Man of the World 2019

Man of the World 2019 was the third edition of the Man of the World competition, held at the Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines, on July 11, 2019.^[1]

Man of the World 2019
Date	11 July 2019
Presenters	Michael Bristol and Ruben Anthony Timbol
Venue	Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan, Philippines
Entrants	30
Placements	18
Debuts	Belgium Bolivia Bulgaria Costa Rica Hong Kong Lebanon Liberia Namibia Netherlands South Africa Sudan
Withdrawals	Benin Mongolia Nigeria Saudi Arabia Sri Lanka
Returns	Spain
Winner	Jin Kyu Kim, South Korea (assumed) Daniel Georgiev, Bulgaria (dethroned)
Congeniality	Mamadou Bailo Diallo (Guinea) Eisa Hider Alfake (Sudan)
Best National Costume	Carlos Marquez Saez (Spain)
Photogenic	Krishna Salak (India)
← 2018 2022 →

Cao Xuân Tài of Vietnam crowned Daniel Georgiev of Bulgaria at the end of the event. The first runner-up Jin Kyu Kim of South Korea took over the title on July 29, 2020.^[2][3][4]

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Man of the World 2019	Bulgaria – Daniel Georgiev (Dethroned)
1st Runner-Up	South Korea – Jin Kyu Kim (Assumed)
2nd Runner-Up	Brazil – Jean Fillippe Vitor Silva
3rd Runner-Up	Czech Republic – Jakub Jurcak[5]
4th Runner-Up	Philippines – John Paul Ocat[6] §
Top 10	Guinea Bissau – Vensam Lala India – Krishna Salak   Nepal – Tsering Pakhrin Netherlands – Lars Kortleven Spain – Carlos Márquez Saez
Top 18	Bolivia – Tomas Rojas Ecuador – Matthew Cevallos Guam – Christian Templo Hong Kong – Carson Leung Indonesia – Isaac Agung Budiman Iran – Max Merafsha Liberia – T-ylo Johnson Vietnam – Ta Cong Phat

Fast Track Event

	Contestants
Online Fan Vote	Philippines – John Paul Ocat

Special Awards

	Contestants	Ref
Best in Advocacy	Brazil – Jean Fillippe Vitor Silva	[7]
Mr. Photogenic	India Krishna Salak
Mr. Congeniality	Guinea – Mamadou Bailo Diallo Sudan – Eisa Hider Alfake
Mr. Personality	Lebanon – Adel Serhal Morocco – Elomri Lahoucine
Fashion of the World	Namibia – Kennedy Amadhila
Best in Beach Wear	Czech Republic – Jakub Jurcak
Best in National Costume	Spain – Carlos Marquez Saez Indonesia Isaac Agung Budiman India Krishna Salak Philippines John Paul Ocat
Best in Formal Wear	Korea – Jin Kyu Kim
Best in Swimwear	Bulgaria – Daniel Georgiev Czech Republic – Jakub Jurcak Korea – Jin Kyu Kim
Psalmstre New Placenta Choice	Bulgaria – Daniel Georgiev
Mr. David's Salon	Bulgaria – Daniel Georgiev

§ Automatic placement in the Top 18

Contestants

Country	Contestant	References
Belgium	Grigor Sayadyan	[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
Bolivia	Tomas Rojas
Brazil	Jean Fillippe Vitor Silva
Bulgaria	Daniel Georgiev
Cameroon	Ngonda Sangama André Junior
China	Yi Ru Le
Costa Rica	Mauricio Alberto Blanco Espinoza
Czech Republic	Jakub Jurcak
Ecuador	Matthew Cevallos
Guam	Christian Templo
Guinea	Mamadou Bailo Diallo
Guinea Bissau	Vensam Lala
Hong Kong	Carson Leung
India	Krishna Salak
Indonesia	Isaac Agung Budiman
Iran	Max Merafsha
Lebanon	Adel Serhal
Liberia	T-ylo Johnson
Morocco	Elomri Lahoucine
Myanmar	Soe Khit
Namibia	Kennedy Amadhila
Nepal	Tsering Pakhrin
Netherlands	Lars Kortleven
Philippines	John Paul Ocat
South Africa	Jaden Durell Ash
South Korea	Jin Kyu Kim
Spain	Carlos Márquez Saez
Sudan	Eisa Hider Alfake
Thailand	Sapol Suporn
Vietnam	Tạ Công Phát

Controversies

Prime Events Productions Philippines (PEPPS), Inc., which organizes the pageant, let go of Georgiev for failure to fulfill his duties as winner, declining to sign an exclusive contract with PEPPS and rejecting projects and appearances relevant to his role as Man of the World titleholder. First runner-up Jin Kyu Kim of South Korea took over the title on July 29, 2020.^[15]

Notes

Crossover

Mister Universal Ambassador

• 2017: Spain - Carlos Márquez Saez