13 things about Mister World 2024 Danny Mejia

Daniel Felipe Mejia Romero represented Puerto Rico, United States in the 11th edition of Mister World. He is professionally known as Danny Mejia.

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BIOGRAPHY

Mejia is a Peruvian-Spanish-Puerto Rican singer, dancer and beauty king with a mortgage loan officer license from Florida, USA. He is the first ever Mister World from Puerto Rico.

Hailing from San Juan, Puerto Rico, Mejia sings in English, Spanish and French and he is 6’2″ tall. His mother is from Puerto Rico but she is also Spanish from the Canary Islands in Spain while his father is from Peru.

On October 30, 2025, Mejia turned 28. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. He was born in Miami, Florida.
2. He attended Robinson School in San Juan.
3. Growing up, he traveled to the U.S. and Spain during the summer to visit relatives.
4. He has one older sister, who has dealt with a kidney disease since she was young.
5. He has three older brothers.
6. He was 2 months old when he and his family moved to Puerto Rico.
7. In 2008, he started volunteering at the Consejo Renal de Puerto Rico, inspired by his sister’s experience as a kidney patient and by her mother’s leadership in the organization.
8. In 2010, he started singing and dancing professionally.
9. From 2015 to 2019, he attended Stetson University in DeLand, Florida where he studied music and French and earned a bachelor’s degree in health sciences.
10. In 2020, her mother passed away and he was featured as a singer in an episode of the Wapa Television show “Viva la Tarde”.
11. In 2024, he visited Vietnam.
12. He is Mister World Puerto Rico 2024.
13. He won Mister World 2024.

TIMELINE

After graduating from Stetson University, Mejia went back to Puerto Rico where he worked at a fitness mall, started at the bottom and got to the top as manager. He later became a realtor working between Puerto Rico and Florida.

2010s

• In August 2015, he entered Stetson University in DeLand.
• On January 18, 2018, he tied a piece of rice paper on a prayer tree in the Religious and Spiritual Life offices of Stetson University.
• In May 2019, he graduated from Stetson University.

2020s

• On December 30, 2020, his mother passed away from dengue fever.
• On May 8, 2024, he was appointed Mister World Puerto Rico 2024 and he serenaded Miss Intercontinental Puerto Rico 2024 Maria Cepero during her coronation at The Lobby Fairmont of San Juan Hotel in Carolina, Puerto Rico.
• On August 24, 2024, he received his official sash as Mister World Puerto Rico 2024 from Mister World Puerto Rico 2019 José Humberto Cotto.
• On October 5, 2024, he and Miss World Puerto Rico 2024 Valeria Perez had a photoshoot at Fairmont El San Juan Hotel in Carolina.
• On November 3, 2024, he traveled from Carolina to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
• On November 9, 2024, he wore a RAINER outfit and walked the runway at the Villa Blanche in Vũng Tàu, Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu, Vietnam, which served as the Top Model challenge of Mister World 2024.
• On November 10, 2024, he won the Mister World 2024 talent competition at the Imperial Hotel in Vũng Tàu, besting 35 other semifinalists.
• On November 12, 2024, he finished third in the head-to-head challenge of Mister World 2024 at the Imperial Hotel in Vũng Tàu.
• Competing against 59 other Mister World 2024 candidates, he won the beauty pageant’s two-part sports challenge after finishing first in the swimming contest at NovaWorld in Phan Thiết, Bình Thuận, Vietnam on November 14, 2024 and sixth in the 5-kilometer race in Vũng Tàu on November 17, 2024.
• On November 20, 2024, he wore a costume designed by Hector Omar in the Mister World 2024 national costume competition at NovaWorld in Phan Thiết.
• On November 23, 2024, he represented Puerto Rico at Mister World 2024 and competed against 59 other candidates at NovaWorld in Phan Thiết. He won the title.