13 things about Mister Peru Internacional 2022 second runner-up Victor Soto

Victor Marcial Soto Espinoza hails from Iquitos, Maynas, Loreto, Peru. It is the world’s largest city that cannot be reached by road that is not on an island.

BIOGRAPHY

Soto is a Peruvian environmental engineer, entrepreneur, chef and beauty king. He is an alumnus of the Universidad Científica del Perú in Iquitos.

On September 18, 2025, Soto turned 29. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. Víctor Raúl Espinoza Cardenas is his maternal grandmother.
2. His mother Consuela Espinoza is an event planner.
3. He is Gabriela Valera‘s brother.
4. Aside from Iquitos, Soto has lived in other parts of Loreto including Contamana.
5. He studied environmental engineering at the Universidad Científica del Perú.
6. In 2019, he visited the United States.
7. He is Mister Peru Internacional Contamana 2020.
8. He was Mister Peru Internacional Loreto 2020 first runner-up.
9. He is Mister Internacional Iquitos 2020.
10. He is Mister Peru Internacional Loreto 2022.
11. He was Mister Peru Internacional 2022 second runner-up.
12. He is Mister World Heritage Peru 2022.
13. While working at Consorcio Vias Alzamora in Iquitos, he was appointed Mister World Peru 2024, a title he later had to give up.

TIMELINE

Soto is 6’1″ tall. An environmental advocate, he wants to promote a healthy life to as many people and living creatures as possible.

2010s

• On November 23, 2019, he represented Contamana at Mister Peru Internacional Loreto 2020 at Colegio San Agustin in Iquitos. He was first runner-up to Roger Guzmán.
• In December 2019, she visited the Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida, USA.

2020s

• In January 2020, he welcomed the new year in South Beach, Miami, Florida.
• In April 2020, he was appointed Mister Internacional Iquitos 2020.
• On October 27, 2020, he completed a 10-kilometer run.
• On May 15, 2021, he completed a 10km run with 22 obstacles at Pachacamac in Peru.
• On March 1, 2022, he represented Loreto at Mister Peru Internacional 2022 and competed against 15 other finalists. He was second runner-up to Yover Peña.
• On April 18, 2022, he was appointed Mister World Heritage Peru 2022.
• On April 22, 2022, he participated in the photographic exhibition “Pachamama • Wändari” for World Earth Day organized by the Comisión Especial de Cambio Climático of the Congreso de la República del Perú in Lima.
• In May 2022, he was featured as a model in a Daniel Vercchelli campaign.
• On September 20, 2024, he was officially appointed Mister World Peru 2024.
• He was supposed to represent Peru at Mr. World 2024 at NovaWorld in Phan Thiết, Bình Thuận, Vietnam on November 23, 2024 but due to visa issues, he was replaced on November 11, 2024 by Mickael Jorge Jordan Peña Olivieri.