Philippines – Clint Karkliñs Peralta Myanmar – Kaung Htet Wai Italy – Mark Anthony Cruz Puerto Rico – Lennie Figueroa
Mr. Photogenic	Ethiopia – Kbrom Gebremeskel Gesese	[9]
Mr. Congeniality	Philippines – Clint Karkliñs Peralta
Mr. Personality	Singapore – Ali Mansour Nawruzi
Best in Resort Wear	Czech Republic – Ondrej Valenta South Korea – Gil Hwan Kim Egypt - Ahmed Mohamed Abdallah Madkour
Best in National Costume	Philippines – Clint Karkliñs Peralta Indonesia - Wrendy Agil Rifansar Thailand - Natapol Srisarn
Best in Formal Wear	Thailand – Natapol Srisarn Peru – Juan Carlos Cabrera Torres Malta – Bjorn Camilleri
Best in Swimwear	Mongolia – Erdenetsogt Siilegma Vietnam – Cao Xuân Tài Cameroon - Nick Kevin Parker Biapa
Best in Casual Wear	Vietnam – Cao Xuân Tài Indonesia - Wrendy Agil Rifansar Mongolia – Erdenetsogt Siilegma
Mr. Highland Bali Resort & Spa	Philippines – Clint Karkliñs Peralta
Darlings of the Press	Myanmar – Kaung Htet Wai Nigeria – Emmanuel Luiz Okafor Peru – Juan Carlos Cabrera Torres Philippines – Clint Karkliñs Peralta Vietnam – Cao Xuân Tài	[10]

§ Automatic placement in the Top 17

Contestants

Country/Terr.	Contestant	Ref.
Brazil	Eduardo Gabriel Possamai	[11][12][13]
Cameroon	Nick Kevin Parker Biapa
China	Li Ruitao
Czech Republic	Ondrej Valenta
Ecuador	Wiler Jair Choez Loor
Egypt	Ahmed Mohamed Abdallah Madkour
Ethiopia	Kbrom Gebremeskel Gesese
Guam	Joseph Lawrence Bondoc
India	Joshua Roshan Chhabra
Indonesia	Wrendy Agil Rifansar
Iran	Max Mehrafsha
Italy	Mark Anthony Cruz
Malaysia	Fitri Razali
Malta	Bjorn Camilleri
Mongolia	Erdenetsogt Siilegma
Myanmar	Kaung Htet Wai
Nepal	Chandan Bishowkarma
Nigeria	Emmanuel Luiz Okafor
Palestine	Majed Abumazyad
Peru	Juan Carlos Cabrera Torres
Philippines	Clint Karkliñs Peralta
Puerto Rico	Lennie Figueroa
Singapore	Yamin Yusof
South Korea	Gil Hwan Kim
Sri Lanka	Anuradha Stefan Upekshaka Methsiri
Thailand	Natapol Srisarn
Vietnam	Cao Xuân Tài

Notes

Crossover

Mister Global

• 2016: Ecuador - Wiler Jair Choez Loor

Mister United Continents

• 2017: Palestine - Majed Abumazyad

Mister Universe Tourism

• 2018: Palestine - Majed Abumazyad