18 Mister Friendship International 2021 candidates to compete virtually

Mister Friendship International is an international beauty pageant for men. It is one of the online beauty contests to be held amid the new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Mister Friendship International 2021 contestants

On June 30, 2021, the Mister Friendship International 2021 coronation ceremony will be held virtually. It is the inaugural edition of the international male beauty pageant founded by Joe Kampol Thongchai of Bangkok, Thailand.

Thongchai will serve as a judge. Also joining the selection committee are Miss World 2008 finalist Tamara Almeida of Brazil and Mister Global 2019 Jong Woo Kim of South Korea.

Competing for the title are 18 men from 14 countries including Indonesia and the Philippines. Here are the candidates:

1. Faisal Fai Sal (Banten, Indonesia)
2. Welligton de Souza (Brazil)
3. Isaiah Thomas Magnaye Anselmo (Bulusan, Calapan, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines)
4. Ange Patrick Koffi (Cote D’Ivoire)
5. Marc Elie (Haiti)
6. Rezky Agung (Lampung, Indonesia)
7. Stefan Bradley Alex (Malaysia)
8. Luis Edgar Fajardo (Mexico)
9. Jeffrey Rens (Netherlands)
10. Muhammad Fahad (Pakistan)
11. Jose Alberto Zambrano (Panamá)
12. Daniel Ofurum (Nigeria)
13. John Mark “Migo” de Vera (Cavite, Philippines)
14. Polo Roberto B. Elbo (Calapan, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines)
15. Iñigo R. Acuña (Metro Manila, Philippines)
16. Woo Changwook (South Korea)
17. Benjamin Tharathornworaset (Thailand)
18. Ishmael Murangandi (Zimbabwe)

Joe Kampol Thongchai

Before founding Mister Friendship International, Thongchai was involved in several beauty pageants for women. From 2015 to 2016, he and Nahatai Lekbumrung held the Miss International franchise of Thailand.

Sasi Sintawee won Miss International Thailand 2015 at the Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre in Bang Na, Bangkok. In 2016, she crowned her successor Pattiya Pongthai at the GMM Live House at Centralworld Live in Pathum Wan, Bangkok.

From 2017 to 2019, Thongchai and Lekbumrung held the Miss Supranational franchise of Thailand. The Miss Supranational Thailand title was held byJiraprapa Boonnuang in 2017, Pinnarat Mawinthon in 2018 and Anntonia Porsild in 2019.