Mister International 2023 (Thailand)


Mister International 2023 was the 15th Mister International competition, held at the Crystal Design Center Ballroom, Khwaeng Khlong Chan in Bangkok, Thailand, on September 17, 2023.
This pageant was organized by the Thailand-based Mister International Organization, in parallel of the Mister International 2023 pageant in Baguio of the Philippine-based organization, which claims to be the legitimate organizer of the pageant. Emmanuel Franco of the Dominican Republic crowned Kim Thitisan Goodburn of Thailand as his successor at the end of the event. This is the first time that Thailand won Mister International.

Background

Selection of participants

Contestants from 38 countries and territories were selected either as winners from their national pageants, or appointed to their positions after being runner-up in their national pageant between 2019 and 2023 or being chosen through a casting process.
This edition debuted from Guinea Bissau, North Cyprus and Trinidad and Tobago, while Canada, Colombia, Lebanon, Nigeria, The Bahamas and Vietnam made their return. Albania, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Nicaragua, Panama and Sierra Leone participated in the previous edition but not this edition. Mali's Harouna Sissoko and Netherlands's Ilyas Chaouki were expected to compete but later withdrew, bringing the total participating countries to 36. Haiti did not take part in the Swimwear Competition held on September 10.
For the first time in 16 years, the Mister International Organization will allow fathers, married, and divorced men to compete.

Results

Placements

PlacementContestants
Mister International 2023
1st Runner-Up
  • – William Badell
    • 2nd Runner-Up
  • – Edward Ogunniya
    • Top 5
  • – Lucas Schlachter
  • – Shashwat Dwivedi
    • Top 10
  • – Daniel García
  • – Joel Farach
  • – Jefferson Bunney
  • – Joshua Hee
  • – Borxa Ramo
    • Top 20
  • – Daruma Almenares
  • – Alexandros Panayi
  • – Ovarlyn Torres
  • – Gabriel Monteiro
  • – Ho Sun Kang
  • – Seif Al'walid Harb
  • – Brian Ceballos
  • – Joshua Maldonado
  • – Elson BytyqiBahamas|name=The Bahamas

    • Special awards

    CategoryAwardsWinnerRunner-ups
    rowspan="6" Best in SwimwearLebanon

    Competition events

    ''All times in this article are Indochina Time ''

    Preliminary Competition

    The Preliminary Competition Presented by CHAT Cosmetics will be broadcast LIVE via Mister International's official Facebook page from Bangkok, Thailand, held on September 15 at 7 p.m..

    Swimwear Competition

    The Swimwear Competition Presented by CHAT Cosmetics was broadcast LIVE via Mister International official Facebook page from Ayutthaya, Thailand, held on September 10 at 7 p.m.. Haiti's Samuel Saint Juste did not take part in the Swimwear Competition held on September 10. Mister Lucky awards were selected at random by the sponsors, the winner, Canada's Rennel Ricketts, won ฿30,000 and the other two runner-ups, Czech Republic's Alexandros Panayi and North Cyprus's Suleyman Mullahasan with ฿10,000 each.

    Contestants

    36 contestants have been confirmed:
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