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 Orlando Ibrahim of Ireland crowned Francisco Javier Escobar Parra 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, UK
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 Korea Macedonia FYRO Malaysia Montenegro Nigeria Norway Panama Romania Serbia Sri Lanka Swaziland Sweden Thailand United States
Returns	Argentina Portugal Vietnam
Winner	Francisco Javier Escobar Parra  Colombia

Results

Placements

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

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 Anthony (Frankie) Cena
Fashion & Style	Vietnam	Trương Nam Thành
Multimedia Challenge	Philippines	Andrew James Peñaflorida 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 Javier Escobar Parra  Croatia – Vanja Grgeć  Honduras – Kilber Benjamin Gutiérrez Ponce  Japan – Shuhei Arai  Martinique – David Fortune  Mexico – Enrique Ramírez Mayagoitia  Philippines – Andrew James Peñaflorida Wolff  Poland – Krystian Kurowski  Portugal – Paulo Jórge (Pajó) Soares dos Reis  Puerto Rico – Alberto Manuel Cerro López  Wales – Rhodri Ihenacho

Talent & Creativity

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

Final Results	Contestant
Winner	Canada – Francesco Anthony (Frankie) Cena
Top 10	Bolivia – Kristoff Robert Michalsky Baez  People's Republic of China – Tan Zeyong  Czech Republic – Milan Nevosad  England – Roland Johnson  Mongolia – Enkhbold Erdenetuya  Netherlands – Bas Gosewisch  Venezuela – Jesús Alberto Zambrano Contreras  Vietnam – Trương Nam Thành  Wales – Rhodri Ihenacho
Top 15	Colombia – Francisco Javier Escobar Parra  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 James Peñaflorida Wolff
Top 5	Belgium – Gianni Sennesael  Canada – Francesco Anthony (Frankie) Cena  Colombia – Francisco Javier Escobar Parra  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 Javier Escobar Parra
Top 15	Belgium – Gianni Sennesael  People's Republic of China – Tan Zeyong  Costa Rica – Jorge Mario Castillo  Latvia – Kaspars Romanovs  Macau China – Kim Wu Ngai Kin  Mexico – Enrique Ramírez Mayagoitia  Netherlands – Bas Gosewisch  Paraguay – Miguel Cardozo Ramos  Philippines – Andrew James Peñaflorida Wolff  Poland – Krystian Kurowski  Portugal – Paulo Jórge (Pajó) Soares dos Reis  Puerto Rico – Alberto Manuel Cerro 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

Country	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown
Argentina	Franco Nahuel 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 Robert Michalsky 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	Frankie Cena[8]	21	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	Vancouver
People's Republic of China	Tan Zeyong[9]	23	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Hunan
Colombia	Francisco Javier Escobar Parra[10]	21	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Cali
Costa Rica	Jorge Mario Castillo[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 Benjamin Gutiérrez 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 Bou 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 China	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 Ramírez 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)	Waitakere City
Northern Ireland	Michael Francis McCann[34]	24	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Belfast
Paraguay	Miguel Cardozo Ramos[35]	25	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Asunción
Peru	Rodrigo Fernandini Chu[36]	21	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Lambayeque
Philippines	Andrew James Peñaflorida 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 (Pajó) Soares dos Reis[39]	21	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Lisboa
Puerto Rico	Alberto Manuel Cerro 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 Santos[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)	Kiev
Venezuela	Jesús Alberto Zambrano Contreras[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
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.

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External links

• Official Site