15 Mister Cosmopolitan 2023 candidates competing in Kuala Lumpur

Mister Cosmopolitan is owned by DEMIT Sdn Bhd and based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The beauty pageant is supported by the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture Malaysia and Cuti-Cuti Malaysia.

Mister Cosmopolitan 2023 contestants

On October 8, 2023, the winner of the inaugural edition of Mister Cosmopolitan will be crowned at The Platform Performing Arts Theatre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The event will be held during the International Fashion, Model and Culture Festival.

There are 15 men competing for the Mister Cosmopolitan 2023 crown. Here are the candidates:

1. Joshua Saunders (Australia)
2. Patrick Luvise (Brazil)
3. Ear Chhaysour (Cambodia)
4. Ayhan S. Denis (Hong Kong)
5. Sakib Biradar (India)
6. Muhammad Reza Pratama Putra (Indonesia)
7. Nicolas Maggi (Italy)
8. Muhammad Faiz Bin Mohd Nor (Malaysia)
9. Ivan Aikon Ignacio (Philippines)
10. Denis Kurchenko (Russia)
11. Abdul Rahim Bin Mahmood (Singapore)
12. Lee Ji Hoon (South Korea)
13. Yothin Romthaisong (Thailand)
14. Blake Johnston (United States)
15. Nguyễn Thiện Khá (Vietnam)

The following countries were supposed to be represented in the beauty pageant. However, their respective candidates withdrew from the competition:

1. Canada
2. Guinea
3. Pakistan
4. Samoa
5. Sri Lanka
6. Zimbabwe

The founder and the president of Mister Cosmopolitan is Faizul Mohd Noh, who has been the director of DEMIT Sdn Bhd since January 2018. The vice president of the international beauty pageant is Leo Nguyen.

Candidates of Mister Cosmopolitan have to be at least 5’7″ tall and 18-35 years old during the competition. Single and married men, single fathers and divorcees are allowed to compete.

The Pearl Kuala Lumpur Hotel is the official hotel of Mister Cosmopolitan 2023, which is organized by Double Event Management, an event planner based in Cyberjaya, Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia. The coronation ceremony will be hosted by Malveen Kaur Gill.

On November 5, 2021, Kaur Gill represented Malaysia at The Miss Globe 2021 and competed against 49 other candidates at the Opera Theater in Tirana, Albania. She finished in the Top 15.