Jack Heslewood of England edged out 71 other contestants to win the Mr World 2019 title on Friday, August 23 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, Philippines.

The 27-year-old qualified rocket scientist completed his degree in Aerospace Engineering at the age of 21. He wants to invent new technologies to enable a better world and his personal motto is “You get one life, so do it all.”

During the final question and answer round, he was asked “What do you think is the most important message the world needs to hear right now?” and he replied, “I think the most important message is to try to imagine the best possible superhero you can think of, even if you can’t even think that it’s possible for humans to achieve that, imagine that superhero, that actually happens to be you and you can do that if you empower yourself to do that. It is actually possible to be that superhero if you imagine.”

South Africa’s Fezile Mkhize and Mexico’s Brian Faugier were the first and second runners-up, respectively. Brazil’s Carlos Franco and Dominican Republic’s Alejandro Martínez completed the Top 5 finalists.

The Top 12 semi-finalists were Austria (Alberto Nodale), Ireland (Wayne Walsh), Lebanon (Jean-Paul Bitar), Nepal (Akshay Rayamajhi), Northern Ireland (Adam Steenson), Philippines (JB Saliba), and Tonga (Mikaele Henry Ahomana).

South Africa, Ireland, Tonga, Nepal, and Mexico fast-tracked to the Top 12 after winning the Sports, Extreme, Top Talent, Multimedia, and Top Model Challenge, respectively. The other 7 countries were the judges’ choices from each continent.

The contestants with the highest scores from each continent were proclaimed as the continental winners. South Africa was Mr World Africa, Austria was Mr World Europe, the Philippines was Mr World Asia Pacific, the Dominican Republic was Mr World Carribean, and Mexico was Mr World Americas.

It was the first time that the Philippines hosted the Mr World pageant. The event, now in its 10th edition, was hosted by the first Filipina Miss World, Megan Young, and Filipino celebrity, Mikael Daez.

The reigning Miss World Vanessa Ponce de Leon and former Miss World titleholders, Stephanie Del Valle and Ksenia Sukhinova were part of the judging panel.

Mr World 2016, India’s Rohit Khandelwal passed on his reign to the new winner who will now embark on an amazing journey of a lifetime.

FINAL RESULTS

Mr World 2019: England – Jack Heslewood

1st Runner-Up: South Africa – Fezile Mkhize

2nd Runner-Up: Mexico – Brian Arturo Faugier González

Top 5

Brazil – Carlos Wilton Teodoro Franco

Dominican Republic – Alejandro Rafael Martínez

Top 12

Austria – Alberto Nodale

Ireland – Wayne Walsh

Lebanon – Jean-Paul Bitar

Nepal – Akshay Jung Rayamajhi

Northern Ireland – Adam Wayne Steenson

Philippines – Jody Baines Tejano Saliba

Tonga – Mikaele Henry Ahomana

Top 29

Argentina – Leonardo Díaz Alincastro

Chile – Felipe Rojas Ramírez

China – Zhang Zhiyu

Czech Republic – Jakub Krauś

Ghana – Bright Ofori

Indonesia – Radityo Wahyu Senoputro

Italy – Marco D’Elia

Kenya – Robert Cula Budi

Latvia – Edvīns Ločmelis

Mauritius – Alexandre Curpanen

Netherlands – Ashley Karym Peternella

Nigeria – Prince Nelson Enwerem

Poland – Robert Kapica

Puerto Rico – José Humberto Cotto Rodríguez

Russia – Denis Pavlevich Khadyko

United States – Andresito Germosen de la Cruz

Venezuela – Jorge Eduardo Núñez Martínez

Photos: Mr World