Mister Supranational 2023

Mister Supranational 2023 the seventh edition of the Mister Supranational pageant which was held on 15 July 2023 at Strzelecki Park Amphitheater in Nowy Sącz, Poland.^[1] Luis Daniel Gálvez of Cuba crowned Iván Álvarez Guedes of Spain as his successor at the end of the event.^[2] This was the first time that Spain had won this pageant, and the first European country to do so.^[3]

Mister Supranational 2023
Date	15 July 2023
Presenters	Jo-Ann Strauss Martin Fitch
Venue	Strzelecki Park Amphitheater, Nowy Sącz, Małopolska, Poland
Broadcaster	Polsat
Entrants	34
Placements	20
Debuts	Cameroon Malaysia Zimbabwe
Withdrawals	Dominican Republic El Salvador Germany Ghana Haiti Laos Malta Mauritius Vietnam
Returns	Canada Equatorial Guinea India Slovakia South Africa
Winner	Iván Álvarez Guedes Spain
Photogenic	Daniel Tracz (Poland)
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Background

Starting in 2023, the Miss Supranational Organization has decided to accept men from the ages of 18 to 34 years old to participate in the pageant.

Selection of participants

Contestants from 34 countries and territories were selected to compete in the 2023 edition.

The 2023 edition will witness the debut of Cameroon, Ghana, Malaysia, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe; and the returns of Canada, Equatorial Guinea, India, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, and South Africa. Canada and Equatorial Guinea last competed in 2019, while the others last competed in 2021. Haiti withdrew from this edition because of the current political situation happening in the country. El Salvador, Germany, Laos, Malta, Mauritius and Vietnam withdrew for unknown reasons.^[4]

Contestants were officially confirmed to compete for Mister Supranational 2023 during The Sashing Ceremony which was broadcast live from Nowy Sącz, Malopolska via Mister Supranational official YouTube on 4 July 2023.^[5][6] Delegates from Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Zimbabwe were no show during the presentation; official count of 32 delegates as of 4 July 2023.

Delegates from the Dominican Republic and Sierra Leone had to withdraw due to Polish visa issues, and delegates from Ghana and Nigeria did no-shows in Poland; they all took part in Supra Chat with Misters 2023.

Presenters

On 2 June 2023, the President of the Miss Supranational Organization, Gerhard Parzutka von Lipinski, announced Jo-Ann Strauss as the host for the Miss and Mister Supranational 2023 Final Shows.^[7] Martin Fitch returned as host and be joining Strauss on the finals^[8] with backstage coverage by Ivan Podrez.

• Ivan Podrez, presenter of the Mister Supranational challenges
• Jo-Ann Strauss, model, television host, and entrepreneur
• Martin Fitch, presenter and actor

Panel of experts

The Preliminary competition was broadcast live on the official Mister Supranational YouTube channel at 7:30 pm CET on 11 July 2023.^[9][10]

• Luis Daniel Gálvez – Mister Supranational 2022 from Cuba
• Srinidhi Shetty – Miss Supranational 2016 from India^[11]
• Adinda Cresheilla – Miss Supranational 2022 3rd runner-up from Indonesia (only as preliminary judge)^[12]
• Andre Sleigh – Creative director of the Miss and Mister Supranational (only as preliminary judge)
• Lalela Mswane – Miss Supranational 2022 from South Africa (only as preliminary judge)

The final show was broadcast live on the official Mister Supranational YouTube channel at 8.05 pm CET on 15 July 2023.^[13]

• Andrea Aguilera – Miss Supranational 2023 from Ecuador (only on the final telecast)
• Gerhard Patzutka Von Lipinski – president of the Miss and Mister Supranational organisation (only on the final telecast)
• Marcelina Zawadzka – television host, model and Miss Polonia 2011 (only on the final telecast)
• Robert Czepiel – General director of Jubiler Schubert / World of Amber (only on the final telecast)
• Shontelle – singer and songwriter from Barbados (only on the final telecast)

Results

Placement

Placements announced by the organizers are as follows:^[14]

Placement	Contestant
Mister Supranational 2023	Spain – Iván Álvarez Guedes
1st Runner-up	Brazil – Henrique Martins
2nd Runner-up	Netherlands – Luca Derin
3rd Runner-up	South Korea – Lee Yong–woo ∆
4th Runner-up	Cameroon – Daniel Mbouda
Top 10 (in order of placements)	Mexico – Luis García  Czech Republic – Jakub Vitek  Ecuador – Bruno Barbieri  Thailand – Nathanon Narathanyawirun  Malaysia – Danial Hansen ∆ §
Top 20 (in order of placements)	United States – Daniel Zemeida  Italy – Fabio Camattari  France – Quentin Bourg-Austruy  Panama – Mario Bianco  South Africa – Tylo Ribeiro  Poland – Daniel Tracz  Indonesia – Adib Dwitamma  Philippines – Johannes Rissler  Canada – Luis Portelles ∆  Trinidad and Tobago – Keathon Yallery
Top 25 (Non semifinalist) (in order of placements)	Venezuela – Jorge Eduardo Nuñez  Peru – Stefano Bermellón  Argentina – Giuliano Fessía  Belgium – Ben Steyaert  India – Raj Sunil Singh

Notes:

§ – placed into the Top 10 by Supra Fan Vote Winner

∆ – placed into the Top 20 by fast-track challenges

Continental titleholders

It was awarded to delegates with the highest placement in the continent without being in the Top 5.

Continent	Contestant	Ref.
Africa	South Africa – Tylo Ribeiro	[15]
Americas	Mexico – Luis García
Asia	Thailand – Nathanon Narathanyawirun
Caribbean	Trinidad and Tobago – Keathon Yallery
Europeg	Czech Republic – Jakub Vitek

Special awards

Final Results		Contestant	Ref.
FAST-TRACKS	Supra Fan Vote	Malaysia – Danial Hansen	[16]
	Mister Influencer	Malaysia – Danial Hansen	[17]
	Supra Chat	Canada – Luis Portelles
	Top Model	South Korea – Lee Yong–woo
SPECIAL AWARDS	Mister Personality	Peru – Stefano Bermellón	[18]
	Mister Photogenic	Poland – Daniel Tracz
	Mister Talent	India – Raj Sunil Singh

Challenge events

All times in this article are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Fast track events

Supra Fan-Vote

The winner of the Supra Fan Vote will automatically advance to the Top 10 finalists of Mister Supranational 2023. Voting will open till the finals night on 15 July 2023.^[19]

Results		Country	Ref.
Winner		Malaysia – Danial Hansen	[16]

Top Model

Top Model was broadcast live via Mister Supranational official YouTube at 8 pm on 9 July 2023.^[20] One of the three finalists will be announced as the winner and be a semi-finalist in the finals.^[21]

Final Results	Country	Ref.
Winner	South Korea – Lee Yong-woo	[17]
Top 3	Cameroon – Daniel Mbouda  Spain – Iván Álvarez Guedes	[22]
Top 10	Belgium – Ben Steyaert  Brazil – Henrique Martins  Czech Republic – Jakub Vitek  Mexico – Luis García  Netherlands – Luca Derin  Philippines – Johannes Rissler  Poland – Daniel Tracz

Mister Supra Influencer

The Mister Influencer challenges started on 29 June 2023, at 3:00 pm.^[23] The first social media challenge began on their official YouTube channel and their Facebook page on 1 July.^[24] One of the three finalists will be the winner and announced as a Top 20 finalist.

Results		Country
Winner		Malaysia – Danial Hansen[17]
Top 3	Challenge 1 (Youtube)[23]	Indonesia – Adib Dwitamma[25]
	Challenge 2 (Facebook)[24]	Mexico – Luis Carlos García[26]
	Challenge 3 (Instagram)[27]	Malaysia – Danial Hansen[28]

Supra Chat

Ivan Padrez returned as the host for Supra Chat 2023 Series. The voting duration in each episode will last for 48 hours.

Round 1

Supra Chat 2023 Episode 1 premiered on Mister Supranational official YouTube channel on 21 June 2023.^[29]

•   Advanced to second round

Group	Country 1	Country 2	Country 3	Country 4	Country 5	Country 6	Country 7	Country 8
1[30]	Belgium	Greece	Namibia	Netherlands	Nigeria	Poland	South Africa	Zimbabwe
2[31]	Argentina	Brazil	Canada	Dominican Republic	Ecuador	Equatorial Guinea	Spain	Trinidad and Tobago
3[32]	Cameroon	Czech Republic	France	Ghana	Italy	Sierra Leone	Slovakia	—
4[33]	Cuba	Mexico	Panama	Peru	Puerto Rico	United States	Venezuela	—
5[34]	Cambodia	India	Indonesia	Korea	Malaysia	Nepal	Philippines	Thailand

Notes

•  Dominican Republic withdrew due to Polish visa issues.
•  Ghana withdrew with a no-show in Poland.
•  Nigeria withdrew with a no-show in Poland.
•  Sierra Leone withdrew due to Polish visa issues.

Finals

The five semi-finalists competed in the final round of Supra Chat—the winner advanced as a Top 20 finalist.

Final	Country	Ref.
Winner	Canada – Luis Portelles	[17]
Top 5[35]	Cameroon – Daniel Mbouda  Cuba – Richard Acosta  Malaysia – Danial Hansen  South Africa – Tylo Ribeiro	[36]

Non-fast track events

Mister Talent

10 Talent entries were presented on the Mister Supranational official YouTube channel on 1 July, and votes were cast.^[37] The final four competed in the first Supra Talent 2023 finals with Miss Supranational 2023 Talent Finalists which was broadcast live via Miss & Mister Supranational official YouTube at 10 pm on 9 July 2023.^[38] Mister Philippines, Johannes Rissler and Mister Peru, Stefano Bermellón were invited to perform with the finalists.

Final Results	Country	Ref.
Winner	India – Raj Sunil Singh	[18]
Top 4	Ecuador – Bruno Barbieri  Indonesia – Adib Dwitamma    Nepal – Shishir Wagle	[39]
Top 10	Cuba – Richard Acosta  Czech Republic – Jakub Vitek  Dominican Republic – Jan Carlos Carrasco  Peru – Stefano Bermellón  Thailand – Nathanon Narathanyawirun  Trinidad and Tobago – Keathon Yallery	[40]

Contestants

Contestants were officially confirmed to compete for Mister Supranational 2023 during The Sashing Ceremony which was broadcast live from Nowy Sącz, Malopolska via Mister Supranational official YouTube on 4 July 2023. Delegates from Equatorial Guinea and Zimbabwe were absent during the presentation.^[5][6]

Country/Territory	Delegate	Age[a]	Hometown	Continental Group
Argentina	Giuliano Fessia[41]	33	Buenos Aires	Americas
Belgium	Ben Steyaert[42]	26	Brussels	Europe
Brazil	Henrique Martins[43]	31	Campinas	Americas
Cambodia	Sela Vorn[44]	25	Pursat	Asia
Cameroon	Daniel Mbouda[45]	25	Yaoundé	Africa
Canada	Luis Portelles[46]	28	Montreal	Americas
Cuba	Richard Acosta[47]	27	Havana	Caribbean
Czech Republic	Jakub Vitek[48]	29	Bratislava	Europe
Ecuador	Bruno Barbieri[49]	31	Guayaquil	Americas
Equatorial Guinea	Vicente Benjamín Roku	19	Malabo	Africa
France	Quentin Bourg-Austruy[50]	24	Issy-les-Moulineaux	Europe
Greece	Michalis Kolikas[51]	27	Athens	Europe
India	Raj Sunil Singh[52]	22	Mumbai	Asia
Indonesia	Adib Dwitamma[53]	24	Palembang	Asia
Italy	Fabio Camattari[54]	25	Venice	Europe
Malaysia	Danial Hansen[55]	28	Kuala Lumpur	Asia
Mexico	Luis Carlos García[56]	30	Lázaro Cárdenas	Americas
Namibia	Malan van den Berg[57]	25	Windhoek	Africa
Nepal	Shishir Wagle[58]	24	Tanahu	Asia
Netherlands	Luca Derin[59]	26	Sittard	Europe
Panama	Mario Bianco[60]	28	Chiriquí	Americas
Peru	Stefano Bermellón[61]	28	Lima	Americas
Philippines	Johannes Rissler[62]	24	Panabo	Asia
Poland	Daniel Tracz[63]	25	Jordanów Śląski	Europe
Puerto Rico	Rafael Pagán[64]	30	Arecibo	Caribbean
Slovakia	Tomáš Benko[65]	30	Žilina	Europe
South Africa	Tylo Ribeiro[66]	30	Gauteng	Africa
South Korea	Lee Yong-woo[67]	33	Seoul	Asia
Spain	Iván Álvarez Guedes[68]	29	Pontevedra	Europe
Thailand	Nathanon Narathanyawirun[69]	29	Nakhon Si Thammarat	Asia
Trinidad and Tobago	Keathon Yallery[70]	27	Saint Augustine	Caribbean
United States	Daniel Zemeida[71]	23	Peoria	Americas
Venezuela	Jorge Eduardo Núñez[72]	28	Cabimas	Americas
Zimbabwe	Tatenda Njanike[73]	27	Harare	Africa

Notes

1. Ages at the time of the pageant

Debuts  Cameroon  Malaysia  Zimbabwe Returns Last competed in 2019:  Canada  Equatorial Guinea Last competed in 2021:  India  Slovakia  South Africa

Withdrawals  Dominican Republic — Jan Carlos Carrasco participated in Episode 2 of Supra Chat with Misters 2023 but withdrew due to Polish visa issues.  El Salvador  Germany  Ghana — Is-Haq Abubakar participated in Episode 3 of Supra Chat with Misters 2023 with a no-show in Poland.  Haiti  Laos  Malta  Mauritius  Nigeria — Gideon Anieti Nwawo participated in Episode 1 of Supra Chat with Misters 2023 with a no-show in Poland.  Sierra Leone — Uthman Issa Bangura participated in Episode 3 of Supra Chat with Misters 2023 but withdrew due to Polish visa issues. He competed in the next edition of Mister Supranational.  Vietnam