Professionally known as Neil Perez, Mariano Perez Flormata Jr. represented the Philippines at Mister International 2014 and competed against 28 other candidates at the Grand Ballroom of Grand Hilton Seoul in Seoul, South Korea on February 14, 2015. He won the title.
Runner-up to Perez was Rabih El Zein of Lebanon. The respective second, third and fourth runners-up were Tomáš Dumbrovský of the Czech Republic, Rafał Maślak of Poland and Mitja Nadizar of Slovenia.
Perez was born in Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines. He is the first Filipino beauty king and the first police officer to win Mister International.
Mister International 2015 contestants
On November 30, 2015, Perez will crown his successor at the Newport Arts Theater in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is the 10th edition of the international beauty pageant founded by Alan Sim of Singapore.
There are 36 men competing for the Mister International 2015 crown. Here are the candidates:
- Christopher Nayna, 25, Australia
- Karim Setta, 19, Belgium
- Rodrigo Arze, 21, Bolivia
- Anderson Tomazini, 26, Brazil
- Moeurn Makara, 24, Cambodia
- Nan Li, 21, China
- Christian Hernandez, 23, Colombia
- Richard Coronado, 29, Costa Rica
- Jakub Kraus, 26, Czech Republic
- Stefano Sandro, 28, Denmark
- Freds Rivera, 20, Dominican Republic
- Bryan Weber, 24, France
- Bachi Beradze, 22, Georgia
- Lukess Sos, 23, Guam
- Halley Laithangbam, 30, India
- Kenny Austin, 23, Indonesia
- Andrea Luceri, 25, Italy
- Junpei Watanabe, 26, Japan
- Farid Matar, 28, Lebanon
- Kash Azim, 29, Malaysia
- Alejandro Ruiz, 23, Mexico
- Zin Min Htet, 23, Myanmar
- Cas Winters, 24, Netherlands
- Julian Javier Torres, 24, Panama
- Reniel Villareal, 26, Philippines
- Rafał Jonkisz, 18, Poland
- Fernando Alberto Álvarez, 21, Puerto Rico
- Edwin Aw, 28, Singapore
- Sang Jin Lee, 29, South Korea
- Daniel Barreres, 21, Spain
- Jake Sanaratne, 21, Sri Lanka
- Ivan Djelević Virriat, 20, Sweden
- Pedro Mendes, 26, Switzerland
- Chalaphon Karnwatee, 20, Thailand
- Troy Thomas, 21, United States
- Rafael Angelucci, 22, Venezuela
Almas Bekbolat, 28, of Kazakhstan was originally listed as a candidate. However, he withdrew from the competition.
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