Riley Joseph Hedstrom is a data engineer born and raised in Blaine, Minnesota, United States. He was appointed Mr. America Global 2024 on May 12, 2025.
Mr. America Global 2025 contestants
Mr. America Global is based in Washington, D.C., USA. Its parent company Live Style Brand was established in 2024.
On August 23, 2025, Hedstrom will crown his successor at the Hilton Washington DC in Washington, D.C. It is the inaugural edition of the national beauty pageant that chooses the country’s Mister Global, Mister International, Mister Model International, Man of the Year, Mister Cosmo and Mister Friendship International.
Mister Global Cuba 2025 Daviel Ruiz will attend the coronation ceremony as a special guest. Alonso Maximo, Axel Vasquez, Nicky Kandola, Rodolfo Fernadez and Sasha Perea will serve as judges.
There are 20 men competing for the Mr. America Global 2025 crown. Here are the candidates:
- Luke Huffstutler (Alabama)
- Annirudh “Anni” Ankola (California)
- Eric Rodriguez (Colorado)
- Christopher Ash (Florida)
- Marquez Vargas (Hawaii)
- Joel Clayton Millspaugh (Illinois)
- Clayton Maxwell Carlton (Indiana)
- Emmyrich “Richie” Meneses Vicente (Maryland)
- Kristian Bandeira (Massachusetts)
- Noah Wood (Michigan)
- Rowan Musick (Missouri)
- Alijah Johnson (New Jersey)
- Isaiah Martinez Rodriguez (New York)
- Michael S. Watkins Jr. (Ohio)
- David Borum (Oklahoma)
- Alex Morrissey (Oregon)
- Kadja Manuel (Pennsylvania)
- Adam Castañeda (Texas)
- Mitchell Taurone (Utah)
- Alex Chatchai (Washington, D.C.)
Riley Hedstrom
From 2014 to 2018, Hedstrom attended St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota where he earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and finance. He worked at GlobalTranz in Minneapolis, Minnesota as a business analyst from 2018 to 2019 and a business intelligence engineer from 2019 to 2022.
In 2022, Hedstrom joined Humana in Minnetonka, Minnesota as a business intelligence engineer. In July 2024, he became a senior business intelligence engineer at the same company.
On August 31, 2024, Hedstrom represented Minnesota at Mister USA 2024 and competed against 19 other candidates at the Crystal Ballroom of Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California, USA. He finished in the Top 10.
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