MYKIRU'S FIRST CATCH and EXCLUSIVE
The organizers of Mister International Philippines announced yesterday the 16 official candidates for its 2009 search.
They were selected among those who were screened last August 1, 8, 22 and 30, then on September 5, 12, 19 and finally on October 3-4.
The Top 16 official candidates for Mister International Philippines 2009 who survived the preliminary screenings are: Summerboys' Michael 'Mike' Acuña, Hair Asia 2008 National Open Champion Kerwin Caballero, Registered Nurses Alvin de Joya and Francis Soo, Prince of Negros 2009 Mark Gargoles, Cosmo Bachelor 2009 Anton Vincent Malko, Customer Service Representative Raphael Grafil, Fil-Iranian Farzam Nasirian, ex-Cappuccinos member Adrian Harald Petry, Man of the Year 2009 contestant Francis Salazar, La Sallista Nickoline John Bassey Mangoba and model Abdul Wallace, who is the son of the owner of the famous Bohol Bee Farm.
The controversial Mark Christian Daniel, who has been heavily bashed since August 1 screening, indeed makes it as one of the 16 official candidates.
His haters have been claiming before the announcement that he has a guaranteed placement in the finals. Pageant director Mike Lim denied such allegation and stressed that all candidates were judged fairly based on the pageant criteria and qualifications.
Also making it to the list of official candidates are Peter Dee, Generation East Model Search 2007 winner Jamemark Versoza and of course Franco Ramos, who topped the 1st official poll conducted here on Mykiru.
Unfortunately, student and call center agent Jarold Guina, who garnered an amazing 76% of the total votes in the 2nd poll, failed to make the cut.
Aside from Jarold Guina, other poll favorites who didn't earn a slot in the official Top 16 candidates are Cosmo 2009 Bachelors Julian Roxas and Dale Dizon, bodybuilder John Alexis Delima, Ginoong Filipinas-Visayas 2006 Leighton Galzote, National University's volleyball varsity player Jan Jasper Adorador, models Jacob Johnson and Rafael Felix Tolentino.
The screening committee have stressed that they considered the poll results, but it was not their sole basis in choosing the 16 official candidates.
In a message sent to me by Mike Lim, he said that some of the poll favourites did not make it because of height factor. The height limit is 5'10".
The tallest candidate in the Top 16 is Francis Soo at 6'3" while the shortest is Kerwin Caballero, 5'10".
The oldest contestants are Mike Acuna and Francis Salazar, both 24, while Adrian Harold Petry is the youngest at 18.
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Here's the official poll results:
(official candidates are highlighted)
1st BATCH POLL RESULTS
Total # of votes: 1,521
| CANDIDATES Franco Ramos Leighton Galzote Nasirian Farzam Anton Malko Mike Acuña Dale Dizon Jasper Jan Adorador Mark Christian Daniel Carlo Morris Galang Brylle Villena Kyle Decampong Maqui Ronquillo Jamemark Versoza John Tanchuan Athan Collado Dietrich Sanchez Earl Vic Zanoria Jose Miguel Mascariña Rafael Evangelista Robby Cubacub Albert Lorenzo Mark Jayson Domingo Andrew Adrales Deone Dasallas Dareen Pare Chris Madela Jefferson Capispisan Joseph Pallera Jess Dabalos Mark Joseph Compra Kenneth Asuncion Jon Darlucio | VOTES 166 161 126 116 99 87 83 76 58 57 57 56 49 44 43 37 36 34 33 21 14 11 10 10 9 8 7 4 4 2 2 1 | PERCENTAGE 10.91% 10.59% 8.28% 7.63% 6.51% 5.72% 5.46% 5.00% 3.81% 3.75% 3.75% 3.68% 3.22% 2.89% 2.83% 2.43% 2.37% 2.24% 2.17% 1.38% 0.92% 0.72% 0.66% 0.66% 0.59% 0.53% 0.46% 0.26% 0.26% 0.13% 0.13% 0.07% |
2ND BATCH POLL RESULTS
Total # of votes: 1,746
| CANDIDATES Jarold Guina Julian Roxas Raphael Grafil Adrian Harald Petry John Alexis Delima Jacob Johnson Kerwin Caballero Rafael Felix Tolentino Jordan Jordico Jimmy Dionisio Paul Go John Jeffrey Fajardo Brian Wilson Peredo Francis Salazar Julian Jerry Binarao Abdul Wallace Patrick Medina | VOTES 1,335 142 62 39 32 31 22 19 16 9 9 7 6 6 6 3 2 | PERCENTAGE 76.46% 8.13% 3.55% 2.23% 1.83% 1.78% 1.26% 1.09% 0.92% 0.52% 0.52% 0.40% 0.34% 0.34% 0.34% 0.17% 0.11% |
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The Mister International Philippines 2009 finals is on October 14, 2009, 8:00 PM, at the A Venue Mall (7829 Makati Avenue, Makati City).
Ticket Prices: P1,000 for Center Seats and P500 for the Side Seats.
Prizes at stake: P50,000 for Mister International Philippines 2009 winner, P20,000 for 1st Runner Up and P10,000 for 2nd Runner Up.
Winner will represent the Philippines in the 2009 Mister International pageant in Taiwan ROC on November 28, 2009.
Goodluck to all the candidates!
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