Man of the World 2023

Man of the World 2023 was the fifth edition of the Man of the World competition, held at the Samsung Performing Arts Theater in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines, on 16 June 2023.

Man of the World 2023
Date	16 June 2023
Presenters	Samantha Bernardo Matthias Rhoads
Venue	Samsung Performing Arts Theater, Makati, Philippines
Entrants	24
Placements	17
Debuts	Angola Cuba Turkey United Kingdom Venezuela Zimbabwe
Withdrawals	Austria Chile Ecuador Haiti Jordan Kenya Morocco Namibia Netherlands Sri Lanka Tanzania Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia
Returns	Cape Verde Hong Kong Myanmar Singapore
Winner	Jin Wook Kim South Korea
Congeniality	Jin Wook Kim (South Korea)
Best National Costume	Leonardus Toni Setiyawan (Indonesia)
Photogenic	Henry Wong (Hong Kong)
← 2022 2024 →

Aditya Khurana of India crowned Jin Wook Kim of South Korea as his successor at the end of the event.^[1]

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Man of the World 2023	South Korea – Jin Wook Kim
1st Runner-Up	Hong Kong – Henry Wong
2nd Runner-Up	Philippines – James Reggie Vidal
3rd Runner-Up	Puerto Rico – Robert Alexander Espaillat §
4th Runner-Up	Vietnam – Kim Khánh Lâm[2]
Top 10	Angola – Jeremias Toco  Czech Republic – Honza Balšán  Malaysia – Jonathan Liaw  Myanmar – Henry San  Nepal – Bishal Katwal §
Top 17	Cape Verde – Elvis Duarte  Cuba – Alex Soto  Nigeria – Alexander Joseph-Ojiavor  Singapore – Tavis Lee  Spain – Cristian Arteaga  United States – Tyler Vincent Gaumer  Venezuela – Omar Riera

§ Automatic placement in the Top 17

Fast Track Events

Fast track winners automatically advanced to the Top 17.

Placement	Contestant
Multimedia Award	Nepal - Bishal Katwal
People's Choice	Puerto Rico - Robert Alexander Espaillat

Special awards

	Contestants
Best in National Costume	Indonesia – Leonardus Toni Setiyawan  Philippines – James Reggie Vidal  Dominican Republic - Rikaury Mieses
Best in Swimwear	Czech Republic – Honza Balšán  Spain – Cristian Arteaga  South Korea - Jin Wook Kim  Vietnam - Kim Khánh Lâm
Best in Beachwear	South Korea – Jin Wook Kim  Spain – Cristian Arteaga  Myanmar - Henry San
Best in Formal Wear	South Korea – Jin Wook Kim  Czech Republic – Honza Balšán  Nigeria - Alexander Joseph-Ojiavor
Fashion of the World	Philippines – James Reggie Vidal  South Korea – Jin Wook Kim  Spain - Cristian Arteaga
Mister Photogenic	Hong Kong – Henry Wong  Dominican Republic – Rikaury Mieses  South Korea - Jin Wook Kim
Mister Personality	Nepal – Bishal Katwal  Cuba – Alex Soto  Singapore – Tavis Lee  India - Baskar Dhanasekar  Nigeria - Alexander Joseph-Ojiavor
Mister Congeniality	South Korea - Jin Wook Kim  Angola – Jeremias Toco  Myanmar – Henry San  Philippines - James Reggie Vidal  Venezuela - Omar Riera
Best Physique	Cape Verde – Elvis Duarte  Puerto Rico – Robert Alexander Espaillat  Vietnam – Kim Khánh Lâm  United States - Tyler Vincent Gaumer  Venezuela - Omar Riera
Best in Arrival Outfit	Dominican Republic – Rikaury Mieses  Hong Kong – Henry Wong  Malaysia - Jonathan Liaw
Press Favorite	Vietnam – Kim Khánh Lâm  Philippines – James Reggie Vidal  Venezuela - Omar Riera
Man of Travel - Holiday Inn Express Manila	Philippines – James Reggie Vidal

Order of Announcements

Top 17

1.    Nepal
2.  Puerto Rico
3.  Angola
4.  Cape Verde
5.  Cuba
6.  Czech Republic
7.  Hong Kong
8.  South Korea
9.  Malaysia
10.  Myanmar
11.  Nigeria
12.  Philippines
13.  Singapore
14.  Spain
15.  United States
16.  Venezuela
17.  Vietnam

Top 10

1.  South Korea
2.  Vietnam
3.  Czech Republic
4.  Puerto Rico
5.  Myanmar
6.  Philippines
7.  Hong Kong
8.  Angola
9.    Nepal
10.  Malaysia

Top 5

1.  Puerto Rico
2.  Vietnam
3.  South Korea
4.  Hong Kong
5.  Philippines

Contestants

Country	Contestant	Reference
Angola	Jeremias Toco	[3]
Cape Verde	Elvis Duarte
Cuba	Alex Soto
Czech Republic	Honza Balšán	[4][5]
Dominican Republic	Rikaury Mieses	[6][7]
Hong Kong	Henry Wong
India	Baskar Dhanasekar
Indonesia	Leonardus Toni Setiyawan
Iran	Aldo Razmjoo
Malaysia	Jonathan Liaw	[8]
Myanmar	Henry San
Nepal	Bishal Katwal	[9][10][11]
Nigeria	Alexander Joseph-Ojiavor	[12][13]
Philippines	James Reggie Vidal	[14][15]
Puerto Rico	Robert Alexander Espaillat
Singapore	Tavis Lee	[16][17]
South Korea	Jin Wook Kim	[18][19]
Spain	Cristian Arteaga
Turkey	Mohamed Emir
United Kingdom	Luke Selby
United States	Tyler Vincent Gaumer
Venezuela	Omar Riera	[20][21][22]
Vietnam	Kim Khánh Lâm	[23][24]
Zimbabwe	Chris Ncube	[25]

Notes

Crossovers

Mister Tourism World

• 2022:  Cuba - Alex Soto (Top 17)

Mister Africa International

• 2021:  Cape Verde - Elvis Duarte

Mister World Noble King

• 2023:  Iran - Aldo Razmjoo

Mister Beauté Internationale

• 2022:  Turkey - Mohamed Emir

Top Model of the Universe

• 2022:  Tunisia - Mohamed Emir