Meet Manhunt International 2012 Contestants

Celebrating it's 16th edition, the Manhunt International 2012 male grand slam pageant will take place on November 9 at the Scala Theatre, Siam Square in Bangkok, Thailand.

A record breaking number of 55 candidates will battle out for the title which is currently worn by the outgoing winner, Chen Jian Feng from China.

Meet this year's batch of Delegates:

Mr. Albania Greit Collaku Age: 18 Height: 6'3" Hometown: Durres	Mr. Angola Samuel Mapinda Age: 24 Height: 6'3"	Mr. Australia Lee Stramkowski Age: 25 Height: 6'1.5"	Mr. Bahamas Drew Palacious Age: 23 Height: 6'1.5" Hometown: Freeport
Mr. Belgium Age: 28 Height: 5'11.5"	Mr. Bolivia Diego Soto Arce Age: 26 Height: 6'4.5" Hometown: Cochabamba	Mr. Bosnia & Herzegovina Tarik Subara Age: 18 Height: 6'3" Hometown: Jablanica	Mr. Brazil Marcio Lusardo Age: 26 Height: 6'2"
Mr. Bulgaria Daniel Georgiev Age: 18 Height: 6'1"	Mr. Cambodia Sary Phanith Age: 28 Height: 5'11.5"	Mr. China Liu Mingxiong Age: 30 Height: 6'1"	Mr. Colombia Jorge Perez Age: 21 Height: 6'1"
Mr. Costa Rica Jorge Suarez Age: 22 Height: 6'0.5" Hometown: San Jose	Mr. Czech Republic Adam Klavik Age: 22 Height: 6'3.5" Hometown: Zahori	Mr. Denmark Alexander Bach Age: 25 Height: 6'1" Hometown: Rodovre	Mr. Dominican Republic Joel Perez Age: 23 Height: 6'0" Hometown: La Altagracia
Mr. France Guillaume Reydel Age: 25 Height: 5'11" Hometown: Boulay-Moselle	Mr. Germany Cedric Pick Age: 25 Height: 5'11" Hometown: Remscheid	Mr. Greece Thomas Gabriel Age: 22 Height: 5'11.5"	Mr. Hong Kong Guo Chuang Tao Age: 20 Height: 6'2"
Mr. India Arry Dabas Age: 26 Height: 6'1" Hometown: Bangalore	Mr. Indonesia Akbar Kurniawan Age: 24 Height: 5'11" Hometown: Yogyakarta	Mr. Iran Farhad Mosaffa Age: 23 Height: 6'0.5" Hometown: Vancouver	Mr. Japan Shintaro Kato Age: 21 Height: 5'11.5" Hometown: Tokyo
Mr. Latvia Ivans Jevstignejevs Age: 24 Height: 6'2"	Mr. Lebanon Elie Najem Age: 19 Height: 6'0.5" Hometown: Jezzine	Mr. Lesotho Pubern Padayachee Age: 27 Height: 6'0.5" Hometown: Durban	Mr. Macau Martin Wang Age: 25 Height: 6'2"
Mr. Macedonia Martin Tasevski Age: 24 Height: 6'2.5" Hometown: Skopje	Mr. Malaysia John Tan Age: 23 Height: 6'0"	Mr. Mexico Alejandro Herrera Garcia Age: 24 Height: 6'3"	Mr. Mongolia Bilguitei Buyankhishig Age: 21 Height: 6'0" Hometown: Bangkok
Mr. Nepal Sanish Shakya Age: 23 Height: 6'1.5" Hometown: Kathmandu	Mr. Nigeria Stephen Bakare Age: 30 Height: 6'4" Hometown: Abeokuta	Mr. Panama Henry Rodriguez Age: 23 Height: 6'3"	Mr. Peru Danny Pena Age: 26 Height: 6'1" Hometown: Tacna
Mr. Philippines June Macasaet Age: 29 Height: 6'1" Hometown: Batangas	Mr. Poland Michal Danilewicz Age: 24 Height: 6'2" Hometown: Biala Podlaska	Mr. Portugal Arthur Barbosa Age: 20 Height: 5'11.5" Hometown: Recife	Mr. Puerto Rico Jimmy Perez Rivera Age: 21 Height: 6'2" Hometown: Corozal
Mr. Romania Andrei Malaescu Dumitriu Age: 25 Height: 5'11"	Mr. Singapore Jason Chee Age: 24 Height: 6'0" Hometown: Singapore	Mr. Slovakia Karol Maly Age: 24 Height: 6'0.5" Hometown: Bratislava	Mr. South Africa Armand du Plessis Age: 23 Height: 6'1" Hometown: Cape Town
Mr. Spain Miguel Arce Age: 22 Height: 6'1"	Mr. Sri Lanka Madura Peiris Age: 23 Height: 6'1" Hometown: Moratuwa	Mr. Sweden Peter Bo Jonsson Age: 27 Height: 6'3" Hometown: Uppsala	Mr. Switzerland Lavdrim Sylejmani Age: 24 Height: 6'1" Hometown: Lugano
Mr. Taiwan Fu Sheng-Chieh Age: 30 Height: 6'0" Hometown: Thailand	Mr. Thailand Mookkapon Posakabuth Age: 27 Height: 5'10.5"	Mr. Trinidad & Tobago Marc Daly Age: 29 Height: 6'0"	Mr. Turkey Bugra Tugrul Age: 20 Height: 6'2" Hometown: Istanbul
Mr. USA Andres Giraldo Age: 22 Height: 5'11"	Mr. Venezuela Jeyco Estaba Age: 28 Height: 6'2" Hometown: Petare	Mr. Vietnam Nguyen Quang Huan Age: 24 Height: 6'1"

* Swimwear Photoshoot
* Philippines won Manhunt International 2012

Redd's Miss Tanzania 2012 is Bridgit Alfred

The Redd's Miss Tanzania 2012 pageant took place at the Blue Pearl Hotel in Dar es Salaam on November 3. Emerged as the winner was Bridgit Alfred. She will represent the country in Miss World 2013 on September next year to be held at the Mata Elang International Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Pili Eugene Fabian ended as the 1st run-up and Eda Sylvesta finished as 2nd run-up.

Miss Brazil Latina 2013: Julia Guerra

23 year old Julia Guerra representing Rio Grande do Sul was crowned Miss Brazil Latina 2013 during the conclusion of a pageant held last October 30 in Recife, Pernambuco.

The representative of Bahia, Pollyana Giffoni finished as 1st run-up and also voted as Miss Congeniality.

Ended as the 2nd run-up position was Pernambuco's Etila Santiago.

Julia will represent Brazil in Miss Latin America in the World 2013 contest on April next year in the Dominican Republic.

Leo Delaney wins Mister Ireland 2012

22 year old Leo Delaney from Limerick bested out 7 other hunks vying for the title of Mister Ireland 2012. He stands 6'0" tall and will represent his country in Mister World 2012 pageant on November 24 at the Kent County Showground in Kent, England.

Completing the finalists were Barry Maguire, Jason Aughney, Jeremy McConnell Cooke and Brook Wright from Dublin; Jonathan Connolly from Belfast; Keelin Lynch from Galway and Patrick Byrne from Westmeath.

The celebrity panel of judges who was responsible for Delaney's win were: Aisling O’ Dwyer from the Paul Goldin Clinic; model and presenter Lisa Nolan; Xpose’s Declan Leavy; Roz Flanagan of Dublin Housewives fame and photographer Evan Doherty.

Leo is still studying Construction Management and Engineering in LIT He also models part-time with the Celia Holman Lee Agency and won the regional heat early this year at The Strand Bar in Limerick. This qualified him for the final which took place last night at the Clyde Court Hotel in Dublin.

Asked how he feels after winning: “I’m absolutely stunned; I did not expect to win so I’m delighted. It will be a great honour to represent Ireland at Mr World and I’m really looking forward to the event”.

Adrienne Murphy won Miss Universe Ireland 2012

Last November 2 at the Ballsbridge Hotel in Dublin, the annual Miss Universe Ireland 2012 competition took place where 22 young and talented Irish women vie for the crown.

The candidates walked fierce on the runway and presented themselves in three rounds of competition: casual, swimwear and evening wear in hopes to wow the judges! After the three stages, the top ten was selected and from there a series of questions from the judges were asked. After some deliberation the top 3 was selected.

The captivating beauty of Adrienne Murphy emerged as the over-all winner and named Miss Universe Ireland 2012. This 22 year old stunner from Clondalkin stands 5'8" tall. She will be the official entry of her country in Miss Universe 2012 to be held at the PH Live, Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 19.

Kike Ramirez Mayagoitia wins Modelo Mexico 2012

A nationwide casting call done by the Nuestra Belleza Mexico organization to select the new winner of Modelo Mexico 2012 and be the official representative of the country in Mister World 2012.

26 year old Enrique “Kike” Ramirez Mayagoitia from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon was chosen as the winner and received the title of Mister Mexico World 2012. He stands 1.90m tall and is currently working as an engineer. He will travel to Kent County Showground in Kent, England to represent his country in the international contest.

Miss Saint Lucia 2012 Winners

Joan Johnson (president of Pageantry St. Lucia) together with Yasmine Walcott, both national directors of Miss Universe and Miss World in Saint Lucia decided to merge the two contests into one to select their official representatives to international competitions. The finals was held last November 3 at the Sandals Grande resort.

24 year old Tara Carla Edward from Gros Islet was crowned as Miss St. Lucia Universe 2012. She stands 5'11" tall and will travel to Las Vegas, Nevada to compete in the upcoming Miss Universe 2012 contest to be held on December 19 at the PH Live in Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.

A native from Georgetown, Oneka McCoy was selected as Miss St. Lucia World 2013. This 25 year old beauty from stands 5'7" tall and will enter the Miss World 2013 in Mata Elang International Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia on September next year.

Miss dhe Mister Albania 2012 Winners

Miss Albania national director Vera Grabocka, who owns the Miss World franchises joined forces with photographer Fadil Berisha, which was the franchise holder for Miss Universe in Albania to produce a single competition to choose the local representatives for Miss Universe and Miss World pageants.

22-year old Ersela Kurti from Tirana has been chosen as the new Miss World Albania 2013 and will and will compete at the Miss World competition to take place in Indonesia in September next year.

Meanwhile, 18-year old Adrola Dushi from Rreshen won the title of Miss Universe Albania 2012 and was given the right to represent Albania in Miss Universe 2013 to be held on December 19 at the PH Live, Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. She stands 5'10.5" tall.

On the same event, winner of Mister Albania 2012 was presented. Geraldo Bibo was chosen and he will travel to Kent, England to compete in the Mister World 2012 competition on November 24.