Philippines Proud To Host Mr. World 2018 / VLOG

Philippines Proud Tohost Mr. World 2018 / VLOG

Mister World 2016 - Rohit Khandelwal and Miss World 2017 - Manushi Chhilar

The Philippines marks another milestone in pageant history as it hosts the Mr. World 2018 pageant for the very first time.

Miss World Organization founder and CEO Julia Morley made the official announcement through a Facebook post last April 3, sending Pinoy pageant fans in a fit of excitement and jubilation.

After all, since its inception in 1996, the biennial pageant has been held predominantly in Europe, and only twice in Asia (China, 2007 and Korea, 2010).

The Philippines has joined only thrice, and past Filipino representatives include 2013 2nd placer Andrew Wolf, John Spainhour (2014), and Sam Anjani (2016).

Unlike conventional male beauty pageants, Mr. World is a two to three week competition designed to the test the candidates in a variety of ways through a series of challenge events, interviews and a final stage show. These challenges  test every aspect deemed necessary to be "The World's Most Desorable Man."

Five challenge events take place: Fashion & Style, the Extreme Challenge, the Multi-Media Award, the Sports Challenge & the Talent Competition. Each one of these challenges has a winner, who takes his place in the Final TOP TEN of the competition. There are also collective points earned through the team based elements of the challenges, with the contestants split into four teams throughout the event.

For his part. Miss World Philippines National Director Arnold Vegafria welcomes the challenge of staging the Mr. World 2018 pageant in Manila.

Under his steawardship, the organization has produced three major titleholders: Reina Hispanomericana 2017 Teresita Ssen marquez, Miss Multinational 2018 Sophia Seronon and recently-crowned Miss Eco International 2018 Cynthia Thomalla.

Vegafria emphasized, "This is the right time to harness the collective strength of a untied brotherhood of men; a time to take pride in our cultural diversity; to build bridges of cooperation and mutual understanding regardless of race, creed or political persuasion."

"This year, as we attempt to mount another pageant spectacle of epic proportion, we shall never lose sight of our main objective: the spirit of charity and compassion. This is the legacy that the Mr. World pageant seeks to perpetuate, as we call on a new breed of young men to look beyond their vanity and pride, and channel all their energies to more meaningful and purpose action."

Representatives from the Miss World and Mr. World organization, headed by the Miss World Director Steve Doughlas Morley, Miss World 2017 Manushi Chhillar and Mr. World 2016 Rohit Khandelwal, recently flew to Manila to join the press conference held at Resorts World Manila.

For more information on the Mr. World pageant log on to www.mrworld.tv