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Sunday Specials: Mister Philippines 2017 and the Celebration of Male Beauty

Posted by Norman on April 9, 2017
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The eight winners of Mister Philippines 2017 proudly raising the country’s flag in their hands (Photo by Onecho Gabinete)

Top finisher James Alfred Ventura of Bulacan who is now Mister Global Philippines 2017

Last Friday night, the exciting finals of Mister Philippines 2017 was successfully held at the Systems Plus College Foundation in Angeles City, Pampanga where eight (8) young men were proclaimed winners, as follows:


Mister Global Philippines 2017: James Alfred Ventura of Bulacan
Mister Universe Philippines 2017: Denver Hernandez of the Filipino Community of Italy
Mister Philippines Tourism 2017: Woody Andres, Jr. of Pangasinan
Mister Grand International Philippines 2017:
Joshua Reginald Banatin of Laguna
Mister Global Teen Philippines 2017:
Arjoy Elbanbuena of La Union
Mister Montage International 2017:
Ibahn Daryle Francisco of the Filipino Community of Dubai
The Sun (1st Runner-Up): Mark Anthony Beltran of San Antonio, Nueva Ecija
The Stars (2nd Runner-Up): Aljun Cayawan of Agusan del Sur

The finals was a seamless production in almost its entirety as each segment followed tried-and-tested presentations that added to the glorious finish of the annual event. Kudos to Director Larry Garcia for navigating the whole proceedings along with hosts Andrew Wolff and Gab Alfonso. The panel of judges included Designer Albert Andrada, La Provence owner Mehdi Moussaoui, Sash Factor Head Brix Vera and yours truly.

From this point now, preparations will soon start for the top two finishers for international representation as James Alfred Ventura of Bulacan and Denver Hernandez of FilComm Italy will hie off to Chiang Mai, Thailand and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic for Mister Global 2017 and Men Universe Model 2017, respectively. Soon to follow will be Joshua Reginald Banatin and Arjoy Elbanbuena for Mister Grand International 2017 and Mister Global Teen 2017 which will be held come October in the Philippines and Bangkok.

During the post-victory photoshoot (l-r): Aljun, Arjoy, Denver, Woody, your blogger, James, Joshua, Ibahn and Mark


Congratulations to all the winners!

Mister Philippines 2017: They who are the likely Victors tonight

Posted by Norman on April 7, 2017
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The 23 Bachelors of Mister Philippines 2017


Whenever I cover a pageant and get the chance to know each of the candidates better, the task of coming up with final predictions can become both daunting and tricky. First of all, pageant watchers might think that – just because I spent days and nights with all of them – assigning titles to the probable winners is the easiest thing to do. On the contrary, I also come to realize that nobody is really perfect and that the eventual winners are very likely to engage in a see-saw battle with each other before the winners’ sashes are finally placed around the necks of the declared victors.

In this light, here are my Top 15 choices to move forward from the original roster of 23:

My Top 15 for Mister Philippines 2017


1) Denver Hernandez – FilComm Italy
2) James Alfred Ventura – Bulacan
3) Joshua Reginald Banatin – Laguna
4) Virgilio Llego – Cebu
5) Aljun Cayawan – Agusan del Sur
6) Mark Anthony Beltran – San Antonio, Nueva Ecija
7) Zyrus Mores – San Pablo, Laguna
8) Lester Ventura – General Trias, Cavite
9) Justine Ysrael Peña – Rizal
10) David Joshua Soledad – Floridablanca, Pampanga
11) Eris Jan Godoy – Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija
12) Ken Haron Ampang – Cotabato
13) Arjoy Elbenbuena – La Union
14) Richard Flores – Candelaria, Quezon
15) Woody Andres Jr – Pangasinan

My Top 8 and how I assigned titles to them


Truly, it is difficult to finalize how the chips will fall once the announcement of winners is made tonight. But my personal choices need to be made. And my judgement has narrowed down to the following and how I rank them accordingly.

Here are my choices for the titles at stake:

Mister Global Philippines 2017:
James Alfred Ventura – Bulacan

Mister Philippines Tourism 2017:
Aljun Cayawan – Agusan del Sur

Mister Universe Philippines 2017:
Denver Hernandez – Fil-Comm Italy

Mister Grand International Philippines 2017:
Joshua Reginald Banatin – Laguna

Mister Global Teen Philippines 2017:
Zyrus Mores – San Pablo, Laguna

Mister Montage International 2017:
Woody Andres Jr. – Pangasinan

The Sun (1st RU):
Virgilio Llego – Cebu
The Stars (2nd RU):
Mark Anthony Beltran – San Antonio, Nueva Ecija