Juul Missiaen represented Spain at Man of the World 2025 and competed against 26 other candidates at the SM Skydome in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines on May 31, 2025. He won the title.
Runner-up to Missiaen was Israel Sierra of Mexico. The respective second, third and fourth runners-up were Sittichok Panitloedtewa of Thailand, Honza Jiránek of the Czech Republic and Sworman Delgado of Panama.
Man of the World 2026 candidates
On May 30, 2026, Missiaen attended the Man of the World 2026 national costume competition at the Palacio de Maynila in Malate, Manila, Metro Manila. Prime Events Productions Philippines Foundation Inc. (PEPPS) president Carlo Morris Galang also graced the event.
On June 4, 2026, Missiaen served as a judge at the preliminary competition. It had three segments, which are the fashion show, the swimsuit competition and the formal wear competition.
On June 6, 2026, Missiaen will go back to the Palacio de Maynila to crown his successor. It is the eighth edition of the international beauty pageant based in San Juan, Metro Manila and owned by PEPPS.
A total of 28 men are competing for the Man of the World 2026 crown. Here are the candidates:
- Simão Filho (Angola)
- Liam Vlassenbroeck (Belgium)
- Phearum Chhin (Cambodia)
- Fidel Arellano (Chile)
- Camilo Andrés Leal Suarez (Colombia)
- Jose Mario Rodriguez Jimenez (Costa Rica)
- Tomas Ondracek (Czech Republic)
- Zachary Pichardo (Dominican Republic)
- Abel Adrian Díaz Arias, 35, Ecuador
- Diego Moraes (France)
- Moha Kiran (India)
- Denny Howman, 38, Indonesia
- Afiq Naufal (Malaysia)
- Luis Arturo Jauregui (Mexico)
- William Shane (Myanmar)
- Prakash Chauhan (Nepal)
- Fransel Meyers (Netherlands)
- Victor Eko (Nigeria)
- Saúl Samudio (Panama)
- Estefano Balarín (Peru)
- Oliver Eugen Kretz (Philippines)
- Kelvin López (Puerto Rico)
- Christian Emmanuel Cunanan Flores (Saudi Arabia)
- Ivan Songel Gutierrez (Spain)
- Sanjula Keshan (Sri Lanka)
- Chi Liu (Taiwan)
- “Arm” Thanongsak Chuaykerd (Thailand)
- Lôi Viễn Quang (Vietnam)
The following were originally listed as candidates but they withdrew from the competition:
- Alejandro Cabrera (Cuba)
- Choi Joo Sung (South Korea)
- Takudzwa Auditor Kanyai (Zimbabwe)
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