# Mister Supranational 2023

Mister Supranational 2023 the seventh edition of the Mister Supranational pageant which was held on 15 July 2023 at Strzelecki Park Amphitheater in Nowy Sącz, Poland. Luis Daniel Gálvez of Cuba crowned Iván Álvarez Guedes of Spain as his successor at the end of the event. This was the first time that Spain had won this pageant, and the first European country to do so.

## Background

Starting in 2023, the Miss Supranational Organization has decided to accept men from the ages of 18 to 34 years old to participate in the pageant.

### Selection of participants

Contestants from 34 countries and territories were selected to compete in the 2023 edition.
The 2023 edition will witness the debut of Cameroon, Ghana, Malaysia, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe; and the returns of Canada, Equatorial Guinea, India, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, and South Africa. Canada and Equatorial Guinea last competed in 2019, while the others last competed in 2021. Haiti withdrew from this edition because of the current political situation happening in the country. El Salvador, Germany, Laos, Malta, Mauritius and Vietnam withdrew for unknown reasons.
Contestants were officially confirmed to compete for Mister Supranational 2023 during The Sashing Ceremony which was broadcast live from Nowy Sącz, Malopolska via Mister Supranational official YouTube on 4 July 2023. Delegates from Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Zimbabwe were no show during the presentation; official count of 32 delegates as of 4 July 2023.
Delegates from the Dominican Republic and Sierra Leone had to withdraw due to Polish visa issues, and delegates from Ghana and Nigeria did no-shows in Poland; they all took part in Supra Chat with Misters 2023.

### Presenters

On 2 June 2023, the President of the Miss Supranational Organization, Gerhard Parzutka von Lipinski, announced Jo-Ann Strauss as the host for the Miss and Mister Supranational 2023 Final Shows. Martin Fitch returned as host and be joining Strauss on the finals with backstage coverage by Ivan Podrez.
* Ivan Podrez, presenter of the Mister Supranational challenges
* Jo-Ann Strauss, model, television host, and entrepreneur
* Martin Fitch, presenter and actor

### Panel of experts

The Preliminary competition was broadcast live on the official Mister Supranational YouTube channel at 7:30 pm CET on 11 July 2023.
* Luis Daniel Gálvez – Mister Supranational 2022 from Cuba
* Srinidhi Shetty – Miss Supranational 2016 from India
* Adinda Cresheilla – Miss Supranational 2022 3rd runner-up from Indonesia (only as preliminary judge)
* Andre Sleigh – Creative director of the Miss and Mister Supranational (only as preliminary judge)
* Lalela Mswane – Miss Supranational 2022 from South Africa (only as preliminary judge)
The final show was broadcast live on the official Mister Supranational YouTube channel at 8.05 pm CET on 15 July 2023.
* Andrea Aguilera – Miss Supranational 2023 from Ecuador (only on the final telecast)
* Gerhard Patzutka Von Lipinski – president of the Miss and Mister Supranational organisation (only on the final telecast)
* Marcelina Zawadzka – television host, model and Miss Polonia 2011 (only on the final telecast)
* Robert Czepiel – General director of Jubiler Schubert / World of Amber (only on the final telecast)
* Shontelle – singer and songwriter from Barbados (only on the final telecast)

## Results
### Placement

Placements announced by the organizers are as follows:
| Placement | Contestant |
| Mister Supranational 2023 | Spain – Iván Álvarez Guedes |
| 1st Runner-up | Brazil – Henrique Martins |
| 2nd Runner-up | Netherlands – Luca Derin |
| 3rd Runner-up | South Korea – Lee Yong–woo ∆ |
| 4th Runner-up | Cameroon – Daniel Mbouda |
| Top 10 (in order of placements) | Mexico – Luis García  Czech Republic – Jakub Vitek  Ecuador – Bruno Barbieri  Thailand – Nathanon Narathanyawirun  Malaysia – Danial Hansen ∆ § |
| Top 20 (in order of placements) | United States – Daniel Zemeida  Italy – Fabio Camattari  France – Quentin Bourg-Austruy  Panama – Mario Bianco  South Africa – Tylo Ribeiro  Poland – Daniel Tracz  Indonesia – Adib Dwitamma  Philippines – Johannes Rissler  Canada – Luis Portelles ∆  Trinidad and Tobago – Keathon Yallery |
| Top 25 (Non semifinalist) (in order of placements) | Venezuela – Jorge Eduardo Nuñez  Peru – Stefano Bermellón  Argentina – Giuliano Fessía  Belgium – Ben Steyaert  India – Raj Sunil Singh |
Notes:
§ – placed into the Top 10 by Supra Fan Vote Winner
∆ – placed into the Top 20 by fast-track challenges

### Continental titleholders

It was awarded to delegates with the highest placement in the continent without being in the Top 5.
| Continent | Contestant |
| Africa | South Africa – Tylo Ribeiro |
| Americas | Mexico – Luis García |
| Asia | Thailand – Nathanon Narathanyawirun |
| Caribbean | Trinidad and Tobago – Keathon Yallery |
| Europeg | Czech Republic – Jakub Vitek |

### Special awards

| Final Results | Final Results | Contestant |
| FAST-TRACKS | Supra Fan Vote | Malaysia – Danial Hansen |
| FAST-TRACKS | Mister Influencer | Malaysia – Danial Hansen |
| FAST-TRACKS | Supra Chat | Canada – Luis Portelles |
| FAST-TRACKS | Top Model | South Korea – Lee Yong–woo |
| SPECIAL AWARDS | Mister Personality | Peru – Stefano Bermellón |
| SPECIAL AWARDS | Mister Photogenic | Poland – Daniel Tracz |
| SPECIAL AWARDS | Mister Talent | India – Raj Sunil Singh |

## Challenge events

All times in this article are Central European Time (UTC+1)

### Fast track events
#### Supra Fan-Vote

The winner of the Supra Fan Vote will automatically advance to the Top 10 finalists of Mister Supranational 2023. Voting will open till the finals night on 15 July 2023.
| Results | Results | Country | Ref. |
| Winner | Winner | Malaysia – Danial Hansen | |

#### Top Model

Top Model was broadcast live via Mister Supranational official YouTube at 8 pm on 9 July 2023. One of the three finalists will be announced as the winner and be a semi-finalist in the finals.
| Final Results | Country |
| Winner | South Korea – Lee Yong-woo |
| Top 3 | Cameroon – Daniel Mbouda  Spain – Iván Álvarez Guedes |
| Top 10 | Belgium – Ben Steyaert  Brazil – Henrique Martins  Czech Republic – Jakub Vitek  Mexico – Luis García  Netherlands – Luca Derin  Philippines – Johannes Rissler  Poland – Daniel Tracz |

#### Mister Supra Influencer

The Mister Influencer challenges started on 29 June 2023, at 3:00 pm. The first social media challenge began on their official YouTube channel and their Facebook page on 1 July. One of the three finalists will be the winner and announced as a Top 20 finalist.
| Results | Results | Country |
| Winner | Winner | Malaysia – Danial Hansen |
| Top 3 | Challenge 1 (Youtube) | Indonesia – Adib Dwitamma |
| Top 3 | Challenge 2 (Facebook) | Mexico – Luis Carlos García |
| Top 3 | Challenge 3 (Instagram) | Malaysia – Danial Hansen |

#### Supra Chat

Ivan Padrez returned as the host for Supra Chat 2023 Series. The voting duration in each episode will last for 48 hours.

##### Round 1

Supra Chat 2023 Episode 1 premiered on Mister Supranational official YouTube channel on 21 June 2023.
* Advanced to second round
| Group | Country 1 | Country 2 | Country 3 | Country 4 | Country 5 | Country 6 | Country 7 | Country 8 |
| 1 | Belgium | Greece | Namibia | Netherlands | Nigeria | Poland | South Africa | Zimbabwe |
| 2 | Argentina | Brazil | Canada | Dominican Republic | Ecuador | Equatorial Guinea | Spain | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 3 | Cameroon | Czech Republic | France | Ghana | Italy | Sierra Leone | Slovakia | — |
| 4 | Cuba | Mexico | Panama | Peru | Puerto Rico | United States | Venezuela | — |
| 5 | Cambodia | India | Indonesia | Korea | Malaysia | Nepal | Philippines | Thailand |
Notes
* Dominican Republic withdrew due to Polish visa issues.
* Ghana withdrew with a no-show in Poland.
* Nigeria withdrew with a no-show in Poland.
* Sierra Leone withdrew due to Polish visa issues.

##### Finals

The five semi-finalists competed in the final round of Supra Chat—the winner advanced as a Top 20 finalist.
| Final | Country | Ref. |
| Winner | Canada – Luis Portelles | |
| Top 5 | Cameroon – Daniel Mbouda  Cuba – Richard Acosta  Malaysia – Danial Hansen  South Africa – Tylo Ribeiro | |

### Non-fast track events
#### Mister Talent

10 Talent entries were presented on the Mister Supranational official YouTube channel on 1 July, and votes were cast. The final four competed in the first Supra Talent 2023 finals with Miss Supranational 2023 Talent Finalists which was broadcast live via Miss & Mister Supranational official YouTube at 10 pm on 9 July 2023. Mister Philippines, Johannes Rissler and Mister Peru, Stefano Bermellón were invited to perform with the finalists.
| Final Results | Country |
| Winner | India – Raj Sunil Singh |
| Top 4 | Ecuador – Bruno Barbieri  Indonesia – Adib Dwitamma  Nepal – Shishir Wagle |
| Top 10 | Cuba – Richard Acosta  Czech Republic – Jakub Vitek  Dominican Republic – Jan Carlos Carrasco  Peru – Stefano Bermellón  Thailand – Nathanon Narathanyawirun  Trinidad and Tobago – Keathon Yallery |

## Contestants

Contestants were officially confirmed to compete for Mister Supranational 2023 during The Sashing Ceremony which was broadcast live from Nowy Sącz, Malopolska via Mister Supranational official YouTube on 4 July 2023. Delegates from Equatorial Guinea and Zimbabwe were absent during the presentation.
| Country/Territory | Delegate | Age | Hometown | Continental Group |
| Argentina | Giuliano Fessia | 33 | Buenos Aires | Americas |
| Belgium | Ben Steyaert | 26 | Brussels | Europe |
| Brazil | Henrique Martins | 31 | Campinas | Americas |
| Cambodia | Sela Vorn | 25 | Pursat | Asia |
| Cameroon | Daniel Mbouda | 25 | Yaoundé | Africa |
| Canada | Luis Portelles | 28 | Montreal | Americas |
| Cuba | Richard Acosta | 27 | Havana | Caribbean |
| Czech Republic | Jakub Vitek | 29 | Bratislava | Europe |
| Ecuador | Bruno Barbieri | 31 | Guayaquil | Americas |
| Equatorial Guinea | Vicente Benjamín Roku | 19 | Malabo | Africa |
| France | Quentin Bourg-Austruy | 24 | Issy-les-Moulineaux | Europe |
| Greece | Michalis Kolikas | 27 | Athens | Europe |
| India | Raj Sunil Singh | 22 | Mumbai | Asia |
| Indonesia | Adib Dwitamma | 24 | Palembang | Asia |
| Italy | Fabio Camattari | 25 | Venice | Europe |
| Malaysia | Danial Hansen | 28 | Kuala Lumpur | Asia |
| Mexico | Luis Carlos García | 30 | Lázaro Cárdenas | Americas |
| Namibia | Malan van den Berg | 25 | Windhoek | Africa |
| Nepal | Shishir Wagle | 24 | Tanahu | Asia |
| Netherlands | Luca Derin | 26 | Sittard | Europe |
| Panama | Mario Bianco | 28 | Chiriquí | Americas |
| Peru | Stefano Bermellón | 28 | Lima | Americas |
| Philippines | Johannes Rissler | 24 | Panabo | Asia |
| Poland | Daniel Tracz | 25 | Jordanów Śląski | Europe |
| Puerto Rico | Rafael Pagán | 30 | Arecibo | Caribbean |
| Slovakia | Tomáš Benko | 30 | Žilina | Europe |
| South Africa | Tylo Ribeiro | 30 | Gauteng | Africa |
| South Korea | Lee Yong-woo | 33 | Seoul | Asia |
| Spain | Iván Álvarez Guedes | 29 | Pontevedra | Europe |
| Thailand | Nathanon Narathanyawirun | 29 | Nakhon Si Thammarat | Asia |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Keathon Yallery | 27 | Saint Augustine | Caribbean |
| United States | Daniel Zemeida | 23 | Peoria | Americas |
| Venezuela | Jorge Eduardo Núñez | 28 | Cabimas | Americas |
| Zimbabwe | Tatenda Njanike | 27 | Harare | Africa |