Man of the World 2024

Man of the World 2024 was the sixth edition of the Man of the World competition, held at the Samsung Performing Arts Theater in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines, on July 26, 2024.^[1][2]

Man of the World 2024
Date	26 July 2024
Presenters	Mary Kristel Galang Ryan Tercero
Venue	Winford Resort and Casino, Manila, Philippines
Entrants	23
Placements	15
Debuts	Cambodia Eritrea Cote D'Ivore France
Withdrawals	Algeria Cuba Ghana Pakistan Panama Sri Lanka Syria United States Zimbabwe
Returns	Australia Brazil Colombia Ecuador Italy Morocco
Winner	Sergio Azuaga Venezuela
Congeniality	Sebastian Mora (Ecuador) Rostislav Procházka (Czech Republic)
Best National Costume	Lavesh Mohan Bharambe (India)
Photogenic	Sergio Avila (Spain)
← 2023 2025 →

On July 25, 2024, the Man of the World Organization announced that the pageant will be held at a new venue, Winford Resort and Casino Manila instead of the latter venue due to the existing weather conditions of floods caused by the southwest monsoon (habagat) and Typhoon Carina happened before the finals show in Metro Manila and the nearby provinces. Man of the World 2022, Aditya Khurana of India crowned Sergio Azuaga of Venezuela at the end of the event, instead of the last year winner Man of the World 2023, Jin Wook Kim of South Korea who unable to go subsequently due to the weather circumstances.^[3][4]

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant	Ref
Man of the World 2024	Venezuela – Sergio Azuaga	[5][6] [7][8] [9][10]
1st Runner-Up	Philippines – Kenneth Cabungcal
2nd Runner-Up	France – Gwen Jegouzo
3rd Runner-Up	Puerto Rico – Fernando Padín
4th Runner-Up	Ecuador – Sebastián Mora
Top 10	Brazil – Cassio Leles De Souza  Eritrea – Paulos Tecle  India – Lavesh Bharambe  Spain – Sergio Ávila  Vietnam – Đoàn Công Vinh §
Top 15	Australia – Amit Saini §  Colombia – David Linares  Dominican Republic – Junior Mendoza  Malaysia – Edison Ho  United Kingdom – Kazim Keskin

§ Automatic placement in the Top 15

Fast Track Events

Fast track winners automatically advanced to the Top 15.

Position	Contestants	Ref
Multimedia Award	Vietnam - Đoàn Công Vinh	[11]
People's Choice	Australia - Amit Singh Saini

Special awards

	Contestants	Finalists	Ref
Best in National Costume	India – Lavesh Mohan Bharambe  Philippines – Kenneth Vincent Cabungcal  Ecuador – Sebastian Mora  Singapore – Joyner Samson	Colombia - David Linares  Eritrea - Paulos Tecle  Indonesia - Arya Dimas Aditya  Malaysia - Edison Ho  Venezuela - Sergio Azuaga  Vietnam - Đoàn Công Vinh	[12][13]
Best in Swimwear	Venezuela – Sergio Azuaga  France – Gwen Jegouzo  India – Lavesh Mohan Bharambe	Brazil - Miguel Leles  Czech Republic - Rostislav Procházka  Ecuador - Sebastian Mora  South Korea - Min Seong Kim  Philippines - Kenneth Vincent Cabungcal  Puerto Rico - Fernando Ezequiel Padín  United Kingdom - Kazim Keskin
Best in Beachwear	Puerto Rico – Fernando Ezequiel Padín  Philippines – Kenneth Vincent Cabungcal  Ecuador – Sebastian Mora	Brazil - Miguel Leles  France - Gwen Jegouzo  India - Lavesh Mohan Bharambe  Indonesia - Arya Dimas Aditya  South Korea - Min Seong Kim  United Kingdom - Kazim Keskin  Venezuela - Sergio Azuaga
Best in Formal Wear	Philippines – Kenneth Vincent Cabungcal  France – Gwen Jegouzo  Eritrea - Paulos Tecle	Australia - Amit Singh Saini  Brazil - Miguel Leles  Ecuador - Sebastian Mora  India - Lavesh Mohan Bharambe  Puerto Rico - Fernando Ezequiel Padín  Singapore - Joyner Samson  Venezuela - Sergio Azuaga
Fashion of the World	Indonesia - Arya Dimas Aditya  Philippines - Kenneth Vincent Cabungcal  Vietnam - Đoàn Công Vinh	Australia - Amit Singh Saini  Brazil - Miguel Leles  Dominican Republic - Junior Mendoza  Ecuador - Sebastian Mora  France - Gwen Jegouzo  India - Lavesh Mohan Bharambe  Spain - Sergio Avila
Mister Photogenic	Spain - Sergio Avila  South Korea - Min Seong Kim  Australia - Amit Singh Saini  Malaysia - Edison Ho	Brazil - Miguel Leles  France - Gwen Jegouzo  India - Lavesh Mohan Bharambe  Philippines - Kenneth Vincent Cabungcal  Puerto Rico - Fernando Ezequiel Padín  United Kingdom -Kazim Keskin
Mister Personality	Côte d'Ivoire - Desire Kouassi  Cambodia - Rith Siphun  Singapore – Joyner Samson  Colombia - David Linares	Eritrea - Paulos Tecle  Italy - Nicolas Maggi  South Korea - Min Seong Kim  Malaysia - Edison Ho  Philippines - Kenneth Vincent Cabungcal  Vietnam - Đoàn Công Vinh
Mister Congeniality	Ecuador – Sebastian Mora  Czech Republic - Rostislav Procházka  Philippines – Kenneth Vincent Cabungcal  Morocco – Simo Mansouri	Australia - Amit Singh Saini  Brazil - Miguel Leles  Cambodia - Rith Siphun  Eritrea - Paulos Tecle  Puerto Rico - Fernando Ezequiel Padín  Vietnam - Đoàn Công Vinh
Best Physique	Brazil – Miguel Leles  Vietnam – Đoàn Công Vinh  United Kingdom – Kazim Keskin	Cambodia - Rith Siphun  Colombia - David Linares  Côte d'Ivoire - Desire Kouassi  Eritrea - Paulos Tecle  France - Gwen Jegouzo  Malaysia - Edison Ho  Philippines - Kenneth Vincent Cabungcal
Best in Arrival Outfit	France - Gwen Jegouzo  Brazil - Miguel Leles  Czech Republic - Rostislav Procházka	Côte d'Ivoire - Desire Kouassi  Morocco - Simo Mansouri  Philippines - Kenneth Vincent Cabungcal  Puerto Rico - Fernando Ezequiel Padín  Spain - Sergio Avila  United Kingdom - Kazim Keskin  Vietnam - Đoàn Công Vinh
Press Favorite	Venezuela – Sergio Azuaga  Philippines – Kenneth Vincent Cabungcal  Ecuador – Sebastian Mora  France - Gwen Jegouzo	Australia - Amit Singh Saini  Cambodia - Rith Siphun  Colombia - David Linares  Dominican Republic - Junior Mendoza  Italy - Nicolas Maggi  Malaysia - Edison Ho
Man of Travel - Holiday Inn Express Manila	Philippines – Kenneth Vincent Cabungcal

Contestants

Twenty-three contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory	Contestant	Hometown
Australia	Amit Singh Saini	Melbourne
Brazil	Cassio Miguel Leles De Souza	Cuiabá
Cambodia	Rith Siphun	Sisophon
Colombia	David Alexander Linares Solís	Pasto
Côte d'Ivoire	M’Bra Koffiba Desire Kouassi	Abidjan
Czech Republic	Rostislav Procházka[14][15]	Znojmo
Dominican Republic	Junior Radhomes Mendoza Taveras	Salcedo
Ecuador	Sebastián Mora	Puyo
Eritrea	Paulos Tecle	Asmara
France	Gwen Jegouzo	Rennes
India	Lavesh Mohan Bharambe	Pune
Indonesia	Arya Dimas Aditya	Palembang
Italy	Nicolas Maggi	Rome
South Korea	Min Seong Kim	Goyang
Malaysia	Edison Ho	Selangor
Morocco	Simo Mansouri	Khemisset
Philippines	Kenneth Vincent Cabungcal[16]	Dumaguete
Puerto Rico	Fernando Ezequiel Padín Rodríguez	Isabela
Singapore	Joyner Canlas Samson	Thomson
Spain	Sergio Ávila López	Granada
United Kingdom	Kazim Keskin	London
Venezuela	Sergio Alejandro Azuaga Piñango	Caracas
Vietnam	Đoàn Công Vinh	Tây Ninh

Notes

Crossover

Mister Heritage International

• 2024:  Morocco - Simo Mansouri (2nd Runner-Up)

Mister Cosmopolitan

• 2023:  Italy - Nicolas Maggi (Top 8)

Mister Grand International

• 2021:  Puerto Rico - Fernando Ezequiel Padín (Winner)^[17]

Mister Real Universe

• 2017:  Puerto Rico - Fernando Ezequiel Padín (2nd Runner-Up)^[18]