The Manhunt International Male Supermodel 2022 grand finals will take place at Okada Manila in Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines on October 1, 2022. It is the 21st edition of the international male modeling competition based in Australia and Singapore.
This is also the first time the competition is called Manhunt International Male Supermodel. In its first 20 editions, it was simply called Manhunt International.
Manhunt International Male Supermodel 2022
Miss Universe Philippines 2021 Beatrice Luigi Gomez and Miss Universe Philippines 2023 Michelle Dee will host the Manhunt International Male Supermodel 2022 coronation ceremony, which will be broadcast by AQ Prime. Manhunt International 2012 winner Jun Macasaet will serve as one of the judges along with Pawina Bamrungot, Jose Raymond Lontok, Albert Andrada, Kevin Chua, Cielo Ortega-Reboredo, RS Francisco and Atty. Honey Quiño.
A total of 34 men are competing for the Manhunt International Male Supermodel 2022 title. If facial beauty is the only criterion, these will be my Top 13 candidates:
13. Gerardo Ojeda, 23, El Salvador
12. Supun Maduranga, 25, Sri Lanka
11. Marcus Max Karsten, 26, South Africa
10. Bikalp Shrestha, 29, Nepal
9. Raheel Muhammad Saleem, 32, Pakistan
8. Junhyeok Chang, 21, South Korea
7. Cas Hagman, 23, Netherlands
6. Lam Chris Chidubem, 22, Nigeria
5. Darren James Kessler, 32, Singapore
4. Hendson Baltazar, 31, Brazil
3. Alexander Calvo, 26, Spain
2. Elijah van Zanten, 23, United States
1. Lochlan “Lochie” Carey, 23, Australia
Manhunt International 2019
Paul Luzineau, 25, represented the Netherlands at Manhunt International 2019, competed against 35 other candidatees at the New Frontier Theater in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines on February 22, 2020 and won the title. He hails from Gorinchem, South Holland, Netherlands.
Runner-up to Luzineau was Nikos Antonopoulos, 26, of Greece. The respective second, third and fourth runners-up were Matheus Giora, 33, of Brazil, Yeray Hidalgo, 28, of Spain and Mayur Gangwani, 23, of India.
