Unless last-minute changes in the format will take effect between now and Friday evening, the Mr World 2019 Finals at the Smart Araneta Coliseum will have the first cut set at Top 24, followed by the second cut to the semifinals at Top 12 and eventually a Top 5 before the announcement of the big winner and his two runners-up.
Here now are normannorman.comโs final picks for the Top 24 in alphabetical order:
Leonardo Dรญaz Alincastro of Argentina ๐ฆ๐ท
Alberto Nodale of Austria ๐ฆ๐น
Darko Miloviฤ of Bosnia & Herzegovina ๐ง๐ฆ
Carlos Franco of Brazil ๐ง๐ท
Makala N Nganda Courtez of Cameroon ๐จ๐ฒ
Alessandro Coward of Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
Daniel castrillon. of Colombia ๐จ๐ด
Jakub Kraus of the Czech Republic ๐จ๐ฟ
Alejandro Martinez of the Dominican Republic ๐ฉ๐ด
Daniel Vallejo of Ecuador ๐ช๐จ
David Pivaral of El Salvador ๐ธ๐ป
Jack Heslewood of England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Tino Kantonen of Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
Wayne Walsh of Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Marco D’Elia of Italy ๐ฎ๐น
Jean-Paul Bitar of Lebanon ๐ฑ๐ง
Brian Faugier of Mexico ๐ฒ๐ฝ
Adam Steenson of Northern Ireland ๐ฌ๐ง
JB Saliba of the Philippines ๐ต๐ญ
Fezile Mkhize of South Africa ๐ฟ๐ฆ
Daniel Torres Moreno of Spain ๐ช๐ธ
Anakin Nontiprasit of Thailand ๐น๐ญ
Mikaele โHenryโ Ahomana of Tonga ๐น๐ด
Jorge Eduardo Nunez Martinez of Venezuela ๐ป๐ช
Next in line: My Top 12 as I cut the list in half.
Having spent enough time with the 72 candidates the past weeks, I have extra confidence in coming up with this list of Top 12. With three (3) spots already earmarked for Fezile Mkhize of South Africa who won the Sports Challenge, Wayne Walsh of Ireland who topped the Extreme Challenge and Mikaele โHenryโ Ahomana of Tonga who was named Mr World Top Talent last night, the nine other guys who deserve to join them are:
Leonardo Dรญaz Alincastro of Argentina ๐ฆ๐ท
Carlos Franco of Brazil ๐ง๐ท
Alejandro Martinez of the Dominican Republic ๐ฉ๐ด
Jack Heslewood of England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Jean-Paul Bitar of Lebanon ๐ฑ๐ง
Brian Faugier of Mexico ๐ฒ๐ฝ
JB Saliba of the Philippines ๐ต๐ญ
Anakin Nontiprasit of Thailand ๐น๐ญ
Jorge Eduardo Nunez Martinez of Venezuela ๐ป๐ช
It would also be a breeze for the winner of the Top Model Challenge (who will be announced tomorrow night) because all of the Top 5 finalists in this fast-track segment (Dominican Republic, England, Venezuela, Philippines and Mexico) are already included above in my list.
At this point, the likely winner of Mr World 2019 is already shaping up to be a three-way battle among Brian Faugier of Mexico ๐ฒ๐ฝ, Jack Heslewood of England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ and Fezile Mkhize of South Africa ๐ฟ๐ฆ. From where I stand, one of these three guys have the serious upper hand, and it would take an unforgivable blunder in the Q&A/Interview to surrender their front-running positions.
Personally, I would love to see the Mexican Brian Faugier being the successor of Rohit Khandelwal. But there is an equally strong possibility that Jack Heslewood of England would take the title away from him. I would give the slight edge to the latter because he would make an excellent spokesperson for both the Mr and Miss World Organizations in doing all their charity projects and causes around the world. Fezile of South Africa is the biggest spoiler in my opinion if the breaks go his way, with Carlos Franco of Brazil right behind him.
But at this point, signs are showing me that – ultimately – the Mr World 2019 title is likely to be brought back to London just in time for Miss World 2019 this coming December.
Thus, I end this by stating that normannorman.comโs predicted winner is Jack Heslewood of England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ.
The candidates of Mr World 2019 had a fun and emotional time at Tuloy Foundation where they had an audience with Founder Fr. Rockie Evangelista who served as an inspiration for all the guys who now look up to him as a role model to follow in their respective countries. Ms Julia Morley of MWO plus Miss World 2018 Vanessa Ponce de Leรณn and Miss World 2016 Stephanie del Valle joined in the activity as well.
