Mister RNB España 2022

Mister RNB España 2022 was the 2nd Mister RNB España pageant. The competition was held on August 6, 2022 at the Auditorio de los Jardines de la Cueva de Nerja in Nerja, Málaga.^[1] Manuel Ndele of Burgos, Juan Pablo Colías González of Valladolid, Miguel Ángel Lucas Carrasco of Toledo and Cristhian Naranjo Gómez of Alicante crowned their successors at the end of the event. The winners represented Spain at the Mister Supranational 2023, Mister International 2023, Mister Global 2022 and Caballero Universal 2022.

Mister RNB España 2022
Date	August 6, 2022
Venue	Auditorio de los Jardines de la Cueva de Nerja, Nerja, Málaga
Broadcaster	YouTube
Entrants	51
Withdrawals	Burgos
Winner	Iván Álvarez Pontevedra
Congeniality	Alejandro Barrio Lugo
Photogenic	Abel Muelas Badajoz
← 2021 2023 →

Iván Álvarez of Pontevedra was crowned Mister Supranational 2023, marking the first time in history for Spain and the first European country to do so.^[2]

Background

Location and date

On 26 April 2022, RNB España announced that Nerja, Málaga, on the Costa del Sol, will host Mister RNB España 2022 from Sunday, July 31 to Sunday, August 7. During the week, all official representatives will enjoy various sights of Nerja. The Finals will be held at the Auditorio de los Jardines de la Cueva de Nerja on Saturday, August 6, at 10:00 p.m, with free admission.^[3]

Results

Color keys

•   The contestant won in an International pageant.
•   The contestant was a Finalist/Runner-up in an International pageant.
•   The contestant was a Semi-Finalist in an International pageant.
•   The contestant did not place.

Placements

Mister RNB España 🇪🇸 2022 finals was held in Nerja via RNB España official YouTube channel on August 6, 2022.^[4]

Placement	Contestant	Ref.	International placement
Mister RNB España Supranational	Pontevedra – Iván Álvarez Δ	[5]	Winner – Mister Supranational 2023
Mister RNB España Internacional	Teruel – Borxa Ramo Δ	[6]	Top 10 – Mister International 2023
Mister RNB España Global	Badajoz – Abel Muelas	[7]	Resigned – Mister Global 2022
Mister RNB España Caballero Universal	Soria – Pablo Estrada Δ	[8]	Runner-Up – Caballero Universal 2022
1st Runner-Up	Navarra – Trino Ávila	[9]
2nd Runner-Up	Bizkaia – Odei Jainaga Δ	[10]
Top 12	Alicante – Jesús Miguel	[11]	Top 15 – Mister Global 2022
	Araba – Abraham Riezu Barcelona – Miquel Ruiz § Córdoba – José Manuel Benítez Murcia – Álvaro Herrera Valencia – Rubén Navarro	[12]
Top 24	A Coruña – Alberto Fraga Δ Albacete – Antonio Espinosa Asturias – Diego Martín Δ Ávila – Pedro Pérez Gipuzkoa – Félix Armas Girona – Diego González Granada – Amador Sánchez La Rioja – Daniel Tato Ourense – Marco Trigo Salamanca – Óscar Izquierdo Tenerife – Abraham Bethencourt Toledo – Daniel Madrigal	[13]

§ – placed into the Top 12 as the From the ground up challenge winner

Δ – placed into the Top 24 by fast-track challenges

Special awards

Final Results		Winner	Ref.	Finalists	Ref.
PRUEBAS CLASIFICATORIAS (Fast-track)	From The Ground Up (From The Ground Up)	Barcelona – Miquel Ruiz	[14]	Albacete - Antonio Espinosa Badajoz - Abel Muelas Cádiz - Miguel Ángel Camacho Ciudad Real - Lorenzo Mateos-Aparicio Jaén - José Carlos Sánchez León - Ángel Martínez Navarra - Trino Ávila Pontevedra - Iván Álvarez Teruel - Borxa Ramo	[15]
	Deporte (Sports)	Asturias – Diego Martín	[16]	Araba - Abraham Riezu Bizkaia - Odei Jainaga Ceuta - Carlos Ruiz Málaga - Benjamín Nieto Navarra - Trino Ávila Palencia - Juan Fuentes Tenerife - Abraham Bethencourt Teruel - Borxa Ramo Valencia - Rubén Navarro	[17]
	Mejor Cuerpo (Best Body)	Soria – Pablo Estrada		Alicante - Jesús Miguel Bizkaia - Odei Jainaga Ceuta - Carlos Ruiz Gipuzkoa - Félix Armas Ourense - Marco Trigo Pontevedra - Iván Álvarez Valencia - Rubén Navarro Zaragoza - Abi Dieng	[18]
	Multimedia (Multimedia)	Bizkaia – Odei Jainaga		Almería - Javier Pérez Badajoz - Abel Muelas Barcelona - Miquel Ruiz León - Ángel Martínez Lugo - Alejandro Barrio Murcia - Álvaro Herrera Navarra - Trino Ávila Segovia - Ignacio Sancho Teruel - Borxa Ramo	[19]
	Talento (Talent)	A Coruña – Alberto Fraga		Las Palmas - Juan Antonio Sosa Segovia - Ignacio Sancho Toledo - Daniel Madrigal	[20]
	Top Model (Top Model)	Teruel – Borxa Ramo		A Coruña - Alberto Fraga Ávila - Pedro Pérez Badajoz - Abel Muelas Barcelona - Miquel Ruiz Córdoba - José Manuel Benítez Huesca - Joan Lozano Salamanca - Óscar Izquierdo Soria - Pablo Estrada Tenerife - Abraham Bethencourt Zaragoza - Abi Dieng	[21]
	Turismo (Tourism)	Pontevedra – Iván Álvarez		Bizkaia - Odei Jainaga Las Palmas - Juan Antonio Sosa León - Ángel Martínez Salamanca - Óscar Izquierdo	[22]
PREMIOS ESPECIALES (Special Awards)	Elegancia (Elegance)	Teruel – Borxa Ramo	[23]
	Fotogenia (Photogenic)	Badajoz – Abel Muelas
	Mejor Cabello (Best Hair)	Granada – Amador Sánchez
	Mejor Rostro (Best Face)	Badajoz – Abel Muelas
	Simpatia (Congeniality)	Lugo – Alejandro Barrio

Official delegates

Contestants were officially confirmed to compete for Mister RNB España 🇪🇸 2022 during Imposición de Bandas which was broadcast live from Nerja, Málaga via RNB España official YouTube on August 4, 2022.^[24][25][26]

Province	Candidate	Age	Ref.	Notes
A Coruña	Alberto Fraga	22	[27]
Albacete	Antonio Espinosa	24	[28]
Alicante	Jesús Miguel	24	[29]
Almería	Javier Pérez	26	[30]
Araba	Abraham Riezu	31	[31]
Asturias	Diego Martín	31	[32]
Ávila	Pedro Pérez	23	[33]
Badajoz	Abel Muelas	21	[34]
Barcelona	Miquel Ruiz	26	[35]
Bizkaia	Odei Jainaga	24	[36]	Represented Spain at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the javelin throw
Cáceres	Álvaro Andrada	22	[37]
Cádiz	Miguel Ángel Camacho	34	[38][39][40]
Cantabria	Sergio Noriega	30	[41]
Castellón	Diego Galván	31	[42]
Ceuta	Carlos Ruiz	30	[43]
Ciudad Real	Lorenzo Mateos-Aparicio	30	[44]
Córdoba	José Manuel Benítez	23	[45]
Cuenca	Jan Pérez	24	[46][47]
Gipuzkoa	Félix Armas	30	[48]
Girona	Diego González	24	[49]
Granada	Amador Sánchez	28	[50]
Guadalajara	Yeint Pinilla	28	[51]
Huelva	Juan Rodríguez	25	[52]
Huesca	Joan Lozano	25	[53]
Illes Balears	Antonino Paone	26	[54]
Jaén	José Carlos Sánchez	27	[55]
La Rioja	Daniel Tato	27	[56]
Las Palmas	Juan Antonio Sosa	28	[57][58][59]
León	Ángel Martínez	24	[60]
Lleida	Robert Villamarín	25	[61]
Lugo	Alejandro Barrio	27	[62]
Madrid	José García	31	[63]
Málaga	Benjamín Nieto	24	[64]
Melilla	Alejandro González	24	[65]
Murcia	Álvaro Herrera	25	[66]
Navarra	Trino Ávila	33	[67]
Ourense	Marco Trigo	23	[68]
Palencia	Juan Fuentes	30	[69]
Pontevedra	Iván Álvarez	29	[70]
Salamanca	Óscar Izquierdo	23	[71]
Segovia	Ignacio Sancho	25	[72]
Sevilla	Segovia	23	[73]
Soria	Pablo Estrada	31	[74]
Tarragona	Alessandro Neve	25	[75]
Tenerife	Abraham Bethencourt	24	[76]
Teruel	Borxa Ramo	24	[77]
Toledo	Daniel Madrigal	27	[78]
Valencia	Rubén Navarro	25	[79]
Valladolid	Adrián Otero	27	[80]
Zamora	Rodrigo Martínez	33	[81]
Zaragoza	Abi Dieng	21	[82]