2009 Mister International Candidates
The contestants will compete in both swimsuit and formal wear. The Top 15 will be determined by a panel of judges. Ngô Tiến Đoàn of Vietnam will crown his succesor on December 19 when a new Mister International is named.
Here are this year’s participants:
Angola, Jelson Quintas, 18 yrs. old.
Belgium, Gino Wouters
Bolivia, Bruno Kettels, 20 yrs. old
Brazil, Rodrigo Gomes Simoni, 20 yrs. old
China, Mike Bai, 26 yrs. old
Colombia, Felipe Cardona, 29 yrs. old
Costa Rica, Alonso Fernández Alvarez, 27 yrs. old
Egypt, Karim Jamal El Din, 23 yrs. old
France, Maxime Thomasset
Germany, Tomas Krauss
Great Britain, William Moore
Greece, Nikos Douramanis, 22 yrs. old
India, Imran Khan, 21 yrs. old
Indonesia, Holly Feriston, 21 yrs. old
Ireland, Francis Usanga
Korea, Baek Joo Suk, 24 yrs. old
Lebanon, Marcelino Gebrayel, 23 yrs. old
Malta, Josef Lia, 23 yrs. old
New Zealand, Nicholas Tang, 23 yrs. old
Nigeria, Obinna Onyejekwe, 27 yrs. old
Pakistan, Asad Shah, 22 yrs. old
Philippines, Michael Manansala, 23 yrs. old
Poland, Sebastian Strzepka, 23 yrs. old
Puerto Rico, Heri Quiles, 21 yrs. old
Singapore, Nelson Lee, 22 yrs. old
Slovenia, Peter Klinc, 25 yrs. old
South Africa, Ryno Basson, 18 yrs. old
Spain, Hector Soria, 22 yrs. old
Taiwan, Terry Shi, 24 yrs. old
Thailand, Chanon Saetang
Turkey, Cenk Alttan
USA, Josh Tolin, 23 yrs. old
Venezuela, Luis Nuzzo, 30 yrs. old
Vietnam, Lê Xuân Vĩnh Thụy
Debuting countries in Mister International:
Colombia, Great Britain, Ireland, Poland, Puerto Rico, Spain, Thailand, Turkey and Ukraine
Returning countries in Mister International:
* Germany, New Zealand and South Africa last competed in 2006.
* Costa Rica and Egypt last competed in 2007.
Withdrawing countries in Mister International 2009:
* Croatia, Honduras, Hongkong, Latvia, Luxembourg, Macau, Netherlands and Sri Lanka.
The Philippine representative is 23-year-old Michael Manansala:
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