13 things about Mister World USA 2024 Daryn Friedman

Daryn Alexander Friedman represented Florida, United States in the inaugural edition of Mister USA. He represented the country in the 14th edition of Mister International and the 11th edition of Mister World.

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BIOGRAPHY

Friedman is an American kinesiologist, volleyball and bodybuilding coach, weight loss expert, model and beauty king from Hollywood, Florida. He is Mark Friedman and Rodi Alexander Friedman‘s son.

On February 18, 2025, Daryn turned 26. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. His father earned a master’s degree in music from the University of Miami in Miami, Florida.
2. His mother attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
3. He earned his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from St. Andrews University in Laurinburg, North Carolina, USA.
4. After graduating from St. Andrews University, he served as the head coach of the volleyball team of Charles W. Flanagan High School in Pembroke Pines, Florida.
5. In 2021, his mother won the National Citrus Classic Woman and World’s Perfect Model Search Classic Woman titles.
6. He won the World’s Perfect Model Search 2021 title.
7. In 2022, he received a Coach of the Year recognition and visited the Philippines.
8. He is Mister International USA 2022.
9. He was a Mister International 2022 finalist.
10. In 2023, he visited Suriname.
11. In 2024, he visited Vietnam.
12. He was Mister USA 2024 first runner-up.
13. He was a Mister World 2024 semifinalist.

TIMELINE

Daryn in 6’0″ tall. He plays the saxophone.

2021

• On August 1, 2021, he competed against 28 other candidates in the Mister category of the World’s Perfect Model Search 2021 in Orlando, Florida and won the title.

2022

• On February 11, 2022, he appeared on “Fox & Friends” on Fox News.
• On October 30, 2022, he represented the U.S. at Mister International 2022 and competed against 34 other candidates at the New Frontier Theater in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. He finished in the Top 10.

2023

• In October 2023, he traveled to Paramaribo, Suriname.

2024

• On August 31, 2024, he represented Florida at Mister USA 2024 and competed against 19 other candidates at the Crystal Ballroom of Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was runner-up to Cormac Murphy and was crowned Mister World USA 2024.
• On November 10, 2024, he competed against 35 other semifinalists in the Mister World 2024 talent competition and finished in the Top 5.
• On November 12, 2024, he won the Mister World 2024 head-to-head challenge at the Imperial Hotel in Vũng Tàu, Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu, Vietnam. 
• On November 14, 2024, he finished sixth in the Mister World 2024 swimming contest at NovaWorld in Phan Thiết, Bình Thuận, Vietnam.
• On November 17, 2024, he finished 16th in the 5-kilometer race of Mister World 2024 in Vũng Tàu.
• On November 23, 2024, he represented the U.S. at Mister World 2024 and competed against 60 other candidates at NovaWorld in Phan Thiết. He finished in the Top 20.