Manuel “Manu” Alcantara Turner is the first soldier to win Mister England. He represented England, United Kingdom in the 11th edition of Mister World.
BIOGRAPHY
Turner is a Spanish-English soldier and beauty king. When he won Mister England 2024, he and his brother Christian Alcantara Turner were in the British Army and their sister Laura Alcantara Turner was a student of Northumbria University in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom.
“Monday to Friday, my priority is the army then on the weekend, I can carry out my duties as Mister England,” Manu told Chronicle Live after his Mister England 2024 coronation. “However, I don’t wear my King’s Guard Uniform when attending events as Mister England as I want to respect that important side of the job.”
Manu reigned as Mister England 2024 while he was dating Miss England 2024 Milla Magee. Here are 13 more things about him:
- He is originally from Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear.
- He is an alumnus Marden Bridge Middle School in Whitley Bay.
- His mother Charlene Turner moved to Marbella, Málaga where she met his father, who was born in Manilva, Malaga, Andalusia, Spain.
- He moved to Windsor, England upon joining the British Army.
- As a lance corporal with the Coldstream Guards in the British Army, he served as a Kings Guardsman.
- He trained Ukrainian soldiers and was deployed twice to Kenya before he became a beauty king.
- Born in 2002, he is two years younger than Christian.
- In 2010, he and his family moved from Spain to North Tyneside.
- In 2018, he and Christian joined the British Army.
- In 2024, he visited Vietnam.
- He won Mister England 2024, his first ever beauty pageant.
- He was a Mister World 2024 candidate.
- In 2025, he visited Italy, Cape Verde, Monaco, Switzerland, France, Egypt,
TIMELINE
Manu is 5’10” tall. He speaks Spanish and English.
2022
- On September 19, 2022, he attended Queen Elizabeth II‘s funeral as a Kings Guard at Westminster Abbey in Dean’s Yard, Westminster, London, England.
2023
- On May 6, 2023, he attended the coronation of Charles III and his wife Camila as the king and queen of the U.K. at Westminster Abbey as a Kings Guard.
2024
- On August 20, 2024, he competed against 11 other Mister England 2024 finalists at The City Rooms in Leicester, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England and won the title.
- In September 2024, Magee taught him how to surf and they attended the London Fashion Week together.
- On November 5, 2024, he arrived in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
- On November 7, 2024, he wore a blue checked suit by Scotney’s of London Road in the Mister World 2024 welcome ceremony at The Imperial Hotel in Vũng Tàu, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu, Vietnam.
- On November 9, 2024, he and his fellow Mister World 2024 candidates walked the runway at the Villa Blanche in Vũng Tàu, which served as the Top Model challenge of the competition.
- On November 20, 2024, he wore a suit and a bowler created by Suit Yourself’s Bhavik Popat in the Mister World 2024 national costume competition at NovaWorld in Phan Thiết, Bình Thuận, Vietnam.
- On November 23, 2024, he represented England at Mister World 2024 and competed against 60 other candidates at NovaWorld in Phan Thiết. He was unplaced.
2025
- In January 2025, he traveled to Rome, Italy.
- In April 2025, he traveled to Santa Maria, Cape Verde.
- On May 25, 2025, he went to the Circuit de Monaco in Monaco to watch the Formula One motor race 2025 Monaco Grand Prix at the Circuit de Monaco in Monaco.
- In June 2025, he traveled to Venice, Italy; Geneva, Switzerland and Paris, France.
- In July 2025, he traveled to Hurghada, Egypt.
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