Mister Supranational 2024

Mister Supranational 2024 was the eighth edition of the Mister Supranational pageant held in Nowy Sącz, Lesser Poland, Poland on 4 July 2024.^[1] It was won by Fezile Mkhize of South Africa, making South Africa the first African nation to win, and with the first black winner of the title.

Contestants from 36 countries and territories were selected to compete for the 2024 edition.

The 2024 pageant had the debut of Côte d'Ivoire and Guatemala. The following countries returned after a hiatus: Colombia, Dominican Republic, Germany, Haiti, Laos, Malta, and Myanmar all of which last participated in 2022. Furthermore, Myanmar and Paraguay, absent since 2018, returned, along with Jamaica, who last participated in 2019, and Colombia and the Dominican Republic, who last participated in 2021.^{[citation needed]}

The contestants were officially confirmed to be competing during The Sashing Ceremony, on a broadcast on the pageant's YouTube channel on June 26, 2024.^[2]

Belgium, Cameroon, Cuba, France, Italy, Namibia, Panama, and Zimbabwe withdrew after their respective organizations failed to appoint a delegate, hold a national competition, or lost their national franchise. Delegates from Cambodia, Equatorial Guinea, and Greece were no-shows in Poland; they had all taken part in Supra Chat 2024.^{[citation needed]}

Placements were in order:^[3]

Note:

^∆ Automatically qualified for the top 20 finalists after winning fast-track challenges.

^§ Automatically qualified for the top 10 finalists after winning the "Supra Fan Vote".

^‡ Automatically qualified for the top 20 finalists chosen as "the Candidate's Choice" (chosen by fellow contestants).

The award was presented to representatives with the highest ranking within the continent, excluding those in the Top 5.

The Supra Chat with contestants was on May 27, 2024, and was broadcast on the official YouTube channel of Mister Supranational. During the event, contestants were grouped into clusters of four to six, where they individually presented themselves. There were seven groups, with the winners from each group advancing to the final round of the challenge.

•   Advanced to the semi-finals

	Country or territory
Group	1	2	3	4	5	6	Ref.
1	Cuba	Dominican Republic	Ecuador	Paraguay	Spain	Venezuela	[10]
2	Czech Republic	Germany	Malta	Netherlands	Poland	Sierra Leone	[11]
3	Côte d'Ivoire	France	Greece	Haiti	Indonesia	Philippines	[12]
4	Canada	Equatorial Guinea	Myanmar	Nepal	South Africa	South Korea	[13]
5	Cambodia	India	Jamaica	Malaysia	Slovakia	—	[14]
6	Argentina	Brazil	Colombia	Guatemala	Mexico	—	[15]
7	Laos	Peru	Puerto Rico	Thailand	Trinidad and Tobago	United States	[16]

Notes

• Cambodia withdrew from the competition despite participating in the Supra Chat.
• Cuba withdrew from the competition.
• Equatorial Guinea withdrew with a no-show in Poland.
• France withdrew with a no-show in Poland.
• Greece withdrew with a no-show in Poland.
• Vietnam wasn't assigned to any group for the Supra Chat.

•   Advanced to the Top 20 via Supra Chat

In the selection process, two individuals were chosen as semifinalist winners via the Facebook competition, while the remaining candidates were selected through competitions on Instagram and YouTube. These individuals secured positions as part of the Top 8 semifinalists. The participant with the highest overall performance in the challenge automatically advanced to become one of the Top 20 semifinalists in the final round.

•   Advanced to the Top 20 via Mister Influencer Opportunity

The Supra Fan-Vote event commenced on June 18, 2024, and concluded on the day of the finals. The recipient of the most votes in the Supra Fan Vote was directly promoted to the Top 10 of Mister Supranational 2024. The voting period occurred prior to the final evening and closed before the start of the finals. The definitive ranking of the leaderboard was disclosed on July 4, ahead of the finals night.^[20][21]

•   Advanced to the Top 10 via Supra Fan-Vote.

On June 29, 2024, the Supra Model of the Year contest was live-streamed on the official Miss Supranational YouTube channel at 6pm.^[23] During the finals, one of the three finalists was revealed as a semi-finalist in the finals.^[24]

•   Advanced to the Top 20 via Supra Model of the Year

On June 25, ten talent entries were showcased on the official YouTube channel of Mister Supranational, and subsequent votes were cast. The Supra Talent Finals was streamed live on the Miss Supranational official YouTube channel at 9 pm on June 29, 2024.^[26]

On June 6, 2024, the President of the Miss Supranational Organization, Gerhard Parzutka von Lipinski, announced Nico Panagio as the host for the Miss and Mister Supranational 2024 Final Shows.^[29] Kasia Kołeczek [pl] will also be joining Panagio on the finals.^[30]

• Nico Panagio: South African actor, host of Survivor South Africa
• Kasia Kołeczek [pl]: Polish/British actress
• Aleksander Sikora [pl]: Polish presenter

The Preliminary Competition was broadcast live on the official Mister Supranational YouTube channel at 6 pm CET on July 1, 2024.^[31][32]

• Andrea Aguilera, Miss Supranational 2023 from Ecuador
• Andre Sleigh – Creative director of Miss and Mister Supranational
• Iván Álvarez Guedes – Mister Supranational 2023 from Spain
• Katarzyna Krzeszowska - Miss Supranational 2014 fourth runner-up from Poland (only on the final broadcast)
• Keisha - Polish stylist and designer
• Louisa - Creative producer of Miss Supernational and Mister Supernational 2024 finals shows
• Nguyễn Huỳnh Kim Duyên – Miss Supranational 2022 second runner-up from Vietnam ^[33]
• Rick Sotelo - Supranational stylist
• Robert Czepiel – General director of Jubiler Schubert / World of Amber

The final show was broadcast live on the official Mister Supranational YouTube channel at 8pm CET, on July 4, 2024.

Thirty-six contestants competed for the title:

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age[a]	Hometown	Continental Group
Argentina	Guillermo Layus	28	San Miguel de Tucumán	Americas
Brazil	Matheus Maia[34]	26	Cachoeirinha	Americas
Canada	Jaime Cesar	33	Toronto	Americas
Colombia	Rafael Rapelo[35]	27	Santa Marta	Americas
Côte d'Ivoire	Firmin Junior Yapi[36]	28	Yamoussoukro	Africa
Czech Republic	Adam Sedro[37]	29	Prague	Europe
Dominican Republic	Bray Vargas[38]	32	Santiago	Caribbean
Ecuador	Fernando Mendieta	33	Guayaquil	Americas
Germany	Marc Arthur Tsanang	34	Wiesbaden	Europe
Guatemala	Joshua Mata	32	Guatemala City	Americas
Haiti	Abdias Augustin	23	Cap-Haïtien	Caribbean
India	Aman Rajesh Singh	24	Bangalore	Asia
Indonesia	Nathaniel Christopher[39]	20	Banten	Asia
Jamaica	Jermaine Harris	34	St. Catherine	Caribbean
Laos	Sanonh Maniphonh	26	Luang Prabang	Asia
Malta	Ruben Pulido[40]	33	Msida	Europe
Malaysia	Siavesh Akbari	31	Kuala Lumpur	Asia
Mexico	Zait Reza[41]	32	Saltillo	Americas
Myanmar	Thet Oo Maung Maung[42]	25	Yangon	Asia
Nepal	Dhiroj Kaji Basnet[43]	21	Bharatpur	Asia
Netherlands	Casey De Vries	28	Brielle	Europe
Paraguay	Osvaldo Orué	26	Asunción	Americas
Peru	Joel Farach[44]	34	Callao	Americas
Philippines	Brandon Espiritu[45]	29	Dededo	Asia
Poland	Patryk Karbowski[46]	31	Augustów	Europe
Puerto Rico	Cristian González Pérez[47]	21	San Juan	Caribbean
Sierra Leone	Uthman Issa Bangura	25	Freetown	Africa
Slovakia	Adam Palkovič	26	Bratislava	Europe
South Africa	Fezile Mkhize	33	Bloemfontein	Africa
South Korea	Jo Seong Hyeon[48]	28	Seoul	Asia
Spain	Álvaro Germes[49]	29	Huesca	Europe
Thailand	Chonlawit Wongsriwor[50]	27	Khon Kaen	Asia
Trinidad and Tobago	Anderson Subero[51]	25	Sangre Grande	Caribbean
United States	Alan Hierro	32	New York City	Americas
Venezuela	Marcos De Freitas[52]	24	Caracas	Americas
Vietnam	Đỗ Quang Tuyển	24	Nam Định	Asia

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