Mister World 2007

Mister World 2007
Date	March 31, 2007
Presenters	Heyling Chan, Tom Nuyens, Darren Campbell and Steve Douglas
Venue	Crown of Beauty Theatre, Sanya, People's Republic of China
Entrants	56
Placements	12
Debuts	Chile, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Denmark, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Kenya, Liberia, Lithuania, Nigeria, Panama, Vietnam
Withdraws	Angola, Aruba, Croatia, Guatemala, Scotland, Serbia & Montenegro, Uruguay
Returns	Australia, Bahamas, Denmark, Egypt, Hong Kong China, India, Ireland, Macedonia FYRO, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Turkey, United States
Winner	Juan García Postigo  Spain

Mister World 2007, the 5th annual Mister World male pageant was held on March 31, 2007 in the tropical island of Sanya, People's Republic of China.

Mister World 2007 was televised across the globe, with an estimated audience of over one billion people in over one hundred countries. The event was live from the Crown of Beauty Theater. Over the weeks of the competition, the men will be tested on their strength, perseverance, mental agility and determination, set against some of China’s most spectacular locations.

Results

Placements

Final Results	Contestant
Mister World 2007	Spain - Juan García Postigo
1st Runner-up	Brazil - Lucas Gil
2nd Runner-up	China - Lejun Tony Jiang
Finalists	Costa Rica - Alonso Fernández Alvarez  Chile - Patricio Laguna
Semi-finalists	Austria - Matthias Thaler  India - Kawaljit Anand Singh  Lebanon - Anthony Hakim  Nigeria - Ikenna Bryan Okwara  Puerto Rico - Romeo Quinonez  South Africa - Dieter Voigt  Ukraine - Ievgen Dudin

Results

• This year is the second time that the host delegate made into the semi-finals.
• China is the only East Asia country to made into semi-finals.
• Puerto Rico is the only Caribbean country to make the finals.
• Nigeria and South Africa marks the first time an Africa country placed in the semi-finals.
• Chile, Costa Rica, Nigeria, South Africa, and Ukraine placed for the first time.
• Brazil, China, and Lebanon placed in the last Mister World in 2003.
• Brazil and Lebanon placed for the 3rd consecutive time in since 2000.

Contestants

Country	Contestant	Age	Height (cm)	Height (ft.)	Hometown
Albania	Ervin Pepaj	20			Tirana
Australia	Harley von Moger	21			Geelong
Austria	Matthias Thaler	21	188	6'2"	Innsbruck
Bahamas	Metellus Antoine Chipman		188	6'2"	Nassau
Barbados	Fabian McDowald	19			Bridgetown
Belgium	Matthew Phillips				Antwerp
Bolivia	Julio Cesar Aguilera				Cochabamba
Bosnia & Herzegovina	Nebojsa Malesevic				Banja Luka
Brazil	Lucas Barboza Gil	22	191	6'3.5"	Votuporanga
Bulgaria	Giorgi Zhekov				Sliven
Canada	Darren Storsley	31	180	5'11"	Vancouver
Chile	Jose Patricio Laguna Gebauer	29	190	6'3"	Santiago
People's Republic of China	Lejun Tony Jiang				Shanghai
Colombia	Hugo Villegas				Bogota
Costa Rica	Alonso Fernández Alvarez	24	182	5'11.5"	San Jose
Curaçao	Henry Romero Rodriguez	23	185	6'1"	Willemstad
Denmark	Brian Nonbo	26			Copenhagen
Dominican Republic	Johaney Wilfredo Albor Linero	25	185	6'1"	Santo Domingo
Egypt	Omar Awad	25			Cairo
England	Warren Harvey	24	200	6'7"	Bournemouth
Germany	Mark Wilke	35	189	6'2.5"	Munich
Greece	Nikitas Giannakos				Athens
Guadeloupe	Siegfried Ventadour	22			Petit-Bourg
Hong Kong China	François Huynh	21	178	5'10"	Hong Kong
Iceland	Jon Gunnlaugur Viggosson	24			Reykjavik
India	Kawaljit Anand Singh	26			Assam
Ireland	Simon Hales	24	188	6'2"	Dublin
Italy	Carlo Martellini	24			Leece
Kenya	Gabbriel Omolo Ouma	23			Nairobi
Latvia	Arturs Mihailovs	23	187	6'1.5"	Riga
Lebanon	Anthony El-Hakim	25	187	6'1.5"	Beirut
Liberia	Emmett Massaquoi	32			Monrovia
Lithuania	Gintaras Kuculis	25			Punskas
Macedonia FYRO	Gjorgi Filipov	20	189	6'2.5"	Skopje
Malta	David Camenzuli	21			Sliema
Mexico	Jorge Ivan Aceves Villalpando	22	186	6'1.5"	Guadalajara
Netherlands	Quintin Colicchia	29			Amsterdam
Nigeria	Ikenna Bryan Okwara	20			Lagos
Northern Ireland	Ross Lauder	21	188	6'2"	Belfast
Norway	Sivert Aassve	19			Steinkjer
Panama	Diego Alejandro Cedeño de Obaldia	27	188	6'2"	Panama City
Philippines	Emmanuel Balon Mago	26	190	6'3"	Manila
Poland	Daniel Madej	25	191	6'3.5"	Żywiec
Puerto Rico	Ariel Romeo Quiñonez Morales	25	190	6'3"	San Juan
Romania	Razvan Constantin Dobre	26			Bucharest
Russia	Roman Demchenko				Moscow
Singapore	Reuben Kee En Rui†	22	184	6'1"	Singapore
South Africa	Dieter Voigt	29			Mossel Bay
Spain	Juan García Postigo	25	190	6'3"	Malaga
Sri Lanka	Shibani Shaban Basiron	19	188	6'2"	Colombo
Turkey	Ertem Eser	23			Istanbul
Ukraine	Ievgen Dudin	25	184	6'0"	Sebastopol
United States	Travis Alexander Kraft	27	183	6'0"	Bismarck
Venezuela	Vito Ernesto Gasparrini Domínguez	31	192	6'3.5"	Caracas
Vietnam	Hồ Đức Vĩnh				Hanoi
Wales	Leigh Brookman	23			Pontypridd

Contestant notes

•  Costa Rica: Alonso Fernández Alvarez competed in Manhunt International 2007, where he finished as a Top 16 semifinalist and won Mr. Photogenic.
•  Brazil: Lucas Gil competed in International Man 2007 and placed 2nd runner-up. ^[1]

References

• Official Mister World site
• Official PR Team

1. ^ http://www.globalbeauties.com/intman/intman.htm