10 things about Mister World New Zealand 2024 Tim Kiriwi

Timoti “Tim” Wiremu Edsel Kiriwi represented New Zealand in the 11th edition of Mister World. It is an international beauty pageant based in London, England, United Kingdom.

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BIOGRAPHY

Kiriwi is a Kiwi model based in California, United States. Here are 10 more things about him:

He is a resident of Los Angeles, California.

He is originally from Auckland, New Zealand.

He is the third Mister World New Zealand.

He is 6’1″ tall.

He was born in 1990.

In 2006, he graduated from Pakuranga College in Auckland.

In 2016, he co-hosted a Maori Television show called “Grid” with Kaea Pearce and Brock Ashby.

In 2024, he visited Vietnam.

He was Mister World New Zealand 2024.

He was a Mister World 2024 candidate.

TIMELINE

Kiriwi is the first Mister World New Zealand to compete in Mister World but withdraw before the coronation ceremony. Arnold Arthur du Toit and Courtenay Bernard represented New Zealand in the competition in 2010 and 2012, respectively.

2010s

• In July 2014, he had a photoshoot in Hollywood, Los Angeles.
• On October 11, 2014, he and Lace Tarrant attended a mass audition in Auckland.

2020s

• He was featured in Fashion Quarterly New Zealand (Digital) – 1 Issue, Autumn 2023, which was released on November 13, 2023.
• On October 31, 2024, he was officially appointed Mister World New Zealand 2024.
• On November 8, 2024, he and Vladimir Vukčević taught Gokul Ganesan kickboxing in Vietnam.
• On November 9, 2024, he was one of the 45 Mister World 2024 candidates who joined the open auditions for the talent competition.
• On November 10, 2024, he competed against 35 other Mister World 2024 candidates in the talent competition and did not make it to the Top 5 of the competition.
• On November 11, 2024, he and his fellow Mister World 2024 candidates discussed their personal advocacies before the judges during the head-to-head challenge at the Imperial Hotel in Vũng Tàu, Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu, Vietnam.
• He was supposed to represent New Zealand at Mister World 2024 and compete against 60 other candidates at NovaWorld in Phan Thiết, Bình Thuận, Vietnam but he withdrew from the competition before the coronation ceremony on November 23, 2024.

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#Auckland #MisterWorld

Kamal Ibrahim crowned Mister World 2012 Francisco Escobar in Kent

Kamal Orlando Ibrahim of Ireland won Mister World 2010 at the Songdo Convensia in Incheon, South Korea on March 27, 2010. A total of 74 candidates competed for the title.

On November 24, 2012, Ibrahim crowned his successor Francisco Javier Escobar Parra of Colombia at the Kent County Showground in Kent, England, United Kingdom. A total of 48 candidates competed for the title.

Born in Cali, Colombia, Escobar turned 21 on June 21, 2012. Born in Limerick, Ireland, Ibrahim turned 27 on November 10, 2012.

Francisco Escobar, Andrew Wolff

Mister World 2012 results

beauty pageant: Mister World
president: Julia Morley
headquarters: London, England, United Kingdomedition: 7th
date: November 24, 2012
venue: Kent County Showground, Kent, England, United Kingdom
candidates: 48hosts: Kamal Ibrahim, Myleene Klass
performers: Jonathan Antoine, Charlotte Jaconelli

WINNERS

PLACEMENT20122010Mister WorldFrancisco Escobar
ColombiaKamal Ibrahim
Ireland1st
runner-upAndrew Wolff
PhilippinesJosef Karas
Czech Republic2nd
runner-upLeo Delaney
IrelandKenneth Okolie
Nigeria

FINALISTS

PLACEMENTNAME (COUNTRY)Top 3
Francisco Javier Escobar Parra (Colombia)
Leo Delaney (Ireland)
Andrew James Peñaflorida Wolff (Philippines)Top 10
Gianni Sennesael (Belgium)
Francesco Anthony Cena (Canada)
Vanja Grgeć (Croatia)
Roland Johnson (England)
Rodolphe Nader (Lebanon)
Rodrigo Fernandini (Peru)
Trương Nam Thành (Vietnam)

FAST TRACK EVENTS

AWARDCANDIDATEExtreme ChallengeVanja Grgeć
CroatiaFashion and StyleTrương Nam Thành
VietnamMultimediaAndrew James Peñaflorida Wolff
PhilippinesSportsLeo Delaney
IrelandTalent and CreativityFrancesco Anthony Cena
Canada

JUDGES

Mister World head of hair and makeup Andrew Shaun Minarik

Mister World stage director Donna Derby

Mister World 2007 Juan Garcia Postigo

Mister World president Julia Morley

Miss World 2009 Kaiane Loise Aldorino

musical director Mike Dixon

Mister World 1996 Tom Nuyens

Mister World titleholders

Mister World 1996 Tom Nuyens (Belgium)

Mister World 1998 Sandro Finoglio (Venezuela)

Mister World 2000 Ignacio Kliche (Uruguay)

Mister World 2003 Gustavo Gianetti (Brazil)

Mister World 2007 Juan Garcia Postigo (Spain)

Mister World 2010 Kamal Ibrahim (Ireland)

Mister World 2012 Francisco Escobar (Colombia)

#Kent #MisterWorld

48 Mister World 2012 candidates competing in Kent

Kamal Orlando Ibrahim represented Ireland at Mister World 2010 and competed against 73 other candidates at the Songdo Convensia in Incheon, South Korea on March 27, 2010. He won the title.

Runner-up to Ibrahim was Josef Karas of the Czech Republic. The second runner-up was Kenneth Obinna Okolie of Nigeria.

Josef Karas, Kamal Orlando Ibrahim, Kenneth Obinna Okolie

Mister World 2012 contestants

On November 24, 2012, Ibrahim will crown his successor at the Kent County Showground in Kent, England, United Kingdom. It is the seventh edition of the international beauty pageant based in London, England.

Ibrahim and Myleene Klass will host the coronation ceremony. Andrew Minarik, Donna Derby, Juan Garcia Postigo, Julia Morley, Kaiane Aldorino, Mike Dixon and Tom Nuyens will serve as judges.

There are 48 men competing for the Mister World 2012 crown. Here are the candidates:

Franco Nahuel Belotti, 26, Argentina

Gianni Sennesael, 22, Belgium

Christian Robert Michalsky Baez, 22, Bolivia

Zlatan Duratovic, 22, Bosnia and Herzegovina

William Rech, 25, Brazil

Stefan Miletiev, 23, Bulgaria

Francesco “Frankie” Anthony Cena, 21, Canada

Tan Zeyong, 23, China

Francisco Javier Escobar Parra, 21, Colombia

Jorge Mario Castillo, 23, Costa Rica

Vanja Grgeć, 25, Croatia

Milan Nevosad, 20, Czech Republic

Roland Johnson, 20, England

Alexandre Cheraibi, 24, France

Alessandro Izzo, 21, Germany

Dimitris Valvis, 27, Greece

Wendy Villeronce, 22, Guadeloupe

Kilber Benjamin Gutiérrez Ponce, 23, Honduras

Taher Ali, 25, India

Leo Delaney, 20, Ireland

Fabio Rondinelli, 27, Italy

Shuhei Arai, 27, Japan

Kaspars Romanovs, 27, Latvia

Rodolphe Bou Nader, 20, Lebanon

Kevin Stamerra, 25, Luxembourg

Kim Wu Ngai Kin, 24, Macau

Robert Galea, 25, Malta

David Fortune, 23, Martinique

Enrique Ramirez Mayagoitia, 26, Mexico

Enkhbold Erdenetuya, 25, Mongolia

Bas Gosewisch, 22, Netherlands

Courtenay Bernard, 27, New Zealand

Michael Francis McCann, 24, Northern Ireland

Miguel Cardozo Ramos, 25, Paraguay

Rodrigo Fernandini, 21, Peru

Andrew James Peñaflorida Wolff, 27, Philippines

Krystian Kurowski, 27, Poland

Paulo Jórge Soares dos Reis, 21, Portugal

Alberto Manuel Cerro López, 23, Puerto Rico

Kirill Bondarenko, 27, Russia

Edison Ho Jian Yang, 26, Singapore

Andrew Govender, 25, South Africa

Alvaro Villanueva Santos, 21, Spain

Barış Aslan, 22, Turkey

Oleksandr Bogdanov, 26, Ukraine

Jesus Alberto Zambrano Contreras, 22, Venezuela

Trương Nam Thành, 21, Vietnam

Rhodri Ihenacho, 19, Wales

#Kent #MisterWorld

Juan Garcia Postigo crowns Mister World 2010 Kamal Ibrahim in Incheon

Juan Francisco García Postigo of Spain won Mister World 2007 at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China on March 31, 2007. A total of 56 candidates competed for the title.

On March 27, 2010, Postigo crowned his successor Kamal Orlando Ibrahim of Ireland at the Songdo Convensia in Incheon, South Korea. A total of 74 candidates competed for the title.

Josef Karas, Kamal Orlando Ibrahim, Kenneth Obinna Okolie

Mister World 2010 results

beauty pageant: Mister World
chief executive officer: Julia Morley
headquarters: London, England, United Kingdomedition: sixth
date: March 27, 2010
venue: Songdo Convensia, Incheon, South Korea
candidates: 74hosts: Alesha Dixon, Julian Kang, Lee Da-hae, Steve Douglas
performers: Alesha Dixon, Girls’ Generation, Paul Potts

WINNERS

PLACEMENT20102007Mister WorldKamal Ibrahim
IrelandJuan Garcia Postigo
Spain1st
runner-upJosef Karas
Czech RepublicLucas Barbosa Gil
Brazil2nd
runner-upKenneth Okolie
NigeriaLejun Tony Jiang
China

FINALISTS

PLACEMENTNAME (COUNTRY)Top 3
Josef Karas (Czech Republic)
Kamal Orlando Ibrahim (Ireland)
Kenneth Okolie (Nigeria)Top 5
Abdel Rahman Balaa (Lebanon)
Honza Filipi (Netherlands)Top 15
Jonas Sulzbach (Brazil)
Michael Pichler (Germany)
Lampros Danas (Greece)
Emmanuel Binga (Guadeloupe)
Inder Bajwa (India)
Alvaro Alvarez Sepulveda (Mexico)
Matthew Poole (Northern Ireland)
Ji Kwang Yoo (South Korea)
Jose Manuel Flores (Venezuela)
Jonny Rees (Wales)

FAST-TRACK EVENTS

CHALLENGEWINNERSportsJosef Karas
Czech RepublicTalentYoo Ji-kwang
South KoreaTop ModelJonas Sulzbach
Brazil

JUDGES

Miss Universe 1981 chief designer André Kim

Miss World chairman and CEO Julia Morley

Miss World 2009 Kaiane Aldorino

Miss Korea 2009 Kim Joo-ri

Miss World international ambassador Krish Naidoo

Miss World 2008 Ksenia Sukhinova

Mister World 1996 Tom Nuyens

Miss World 2007 Zhang Zilin

Mister World titleholders

Mister World 1996 Tom Nuyens (Belgium)

Mister World 1998 Sandro Finoglio Esperanza (Venezuela)

Mister World 2000 Ignacio Kliche (Uruguay)

Mister World 2003 Gustavo Cabral Narciso Gianetti (Brazil)

Mister World 2007 Juan Francisco García Postigo (Spain)

Mister World 2010 Kamal Orlando Ibrahim (Ireland)

#Incheon #MisterWorld

74 Mister World 2010 candidates competing in Incheon

Juan Francisco García Postigo represented Spain at Mister World 2007 and competed against 55 other candidates at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China on March 31, 2007. He won the title.

Runner-up to Postigo was Lucas Barbosa Gil of Brazil. The second runner-up was Lejun Tony Jiang of China.

Lejun Tony Jiang, Juan Garcia Postigo, Lucas Barbosa Gil

Mister World 2010 contestants

On March 27, 2010, Postigo will crown his successor at the Songdo Convensia in Incheon, South Korea. It is the sixth edition of the international beauty pageant based in London, England, United Kingdom.

There are 74 men competing for the Mister World 2010 crown. Here are the candidates:

Jorge Bráulio Ferreira Martins, 27, Angola

Tim Boulenger, 24, Australia

Hafiz Aghayev, 24, Azerbaijan

Kendrick Kemp, 23, Bahamas

Mihail Baranau, 21, Belarus

Willem Lieve Hendrick Vermuyten, 21, Belgium

Jonatan Fischer Vargas, 23, Bolivia

Dejan Radović, 27, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Jonas Sulzbach, 24, Brazil

Martin Marinov, 23, Bulgaria

Ronald “Ron” Wear, 31, Canada

Lei Zhao, 23, China

Camilo Tocancipa García, 20, Colombia

Eduardo Esquivel Cuberos, 19, Costa Rica

Dino Bubičić, 27, Croatia

Christos Christodoulides, 27, Cyprus

Josef Karas, 31, Czech Republic

Kevin Skrøder, 26, Denmark

Ramón Alberto Uyola, 24, Dominican Republic

Tarek Naguib, 26, Egypt

Andreas Kattou, 24, England

Matewos Yilma Jigsa, 26, Ethiopia

Mohammed Al-Maiman, 23, France

Giorgi Orbeladze, 18, Georgia

Michael Pichler, 32, Germany

Lampros Danas, 25, Greece

Emmanuel Binga, 25, Guadeloupe

Max Chung, 21, Guyana

Carlos Saúl Orantes Ortega, 20, Honduras

Wesley Lee Chun Ming, 23, Hong Kong

Inder Bajwa, 27, India

Todi Pandapotan, 27, Indonesia

Kamal Orlando Ibrahim, 24, Ireland

Paolo Cosi, 25, Italy

Hareruya Konno, 26, Japan

Roman Mironov, 24, Kazakhstan

Lwanda Jawar Kotengo, 29, Kenya

Kristaps Punculis, 22, Latvia

Abdel Rahman El-Balaa, 22, Lebanon

Carlo Marino, 30, Luxembourg

Ivan Nikšik, 23, Macedonia

David Lian Tze Wang, 20, Malaysia

Mark Borg Spiteri, 21, Malta

Kévin Bellegarde, 22, Martinique

Alvaro Álvarez Sepulveda, 25, Mexico

Galbadrakhyn Badarkh, 23, Mongolia

Predrag Pavličić, 23, Montenegro

Honza Jan Filipi, 27, Netherlands

Arnold Arthur du Toit, 26, New Zealand

Kenneth Obinna Okolie, 26, Nigeria

Matthew Christopher Poole, 20, Northern Ireland

Chris André Eileng, 26, Norway

Héctor Javier Villarreal Franco, 25, Panama

Diego Andres Tuma Bogado, 26, Paraguay

Manuel Illich Lobatón, 24, Peru

Alvin Aldeosa de Joya, 23, Philippines

Maksymilian Lewandowski, 19, Poland

Joshua Louis Dalmau Irizarry, 25, Puerto Rico

Voicu Ruşlan Pânzar, 23, Romania

Sergey Kolenchikov, 29, Russia

Vasa Nestorović, 25, Serbia

Hu Hanxiong, 25, Singapore

Yoo Ji-kwang, 24, South Korea

Jaco de Bruyn, 26, South Africa

Guillermo García Becerril, 24, Spain

Hemal Sachindra Ranasinghe, 24, Sri Lanka

Phakeme Okwakhe Dlamini, 25, Swaziland

Alexander Siamak Shirpey, 24, Sweden

Rattasart Rungsirithip, 24, Thailand

Alper Hasan Aşlanoğlu, 24, Turkey

Yuriy Bogish, 27, Ukraine

Ivan Rusilko, 26, United States

José Manuel Flores Sánchez, 23, Venezuela

Jonny Rees, 24, Wales

#Incheon #MisterWorld

Gustavo Gianetti crowns Mister World 2007 Juan Garcia Postigo in Sanya

Gustavo Cabral Narciso Gianetti of Brazil won Mister World 2003 at the Brewery Hall in London, England, United Kingdom on August 9, 2003. A total of 38 candidates competed for the title.

On March 31, 2007, Gianetti crowned his successor Juan Francisco García Postigo of Spain at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China. A total of 56 candidates competed for the title.

Lejun Tony Jiang, Juan Garcia Postigo, Lucas Barbosa Gil

Mister Spain 2007 results

beauty pageant: Mister World
founder: Eric Morley
president: Julia Morley
headquarters: London, England, United Kingdomedition: fifth
date: March 31, 2007
venue: Crown of Beauty Theatre, Sanya, China
broadcaster: Star World
candidates: 56hosts: Heyling Chan, Tom Nuyens, Darren Campbell, Steve Douglas
performer: Paul Byrom

WINNERS

PLACEMENT20072003Mister WorldJuan Garcia Postigo
SpainGustavo Gianetti
Brazil1st
runner-upLucas Barbosa Gil
BrazilAssaad Tarabay
Lebanon2nd
runner-upLejun Tony Jiang
ChinaFabien Hauquier
Belgium

FINALISTS

PLACEMENTNAME (COUNTRY/TERRITORY)Top 3
Lucas Barbosa Gil (Brazil)
Lejun Tony Jiang (China)
Juan Francisco Garcia Postigo (Spain)Top 5
José Patricio Laguna Gebauer (Chile)
Alonso Fernández Alvarez (Costa Rica)Top 12
Matthias Thaler (Austria)
Kawaljit Anand Singh (India)
Anthony Hakim (Lebanon)
Ikenna Bryan Okwara (Nigeria)
Ariel Romeo Quiñones Morales (Puerto Rico)
Dieter Voigt (South Africa)
Ievgen Dudin (Ukraine)

JUDGES

New Silk Road founder Li Xiaobai

Miss World 1988 Linda Pétursdóttir

Miss World Organization president Julia Morley

Miss World 2004 María Julia “Maju” Mantilla García 

Miss World international ambassador Krish Naidoo

Tom Nuyens of Belgium won the inaugural edition of Mister World at the Anadolu Auditorium in Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey on September 20, 1996. He competed against 49 other candidates.

On September 18, 1998, Nuyens crowned his successor Sandro Finoglio Esperanza of Venezuela at the Tróia Peninsula in Grândola, Portugal. A total of 43 candidates competed for the title.

Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Finoglio turned 34 on January 3, 2007. Born in Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium, Nuyens turned 34 on March 18, 2007.

#MisterWorld #Sanya

56 Mister World 2007 candidates competing in Sanya

Gustavo Cabral Narciso Gianetti represented Brazil at Mister World 2003 and competed against 37 other candidates at the Brewery Hall in London, England, United Kingdom on August 9, 2003. He won the title.

Runner-up to Gianetti was Assaad Tarabay of Lebanon. The second runner-up was Fabien Hauquier of Belgium.

Gustavo Cabral Narciso Gianetti

Mister World 2007 contestants

On March 31, 2007, Gianetti will crown his successor at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China. It is the fifth edition of the international beauty pageant founded by Eric Morley in 1996.

There are 56 men competing for the Mister World 2007 crown. Here are the candidates:

Ervin Pepaj, 20, Albania

Harley von Moger, 21, Australia

Matthias Thaler, 21, Austria

Metellus Antoine Chipman, 28, Bahamas

Fabian McDowald, 19, Barbados

Matthew Phillips, 25, Belgium

Julio César Aguilera Rau, 26, Bolivia

Nebojša Malešević, 23, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Lucas Barbosa Gil, 22, Brazil

Giorgi Zhekov, 23, Bulgaria

Darren Storsley, 31, Canada

José Patricio Laguna Gebauer, 29, Chile

Lejun Tony Jiang, 27, China

Hugo Villegas, 21, Colombia

Alonso Fernández Álvarez, 24, Costa Rica

Henry Romero Rodríguez, 23, Curacao

Brian Nonbo, 26, Denmark

Johaney Wilfredo Albor Linero, 24, Dominican Republic

Omar Awad, 25, Egypt

Warren Harvey, 24, England

Mark Wilke, 35, Germany

Nikitas Giannakos, 29, Greece

Siegfried Ventadour, 22, Guadeloupe

François Huỳnh, 21, Hong Kong

Jón Gunnlaugur Viggósson, 24, Iceland

Kawaljit Anand Singh, 26, India

Simon Hales, 24, Ireland

Carlo Martellini, 24, Italy

Gabriel Omolo Ouma, 23, Kenya

Artūrs Mihailovs, 23, Latvia

Anthony Hakim, 25, Lebanon

Emmett Massaquoi, 32, Liberia

Gintaras Kuculis, 25, Lithuania

Gjorgi Filipov, 20, Macedonia

David Camenzuli, 21, Malta

Jorge Iván Aceves Villalpando, 22, Mexico

Quintin Colicchia, 29, Netherlands

Ikenna Bryan Okwara, 20, Nigeria

Ross Lauder, 21, Northern Ireland

Sivert Aassve, 19, Norway

Diego Alejandro Cedeño de Obaldia, 27, Panama

Emmanuel Balon Mago, 26, Philippines

Daniel Madej, 25, Poland

Ariel Romeo Quiñones Morales, 25, Puerto Rico

Razvan Constantin Dobre, 26, Romania

Roman Demchenko, 28, Russia

Reuben Kee En Rui, 22, Singapore

Dieter Voigt, 23, South Africa

Juan Francisco García Postigo, 25, Spain

Shibani Shaban Basiron, 19, Sri Lanka

Ertem Eşer, 25, Turkey

Ievgen Dudin, 25, Ukraine

Travis Alexander Kraft, 27, United States

Vito Ernesto Gasparrini Dominguez, 31, Venezuela

Hồ Đức Vĩnh, 23, Vietnam

Leigh Brookman, 23, Wales

#MisterWorld #Sanya

13 things about Mister World 2014 second runner-up Jose Pablo Minor

José Pablo Minor Medrano represented Mexico in the eighth edition of Mister World. It is an international beauty pageant based in London, England, United Kingdom.

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BIOGRAPHY

Minor is a Mexican actor, television host, model and beauty king born and raised in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico. He is an alumnus of the Centro de Educación Artística (CEA), the free acting school of Televisa, which based in Mexico City, Mexico.

On March 23, 2026, Minor turned 35. Here are 13 more things about him:

In 1991, he appeared in the Televisa telenovela “Muchachitas” as an infant.

In 2004, he started modeling professionally.

From 2010 to 2012, he attended CEA.

From 2011 to 2015, he dated Natasha Dupeyrón.

In 2014, he visited England.

From 2014 to 2015, he played Gael Ángeles in the Televisa telenovela “Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse”.

He finished second in the Mister World Mexico 2014 casting but he later replaced the winner Jonathan Alejandro Villanueva Valencia, who resigned.

He was Mister World 2014 second runner-up.

From 2015 to 2016, he played David Gómez Luna in the Televisa telenovela “Pasión y Poder”.

In 2016, he visited Thailand and Nepal.

From 2017 to 2019, he played Gabriel Musi Lozano in the Televisa telenovela “Mi Marido Tiene Familia”.

In 2023, he moved to France.

From 2024 to 2025, he played Demián Morga in the TelevisaUnivision telenovela “El Angel de Aurora”.

TIMELINE

Minor is 6’1″ tall. He speaks Spanish and English.

2010s

• On June 15, 2014, he represented Mexico at Mister World 2014 and competed against 45 other candidates at The Riviera International Conference Centre in Torbay, Devon, England. He was second runner-up to Nicklas Pedersen of Denmark.
• In August 2016, he volunteered at an elephant sanctuary in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
• In September 2016, he taught English classes to schoolchildren in Nepal.
• In October 2016, he returned to Mexico City.

2020s

• In May 2023, he moved to Paris, France.

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13 things about Mister World 2014 first runner-up Emmanuel Ikubese

Emmanuel Ifeanyi Ikubese competed in the fourth edition of Mr. Nigeria. He represented Nigeria in the eighth edition of Mister World.

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BIOGRAPHY

Ikubese is a Nigerian actor, filmmaker and model from Delta, Nigeria. He obtained his First School Leaving Certificate and West African Senior School Certificate from learning institutions within Delta.

While attending the United States International University (USIU)-Africa in Nairobi, Kenya, Ikubese started his modeling career. He earned a bachelor’s degree in international relations from the university.

On August 12, 2025, Ikubese turned 37. Here are 13 more things about him:

From 2006 to 2011, he attended USIU-Africa.

From 2011 to 2018, he was an actor and a creative team member at the MTV Staying Foundation in London, England, United Kingdom.

From 2012 to 2019, he played Femi in the MTV Base drama series “Shuga”.

In 2014, he starred in the television series “Taste of Love” and founded the Emmanuel Ikubese Foundation.

He won Mr. Nigeria 2014 and was Mister World 2014 first runner-up.

In 2015, he starred in the films “True Lies”, “Fifty” and “Victor”, joined Project RAW in Nigeria as an executive producer and won the Peace Personality of the Year at the Peace Achievers Awards.

In 2016, he starred in the films “That Very Weekend” and “Ojukokoro” and won the City People Movie Award for Most Promising Actor of the Year at the City People Entertainment Awards.

In 2017, he starred in the TV series “My Flatmates” and “Dere: An African Tale” and the film “Run” and the United Nations appointed him a millennium development goals ambassador.

From 2017 to 2020, he was the executive producer of Project KYADDLA in Kampala, Uganda.

In 2018, he produced his first TV series in Uganda and starred in the films “Lagos Landing” and “Last Date”.

In 2019, he and Nigerian beautician Anita Adetoye got engaged, he set up his own media company and he directed eight episodes of the TV series “Kyaddala”, which marked his directorial debut.

In 2020, lost a cousin to sickle cell anemia.

He he starred in the films “Deeds” and “Deceived” in 2020, “Noxious Affair” and “Marrying a Campbell” in 2021, “A Simple Life” in 2022, “Meeting Funmi’s Parents” in 2024 and “Ejan’la” and “Mzigo”, which he directed, in 2025.

TIMELINE

Ikubese is 6’2″ tall. He speaks English and Swahili.

2000s

• In January 2006, he entered USIU-Africa.

2010s

• In August 2011, he graduated from USIU-Africa.
• On April 26, 2014, he competed against 19 other Mr. Nigeria 2014 candidates at the Eko Hotel and Suites on Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria and won the title.
• On June 15, 2014, he represented Nigeria at Mister World 2014 and competed against 45 other candidates at The Riviera International Conference Centre in Torbay, Devon, England. He was runner-up to Nicklas Pedersen of Denmark.
• In December 2014, he founded the Emmanuel Ikubese Foundation.
• In March 2015, he joined Project RAW.
• In May 2017, he joined Project KYADDLA as the executive producer.

2020s

• In January 2020, he left Project KYADDLA.
• He and Lois Truly wrote his film “Mzigo”, which was released in Tanzania on June 28, 2025.

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#MisterWorld

13 things about Mister World 2014 Nicklas Pedersen

Nicklas Pedersen represented Denmark in the eighth edition of Mister World. He is the first man from the country to the win the title.

BIOGRAPHY

Pedersen is a Danish carpenter, model and beauty king born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Aside from Denmark, he has lived in other countries including Australia and Germany.

On May 5, 2025, Pedersen turned 35. Here are 13 more things about him:

From 2007 to 2011, he attended NEXT Uddannelse København in Valby, Copenhagen.

In 2012, he moved from Denmark to Australia.

In 2014, he reigned as Mister World Denmark 2014 and Mister World 2014, served as a Miss Brazil 2014 judge and visited Sweden, Greece, France, Brazil, Spain, Malta and England, United Kingdom.

In 2015, he visited the United States, Indonesia and Thailand.

From 2015 to 2020, he was an operations manager at Yes Crane Hire in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

He visited Norway and Cyprus in 2016 and Italy in 2017.

He visited Germany in 2018 and Portugal, the Netherlands, Turkiye and Mexico in 2019.

From 2020 to 2022, he was a self-employed brand manager in Berlin, Germany.

From 2021 to 2023, he attended Erhvervsakademi København (EK) in Copenhagen.

In 2022, he visited South Africa and Croatia.

From 2022 to 2023, he was a part-time study assistant at Adsbøll in Copenhagen.

From 2023 to 2025, he was a site coordinator at Crema Constructions in Melbourne.

In 2025, he visited Colombia.

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TIMELINE

Pedersen is 5’111⁄2” tall. He speaks Danish and English.  

2000s

• In January 2007, he entered NEXT Uddannelse København in Valby.

2010s

• In April 2011, he graduated from NEXT Uddannelse København.
• In May 2012, he moved to Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
• On April 5, 2014, he was appointed Mister World Denmark 2014.
• On June 15, 2014, he represented Denmark at Mister World 2014, competed against 45 other candidates at The Riviera International Conference Centre in Torbay, Devon, England and won the title.
• On June 23, 2014, he attended a Philippine charity event in Sweden.
• In July 2014, he traveled to Greece and Paris, France.
• In August 2014, he traveled to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Barcelona, Spain and Malta.
• On September 27, 2014, he served as a judge at Miss Brazil 2014 at the Centro de Eventos do Ceará in Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil.
• On December 14, 2014, he attended Miss World 2014 at the ExCeL London in London, England.
• In March 2015, he hosted the Variety Telethon in Des Moines, Iowa, USA and traveled to Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA.
• In April 2015, he joined Yes Crane Hire in Melbourne.
• In November 2015, he traveled to Bali, Indonesia.
• In December 2015, he traveled to Krabi, Thailand.
• On July 19, 2016, he crowned his successor Mister World 2016 Rohit Khandelwal at the Southport Convention Centre in Southport, England.
• In August 2016, he traveled to Puerto Banus, Marbella, Malaga, Andalusia, Spain; Trondheim, Norway and Protaras, Cyprus with his mother and his best friend.
• In June 2017, he traveled to Rome, Italy and Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain with his family.
• In June 2018, he traveled to Berlin.
• In October 2018, he traveled to New York City, New York, USA.
• In July 2019, he traveled to Lisbon, Portugal.
• In August 2019, he traveled to Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• In September 2019, he traveled to Alaçatı, Çeşme, İzmir, Turkiye.
• In October 2019, he traveled to Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico

2020s

• In June 2020, he left Yes Crane Hire.
• In June 2020, he started working as a self-employed brand manager in Berlin.
• In February 2021, he entered EK in Copenhagen.
• In February 2022, he joined Adsbøll in Copenhagen.
• In April 2022, he traveled to Llandudno, Western Cape, South Africa.
• In July 2022, he traveled to Hvar, Croatia.
• In August 2022, his career as a self-employed brand manager in Berlin ended.
• From February 2023 to July 2023, he was an assistant project coordinator at Crema Constructions in Melbourne.
• In June 2023, he graduated from EK.
• In July 2023, he left Adsbøll and became a Crema Constructions site coordinator.
• In January 2025, he traveled to Medellin, Colombia.
• In February 2025, he left Crema Constructions.

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