Competition for Misters 2015-The Pageant heats up as 30 dashing men were chosen as official candidates according to pageant owner Prime Event Productions Philippines, Inc. (PEPPS). They will be vying for four major titles – Mister International Philippines, Mister Model International Philippines, Mister Tourism International Philippines, and Mister Global Philippines.
The contestants representing the different provinces around the country, together with delegates of international Filipino communities in Australia, Germany, Italy and Great Britain, were presented to the media at One Esplanade, kicking off a series of activities leading to the finals night at the Newport Performing Arts Theater of Resorts World on Sept. 13.
Early picks for the four titles at stake include Lipa City’s John Nicholo Zacarias, who was voted Darling of the Press, and the Filipino Community of Germany’s Siegfried Schmidt Bauer, who topped the online poll conducted by Events2images. Other favorites are Tacloban’s Rick Palencia, Bohol’s AR De La Serna, Australia’s Robert Mcnamara, Pagbilao, Quezon’s Reiniel Villareal, Butuan’s Marcel Stulir, Ilocos Norte’s JM De La Cruz, Pangasinan’s Jerome Tabayoyong, Cebu City’s Carlos Ching, and Manila’s Don Mcgyver Cochico, a police officer eyeing to duplicate fellow police officer Neil Perez’s feat last year, winning the Mister International title in Seoul, Korea.
The rest of the candidates are Laguna’s John Edgar Adajar, Davao del Norte’s Ian Flores Alibo, Davao Oriental’s Red Bayron, Bulacan’s Paolo Caballero, Quezon City’s Jake Camarines, Great Britain’s Jules Chan, Koronadal’s Richard Domingo, Italy’s Kevin Fichera, Tarlac’s Church Hill Garcia, Australia’s Ari Kane, Quezon’s Mark Lester Latina, Olongapo’s Earlmond Lee, Rizal’s Robert Lopez, Pampanga’s Patrick Magtanong, Iloilo City’s William Pagayon, Melbourne’s Daniel Polbrat, , Santa Rosa’s Karan Singdole, Makati’s Jazzie Vasquez, and Bacolor, Pampanga’s Arcel Yambing.
Mister International 2014 Perez, who just came from Czech Republic to crown the representative to the Mister International 2015 pageant, to be hosted by the Philippines in November 2015, could not wait to hand over his title to his successor. “I think, it will be a very exciting competition. I see a lot of potential among all the candidates this year,” said the popular celebrity cop. “It is heartwarming to know that we are able to make an impact to a lot of people in only three years of the pageant, and we are thankful that the media has been very supportive of our pageant, said Carlo Morris Galang, PEPPS president and Misters2015 project director.