13 things about Man of the Year Ukraine 2025 Igor Cheban

Igor Cheban represented Singapore in the sixth edition of Mister Grand International. He represented Ukraine in the ninth edition of Man of the Year.

BIOGRAPHY

Cheban is a Ukrainian business advisor and beauty king who lived and worked in Singapore. Hailing from Odessa, Ukraine, he is an expert in the hospitality industry and in customer experience.

On August 8, 2025, Cheban turned 33. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. From 2013 to 2014, he was a volunteer project manager at Association internationale des étudiants en sciences économiques et commerciales (AIESEC) in Odessa.
2. From 2014 to 2015, he was a volunteer vice president of finance and legality at AIESEC in Odessa and a senior administrator at Impact Hub Odessa in Odessa.
3. In 2016, he earned a master’s degree in information security from the Odesa State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture from Odessa and from 2016 to 2018, he was a guest services officer at Studio M Hotel in Singapore.
4. From 2018 to 2020, he was a guest services executive at Marina Mandarin Singapore in Singapore.
5. In 2019, he visited Indonesia, China and Thailand.
6. In 2020, he visited japan and obtained his certificate in conflict management from eHotelier.
7. From 2020 to 2022, he was a customer services executive at Pan Pacific Hotels Group in Singapore.
8. From 2022 to 2023, he was an operations manager at Private Lamborghini Club in Singapore.
9. In 2023, he visited Switzerland and was crowned Mister Grand Singapore 2023 at Mister World Singapore Senior 2023.
10. From 2023 to 2024, he was a business development manager at Diamond Glass Enterprise in Singapore.
11. In 2024, he visited Spain and France and joined Simplified Technology in Singapore as a business advisor.
12. He was Mister Grand International 2023 first runner-up.
13. He is Man of the Year Ukraine 2025 and was a Man of the Year 2025 semifinalist.

TIMELINE

Cheban is 6’2″ tall. He speaks Ukrainian and English.

2010s

• In December 2013, he joined AIESEC in Odessa.
• In March 2014, he joined Impact Hub Odessa in Odessa.
• In January 2015, he left AIESEC.
• In December 2015, he left Impact Hub Odessa.
• In January 2016, he joined Studio M Hotel in Singapore.
• In May 2018, he left Studio M Hotel and joined Marina Mandarin Singapore.
• He traveled to Bali, Indonesia in March 2019, Hong Kong, China in April 2019 and the Phi Phi Islands in Krabi, Thailand in Augusr 2019.

2020s

• In January 2020, he traveled to Kyoto, Japan, left Marina Mandarin Singapore and joined Pan Pacific Hotels Group in Singapore.
• In July 2020, he received his conflict management certificate.
• In January 2022, he left Pan Pacific Hotels Group and joined Private Lamborghini Club in Singapore.
• On August 10, 2023, he competed against 12 other Mister World Singapore Senior 2023 candidates at The Ahava in Singapore and was crowned Mister Grand Singapore 2023.
• In October 2023, he left Private Lamborghini Club.
• In November 2023, he joined Diamond Glass Enterprise in Singapore.
• In December 2023, he traveled to Zurich, Switzerland.
• On January 14, 2024, he represented Singapore at Mister Grand International 2023 and competed against 21 other candidates at the Casa de la Cultura Hinojos in Huelva, Andalusia, Spain. He was runner-up to Seif Al’walid Harb. 
• In April 2024, he traveled to Paris, France.
• In September 2024, he left Diamond Glass Enterprise.
• In October 2024, he joined Simplified Technology in Singapore.
• In February 2025, he traveled to Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland.
• On August 8, 2025, he celebrated his 33rd birthday in Bali.
• On November 21, 2025, he represented Ukraine at Man of the Year 2025 and competed against 20 other candidates at The Shivanna in Denpasar, Bali. He finished in the Top 14.