Manhunt International 2008

Manhunt International 2008
Date June 2, 2008
Venue The Circle, Central City Convention Hall, Seoul, Korea
Entrants 47
Debuts Equatorial Guinea, Morocco
Withdrawals Austria, Colombia, Cyprus, Egypt, Georgia, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands
Returns Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Ireland, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Spain
Winner Abdelmoumen El Maghraouy
 Morocco
Congeniality Rikesh Raj Shrestha
   Nepal
Photogenic Samuel Adam Whitman
 England

Manhunt International 2008, the 13th Manhunt International pageant was held at The Circle, Central City Convention Hall, Seoul, Korea on June 2, 2008. 47 contestants competed for the title. Jeffrey Zheng of China crowned his successor Abdelmoumen El Maghraouy of Morocco.

Results

Placements

Final result Contestant
Manhunt International 2008
  •  Morocco – Abdelmoumen El Maghraouy
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 15 Semi-Finalist

Special awards

Award Name Country
Mr Friendship Rikesh Raj Shrestha    Nepal
Mr Photogenic Samuel Adam Whitman  United Kingdom
Mr Physique Yang Yao  China
Mr Internet Popularity Romeo Gates  India
Mr Personality Marvin Wijangco  Philippines
Best National Costume Mingo Lin  Hong Kong
Best Runway Model Emre Kizilirmak  Turkey

Contestants

Country Contestant Age Height Regional Occupation
 Angola Claudio Furtado 23 6' 2" Africa Oil Engineering
 Australia Dean Tahana 28 6' 1" Asia-Pacific Mortgage Broker
 Belgium Mike Van de Woestijne 24 5' 11" Europe Model
 Bosnia Anel Korjenic 22 6' 2" Europe Handball player, Model
 Brazil Thiago Testoni 21 6' 3" Americas Law student
 Bulgaria Hristo Hristov 32 6' 0" Europe Manager
 Canada Joseph Antonia 23 6' 2" Americas Student
 China Yang Yao 25 6' 2" Asia-Pacific Model
 Costa Rica Cesar Vargas 24 6' 1" Americas Personal trainer
 Curacao Jeffrey de Bruyn 23 6' 2" Caribbean Model
 Dominican Republic Jetsen Rodriguez Silva 29 6' 1" Caribbean Model / Student
 Equatorial Guinea Gbadebo Williams 22 5' 11" Africa Student
 Estonia Risto Kask 22 5' 11" Europe Model
 Germany Simon Payer 22 6' 0" Europe Model
 Ghana Seth Nyarko 21 6' 4" Africa Student
 Gibraltar Jonathon Lavers 21 6' 4" Europe Student
 Greece Nikolaos Kavouris 20 6' 2" Europe Model
 Guatemala Cesar Fernando Rosales 22 6' 1" Americas Model / Student
 Hawaii Cairo Chiang 19 6' 1" Asia-Pacific Model / Student
 Hong Kong Mingo Lin 21 6' 1" Asia-Pacific Model
 India Romeo Gates 28 6' 2" Asia-Pacific Model
 Indonesia Anthony Gunawan 26 6' 1" Asia-Pacific Basketball player / Model
 Ireland Quinn Johnson 20 6' 1" Europe Model
 Kazakhstan Evgeniy Kopotilo 26 6' 2" Asia-Pacific Tennis and ski instructor
 Korea Lee Jae-Hwan 22 6' 2" Asia-Pacific Actor / Model
 Luxembourg Koen Van de Voorde 22 6' 3" Europe Model
 Macau Shi Chang-Hong 19 6' 2" Asia-Pacific Model
 Macedonia Goce Dimkovski 24 6' 4" Europe Computer Science Student
 Malaysia Chad Loh 27 6' 0" Asia-Pacific Model
 Mexico Alejandro Moreno 19 6' 1" Americas Model / Student
 Morocco Abdelmoumen El Maghraouy 26 6' 3" Africa Teleoperator
   Nepal Rikesh Raj Shrestha 23 6' 0" Asia-Pacific Student
 Pakistan Muhammad Amir Afzal Rehmani 23 5' 11" Asia-Pacific Model
 Panama Anthony Warren 25 6' 3" Americas Sales executive
 Philippines Marvin Wijangco 24 5' 11" Asia-Pacific Model
 Puerto Rico Eduardo de Cuba 23 6' 2" Caribbean Student
 Singapore Gordon Tan 25 6' 0" Asia-Pacific Student
 South Africa Christopher Lee 22 6' 0" Africa I.T. consultant
 Spain Victorio Alba 29 6' 2" Europe Model
 Sweden Egill Arnljots 21 6' 4" Europe Warehousing executive
 Taiwan Lin Shao Hua 24 5' 11" Asia-Pacific Gym Instructor
 Thailand Tanawut Nantarid 25 5' 11" Asia-Pacific Disc Jockey
 Turkey Emre Kizilirmak 25 6' 5" Europe Model / Student
 United Kingdom Samuel Adam Whitman 20 6' 0" Europe Model
 United States Brandon Michael Anderson 29 6' 0" Americas Model
 Venezuela Orlando Delgado 18 5' 11" Americas Model
 Vietnam Nguyễn Văn Thịnh 24 6' 0" Asia-Pacific Model

National pageant notes

Debuts

Returning countries and territories

Withdraws

No shows

Nations did not competed

Contestant notes

The prizes

The jury

References

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