13 things about Mister Global 2022 Juan Carlos Ariosa

Dr. Juan Carlos Ariosa Rodríguez represented Cuba in the ninth edition of Mister Global. He is the first Cuban winner of the international beauty pageant founded by Pradit Pradinunt.

BIOGRAPHY

Ariosa is Cuban actor, dental surgeon, model and beauty king originally from Matanzas, Cuba. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. He and his father Juan Carlos Ariosa Arguelles are based in California, United States.
2. He studied ‎dentistry‎‏‎ at the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California in Mexicali, Tijuana, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.
3. He was born in 1995.
4. In 2013, he graduated from the Instituto Preuniversitario (IPU) Jose Luis Dubrocq in Matanzas.
5. From 2015 to 2017, he studied pre-medical sciences and dentistry at Miami Dade College in in Miami, Florida, USA.
6. In 2021, he was in talks for a project with Miguel Angel Rodriguez but it never came to fruition.
7. In 2022, he visited Thailand.
8. He is in the cast of Antonio Herrerra‘s 2022 film “Sexo a la Venta”.
9. He is Mister Global Cuba 2022.
10. He won Mister Global 2022.
11. He was a Mister International 2023 judge.
12. In 2024, he played Rodriguez’s son in a film.
13. He is in the cast of John Solis‘s 2024 film “Speaking Out”.

TIMELINE

The Mister Global 2022 winner is 6’1″ tall. He speaks Spanish and English.

2010s

• In July 2013, he graduated from IPU Jose Luis Dubrocq.
• In August 2015, he entered Miami Dade College.
• In April 2017, he graduated from Miami Dade College.

2020s

• In November 30, 2020, he traveled to Tecate, Mexico.
• In January 2021, he visited different parts of Mexico including Ensenada, Mexicali, Guanajuato City and San Miguel de Allende.
• In March 2021, he visited different parts of California including Sunset Cliffs and Los Angeles.
• In July 2021, he visited Centro Habana, Cuba and Escondido, California.
• On November 4, 2022, he was crowned Mister Global Cuba 2022.
• On February 11, 2023, he represented Cuba at Mister Global 2022 and competed against 38 other candidates at the Royal Park Rajapruek in Chiang Mai, Thailand. He won the title and the Mister Photogenic award.
• In June 2023, he traveled to Mexico City, Mexico.
• On September 17, 2023, he served as a judge at Mister International 2023 at Crystal Design Center Ballroom in Khwaeng Khlong Chan, Bangkok, Thailand.
• On November 26, 2023, he crowned his successor Mister Global 2023 Jason Dylan Bretfelean in Maha Sarakham, Thailand. 
• He, Georgie de Lahoz and John Gieringer starred in “Speaking Out!”, which was released in the U.S. on June 1, 2024.
• In February 2025, he participated in a volunteering event of the Thousand Smiles Foundation.
• In October 2025, he was selected for admission to the class of 2028 of the College of Dental Medicine’s International Dentist Program at the Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, California.