Mister World

Mister World
Formation 1996
Founder Eric Morley
Type Male Pageant
Headquarters London
Location
Official language
English
President
Julia Morley
Budget
US$95 million (annually)

The Mister World competition is a major international male beauty pageant founded by the Miss World Organisation. The competition was founded in 1996. The entrants compete in various activities including waterskiing, mountain biking, and marathon running. The current Mister World is Jack Heslewood, an Aerospace Engineer from England, who was crowned on 23 August 2019 in Manila. He is the first ever English person to win a World title, the fifth European to be crowned Mister World in the 2019 contest. Traditionally, Mister World lives in London during his reign.

Titleholders

Edition Year Date Mister World Runners-Up Location Entrants
First Second
1st 1996 September 20, 1996 Tom Nuyens
Belgium
Gabriel Soto Borja-Díaz
Mexico
Karahan Çantay
Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey 51
2nd 1998 September 18, 1998 Sandro Finoglio
Venezuela
Germán Cardoso Méndez
Puerto Rico
Gregory Rossi
France
Grândola, Portugal 43
3rd 2000 October 13, 2000 Ignacio Kliche
Uruguay
Marcello Barkowski
Germany
Dante Spencer
United States
Perthshire, Scotland 32
4th 2003 August 9, 2003 Gustavo Gianetti
Brazil
Assaad Tarabay
Lebanon
Fabien Hauquier
Belgium
London, England 38
5th 2007 March 31, 2007 Juan García Postigo
Spain
Lucas Barbosa Gil
Brazil
Lejun Tony Jiang
China
Sanya, China 56
6th 2010 March 27, 2010 Kamal Ibrahim
Ireland
Josef Karas
Czech Republic
Kenneth Okolie
Nigeria
Incheon, South Korea 74
7th 2012 November 24, 2012 Francisco Escobar
Colombia
Andrew Wolff
Philippines
Leo Delaney
Ireland
Kent, England 48
8th 2014 June 15, 2014 Nicklas Pedersen
Denmark
Emmanuel Ikubese
Nigeria
José Pablo Minor
Mexico
Torbay, England 46
9th 2016 July 19, 2016 Rohit Khandelwal
India
Fernando Álvarez
Puerto Rico
Aldo Ramirez
Mexico
Southport, England 46
10th 2019 August 23, 2019 Jack Heslewood
England
Fezile Mkhize
South Africa
Brian Faugier
Mexico
Quezon City, Philippines 72
11th 2024 TBA TBA TBA TBA London, England 90+

League tables

Finalists Ranking

Rank Country/Territory Mister World
(1st place)
1st Runner-up
(2nd place)
2nd Runner-up
(3rd place)
Total
1 Brazil 1 (2003) 1 (2007) × 2
2 Ireland 1 (2010) × 1 (2012) 2
2 Belgium 1 (1996) × 1 (2003) 2
4 England 1 (2019) × × 1
4 India 1 (2016) × × 1
4 Denmark 1 (2014) × × 1
4 Colombia 1 (2012) × × 1
4 Spain 1 (2007) × × 1
4 Uruguay 1 (2000) × × 1
4 Venezuela 1 (1998) × × 1
11 Puerto Rico × 2 (1998, 2016) × 2
12 Mexico × 1 (1996) 3 (2014, 2016, 2019) 4
13 Nigeria × 1 (2014) 1 (2010) 2
14 South Africa × 1 (2019) × 1
14 Philippines × 1 (2012) × 1
14 Czech Republic × 1 (2010) × 1
14 Lebanon × 1 (2003) × 1
14 Germany × 1 (2000) × 1
19 China × × 1 (2007) 1
19 United States × × 1 (2000) 1
19 France × × 1 (1998) 1
19 Turkey × × 1 (1996) 1
Rank Total 10 10 10 30

The country/territory who assumed a position is indicated in bold
The country/territory who was dethroned, resigned or originally held the position is indicated in striketrough
The country/territory who was dethroned, resigned or originally held the position but was not replaced is indicated underlined

See also