PH’s Kenneth Marcelino is Mister Cosmopolitan 2025 1st runner-up

Mr. Cosmopolitan 2025 First second place Kenneth Marcelino. Picture: Armin P. Adina/Inquirer.internet

Kenneth Marcelino has positioned the best placement of the Philippines within the Mister Cosmopolitan Contest when he completed second within the competitors on Sunday night 7 September.

The make-up artist of Laguna and proudly member of the LGBTQIA+ (Lesbian, Homosexual, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual and others) Neighborhood was named first on the finish of the competitors held in Siam Fanty within the Asiatique Riverfront in Bangkok, Tailand.

This was increased than the second place of Ivan Ignacio within the inaugural staging of the worldwide male competitors in 2023. The consultant Emerson Gomez final yr was within the semi -final.

Marcelino got here robust when he set foot in Thailand, with many parade observers who predicted a prime 5 -finish for the Filipino competitors, some even place him on prime of the rankings.

However he was happy with the second place after the mud was established, with Taiwan’s Shawn Lin Yu Hshanang who adopted Daryl NG from Singapore final yr. The brand new king was additionally on the prime of the web votes with 38.51 % of the whole votes forged.

Marcelino had beforehand claimed the most effective within the Nationwide Costume Award in the course of the provisional competitors that was held on Friday 5 September along with his “DiWata” costume by the famend designer Patrick Isorena who was impressed by the fantasy collection “Encanadia Chronicles: Sang’Gre.”

The third ending of normal within the competitors was one other powerful favourite, Sandile Christo Gama from South Africa. The Vietnamese wager Dinh Sy Tu was second second, whereas Eddie Joblon of France was fourth second.

Eighteen contributors from totally different nations and areas around the globe participated within the version of the Mister Cosmopolitan Contest of this yr, the third episode of the worldwide male tilt.

Marcelino deserved the suitable to characterize the Philippines within the Mister Cosmopolitan Contest by ending as second place within the Mr. Pilipinas Worldwide Competitors in 2025 in April.

His batchmate and namesake, Kenneth Cabungcal, grew to become fourth place within the 2025 Mister Supranational Pageant in Poland, whereas Jordan San Juan of the Batch 2024 was third within the Manyhunt Worldwide Search of 2025

The Mr. Pilipinas Worldwide Contest is mounted by Empire Philippines, the identical staff behind the Miss Universe Philippines parade. /EDV