Mister World 2012

Mister World 2012 was the 7th edition of the Mister World competition. It was held at the Kent County Showground, Kent, England, on November 24, 2012. Kamal Ibrahim of Ireland crowned Francisco Escobar of Colombia at the end of the event.^[1]

Mister World 2012
Kent, host city for Mister World 2012
Date	November 24, 2012
Presenters	Myleene Klass Kamal Ibrahim
Venue	Kent County Showground, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Entrants	48
Placements	10
Debuts	Macau
Withdrawals	Angola Australia Azerbaijan Bahamas Belarus Cyprus Denmark Dominican Republic Egypt Ethiopia Georgia Guyana Hong Kong Indonesia Kazakhstan Kenya Macedonia FYRO Malaysia Montenegro Nigeria Norway Panama Romania South Korea Serbia Sri Lanka Swaziland Sweden Thailand United States
Returns	Argentina Portugal Vietnam
Winner	Francisco Escobar  Colombia
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Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Mister World 2012	Colombia – Francisco Escobar
1st Runner-Up	Philippines – Andrew Wolff
2nd Runner-Up	Ireland – Leo Delaney
Top 10	Belgium – Gianni Sennesael  Canada – Francesco Cena  Croatia – Vanja Grgeć  England – Roland Johnson  Lebanon – Rodolphe Nader  Peru – Rodrigo Fernandini  Vietnam – Trương Nam Thành

Order of Announcements

Top 10  Vietnam  Philippines  Canada  Ireland  Croatia  Peru  Belgium  Colombia  England  Lebanon

Top 3  Ireland  Colombia  Philippines

Challenge Events

• Extreme is a test of strength, endurance, and determination
• Sports is a test of skill, discipline, and athleticism
• Talent & Creativity focuses on the contestants' performing arts presentation, technique, and dedication
• Fashion looks at the contestants' runway skills, style and bearing, and overall fashion sense
• Multimedia looks at contestants' interaction with the online audience mainly on different social media platforms

Fast Track Events

Final results	Country	Contestant
Sports Challenge	Ireland	Leo Delaney
Extreme Challenge	Croatia	Vanja Grgeć
Talent & Creativity	Canada	Francesco Cena
Fashion & Style	Vietnam	Trương Nam Thành
Multimedia Challenge	Philippines	Andrew Wolff

Sports

The Sports Challenge was held on 5 separate days with 5 different sporting events. The 5 events were fitness test on November 13, golf test on November 15, swimming test on November 17, penalty shoot-out test on November 18, and sprint test on November 22.

Final Results	Contestant
Winner	Ireland – Leo Delaney
Top 12	Colombia – Francisco Escobar  Croatia – Vanja Grgeć Honduras – Kilber Ponce  Japan – Shuhei Arai Martinique – David Fortune  Mexico – Enrique Mayagoitia  Philippines – Andrew Wolff  Poland – Krystian Kurowski  Portugal – Paulo Jórge Soares  Puerto Rico – Alberto López  Wales – Rhodri Ihenacho

Talent & Creativity

The Talent Challenge was held along with the Final on November 24.

Final Results	Contestant
Winner	Canada – Francesco Cena
Top 10	Bolivia – Kristoff Baez  China – Tan Zeyong  Czech Republic – Milan Nevosad  England – Roland Johnson  Mongolia – Enkhbold Erdenetuya  Netherlands – Bas Gosewisch  Venezuela – Jesús Zambrano  Vietnam – Trương Nam Thành  Wales – Rhodri Ihenacho
Top 15	Colombia – Francisco Escobar  Croatia – Vanja Grgeć  New Zealand – Courtenay Bernard  Russia – Kirill Bondarenko  Singapore – Edison Ho Jian Yang

Multimedia Challenge

The Multimedia Challenge was held on November 18 at the city of Canterbury.

Final Results	Contestant
Winner	Philippines – Andrew Wolff
Top 5	Belgium – Gianni Sennesael  Canada – Francesco Cena  Colombia – Francisco Escobar  Netherlands – Bas Gosewisch

Extreme Challenge

The Extreme Sports Challenge was held on November 16.

Final Results	Contestant
Winner	Croatia – Vanja Grgeć
1st Runner-Up	Colombia – Francisco Escobar
Top 15	Belgium – Gianni Sennesael  China – Tan Zeyong  Costa Rica – Jorge Castillo  Latvia – Kaspars Romanovs  Macau – Kim Wu Ngai Kin  Mexico – Enrique Mayagoitia  Netherlands – Bas Gosewisch  Paraguay – Miguel Cardozo  Philippines – Andrew Wolff  Poland – Krystian Kurowski  Portugal – Paulo Jórge Soares  Puerto Rico – Alberto López  Turkey – Barış Aslan

Fashion & Style

The Fashion & Style Challenge was held along with the Final on November 24.

Final Results	Contestant
Winner	Vietnam – Trương Nam Thành

Music

• Sweat (Snoop Dogg ft David Guetta) – Denim Dance
• One Vision (Queen) – Fashion & Style Challenge
• Your Song (Elton John) – Live performance by Jonathan and Charlotte
• Call Me Maybe (Carly Rae Jepsen) – Coronation Moment

Contestants

48 contestants competed for the title

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown
Argentina	Franco Belotti[2]	26	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Buenos Aires
Belgium	Gianni Sennesael[3]	22	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Diksmuide
Bolivia	Kristoff Baez[4]	22	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Santa Cruz
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Zlatan Duratović[5]	22	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)	Sarajevo
Brazil	William Rech[6]	25	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Novo Hamburgo
Bulgaria	Stefan Miletiev[7]	23	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Sofia
Canada	Francesco Cena[8]	21	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	Vancouver
China	Tan Zeyong[9]	23	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Hunan
Colombia	Francisco Escobar[10]	21	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Cali
Costa Rica	Jorge astillo[11]	23	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)	San Ramon
Croatia	Vanja Grgeć[12]	25	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)	Zagreb
Czech Republic	Milan Nevosad[13]	20	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Mladá Boleslav
England	Roland Johnson[14]	20	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Surrey
France	Alexandre Cheraibi[15]	24	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Soissons
Germany	Alessandro Izzo[16]	21	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)	Hockenheim
Greece	Dimitris Valvis[17]	27	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Syros
Guadeloupe	Wendy Villeronce[18]	22	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Basse-Terre
Honduras	Kilber Ponce[19]	23	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	San Pedro Sula
India	Taher Ali[20]	25	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Mumbai
Ireland	Leo Delaney[21]	20	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Limerick
Italy	Fabio Rondinelli[22]	27	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Settingiano
Japan	Shuhei Arai[23]	27	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Nara
Latvia	Kaspars Romanovs[24]	27	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Balvi
Lebanon	Rodolphe Nader[25]	20	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Beirut
Luxembourg	Kevin Stamerra[26]	25	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Esch-Sur-Alzette
Macau	Kim Wu Ngai Kin[27]	24	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Macau
Malta	Robert Galea[28]	25	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Rabat
Martinique	David Fortune[29]	23	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Fort-de-France
Mexico	Enrique Mayagoitia[30]	26	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Monterrey
Mongolia	Enkhbold Erdenetuya[31]	25	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Ulaanbaatar
Netherlands	Bas Gosewisch[32]	22	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Overijssel
New Zealand	Courtenay Bernard[33]	27	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)	West Auckland
Northern Ireland	Michael McCann[34]	24	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Belfast
Paraguay	Miguel Cardozo[35]	25	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Asunción
Peru	Rodrigo Fernandini[36]	21	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Lambayeque
Philippines	Andrew Wolff[37]	27	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)	Manila
Poland	Krystian Kurowski[38]	27	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)	Wrocław
Portugal	Paulo Jórge Soares[39]	21	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Lisbon
Puerto Rico	Alberto López[40]	23	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	San Juan
Russia	Kirill Bondarenko[41]	27	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)	Vladivostok
Singapore	Edison Ho Jian Yang[42]	26	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Yishun
South Africa	Andrew Govender[43]	25	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Johannesburg
Spain	Alvaro Villanueva[44]	21	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)	Seville
Turkey	Barış Aslan[45]	22	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Istanbul
Ukraine	Oleksandr Bogdanov[46]	26	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Kyiv
Venezuela	Jesús Zambrano[47]	22	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)	Táchira
Vietnam	Trương Nam Thành[48]	21	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Ho Chi Minh City
Wales	Rhodri Ihenacho[49]	19	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)	Swansea

Notes

Debuts

• Macau China

Returns

Last competed in 1998:

•  Portugal

Last competed in 2000:

•  Argentina

Last competed in 2007:

•  Vietnam

Crossovers

Manhunt International

• 2011:  Belgium – Gianni Sennesael (2nd runner-up)
• 2011:  Vietnam – Trương Nam Thành (3rd runner-up)
• 2011:  England – Roland Johnson (Top 15)

Men Universe Model

• 2013:  Belgium – Gianni Sennesael (1st runner-up)
• 2013: Honduras – Kilber Benjamin Gutiérrez Ponce

Mister International

• 2013:  Belgium – Gianni Sennesael
• 2013: People's Republic of China – Tan Zeyong (Top 10)
• 2013:  Peru – Rodrigo Fernandini Chu

Mister Tourism International

• 2013: Honduras – Kilber Benjamin Gutiérrez Ponce

Historical significance

• Canada, Colombia, England, Peru, Philippines, and Vietnam placed for the first time.
• Colombia won the first title.
• Ireland and Lebanon last placed in the last Mister World 2010.
• Belgium last placed in 2003.
• Croatia last placed in 2000.
• Lebanon placed for 5th consecutive times since 2000.
• This is the first time since 2003 where there are only 10 finalists announced on the Final.