13 things about Mister Cosmopolitan 2025 Shawn Lin

Lin Yu Hsiang, also known as Shawn Lin, represented Taiwan in the third edition of Mister Cosmopolitan. It is an international beauty pageant based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

BIOGRAPHY

Lin is a Taiwanese football player, fitness trainer and beauty king from Taipei, Taiwan. He was a member of the national rugby team of the country when he represented the country in Mister Cosmopolitan.

On January 1, 2025, Lin turned 28. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. He started his football training at Taipei Municipal Chien Kuo High School in Taipei.
2. In 2014, he visited Japan.
3. In 2016, he visited Malaysia and Hong Kong, China.
4. In 2018, he visited mainland China and South Korea.
5. In 2019, he visited Thailand.
6. He was a member of the team that finished fourth at the 2022 Speaker of County Rugby Championship at the Banqiao Stadium in Banqiao, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
7. He was a member of the team that finished third at the 2023 Speaker of County Rugby Championship at Aletheia University in Tamsui, New Taipei City.
8. In 2024, he visited Vietnam and the United States.
9. He was a member of the team that finished third at the 2024 Speaker of County Rugby Championship at Tamkang Senior High School in Tamsui.
10. He was a member of the team that won the 2025 Speaker of County Rugby Championship at Bailing Left Bank Riverside Park in Shilin, Taipei.
11. He was a Mister Taiwan 2024 fourth runner-up.
12. He is Mister Cosmopolitan Taiwan 2025.
13. He won Mister Cosmopolitan 2025.

TIMELINE

Lin is 5’11” tall. He speaks Chinese and English.

2010s

• In August 2014, he traveled to Tenri, Japan.
• In May 2015, he traveled to Munakata, Fukuoka, Kyūshū, Japan.
• In July 2016, he traveled to Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
• In August 2016, he traveled to Sha Tin, Hong Kong.
• In July 2018, he traveled to Beijing, China and Osaka, Japan.
• In September 2018, he traveled to Incheon, South Korea.
• In June 2019, he traveled to Pattaya, Thailand.

2020s

• On June 3, 2023, he suffered from concussion in a rugby game.
• On July 18, 2023, his left leg was injured.
• On August 22, 2023, he suffered from muscle inflammation after a rugby game.
• On October 7, 2023, he suffered from concussion again in a rugby game.
• On October 13, 2023, he tested positive for the new coronavirus (COVID-19).
• In August 2023, he joined a rugby training in Osaka.
• In January 2024, he traveled to Tokyo, Japan.
• On March 30, 2024, he competed against 149 other contestants at UA Combine Taiwan 2024, a fitness and strength competition by Under Armour, at the Taipei World Trade Center in Taipei and finished 11th.
• On June 30, 2024, he competed against 42 other Mister Taiwan 2024 candidates at the Lih Pao Fulloon Hotel in Taichung, Taiwan. He finished in the Top 10 and was named one of the four fourth runners-up.
• In July 2024, he traveled to Phú Quốc, Vietnam.
• On August 23, 2024, he was appointed as Taiwan’s Manhunt International Male Supermodel 2025 candidate but on June 10, 2025, he did not represent the country in the international beauty pageant.
• In October 2024, he traveled to Bangkok, Thailand.
• In November 2024, he traveled to Los Angeles, California, United States.
• On April 13, 2025, he was appointed Mister Cosmopolitan Taiwan 2025.
• In June 2025, he traveled to Kyoto, Japan and Nara, Japan.
• On September 7, 2025, he represented Taiwan at Mister Cosmopolitan 2025 and competed against 17 other candidates at Siam Fantasy in Bangkok. He won the title.