Recently a number of pageant fans asked me to do a feature on the guys of Misters of Filipinas 2017. Some of which asked me who are on my list this year. After perusing on the list of candidates and their photos, I have narrowed them down to four gentlemen who are strongest and are at least international competition-caliber. I am also posting some tips that I hope they could heed to improve their overall style and packaging…
Clint Karkliñs – 26 year old, 6’01”, Camarines Sur
Clint is one of the best in the batch and it is almost guaranteed that he will be taking home a title this year: perhaps the Mister Supranational Philippines. The only thing he needs to do is to style him a bit more to make him look more Pinoy. I also suggest that he hyphen his last name to Clint Karklins-Peralta to have a more Filipino sounding name. He has a bit of a nonchalant look, his eyes look dead in most of his photographs… make his eyes alive, his look less flat. This is why he doesn’t look approachable in most of his pics and almost looks aloof. This should be addressed by his coaches…
Lyre Yves Campos – 24 years old, 5’10”, FilComm of Hawaii
Despite the controversy that one of his page admins did, it does not take away the fact that Yves is one of the most winnable guys. The fact that he has the most commercial face among the batch should almost guarantee him a win. He has a very amiable face and looks great in photos (both professionally made pics and candids). I think he should run away with the photogenic award and should be awarded with best smile. He needs to select swimming trunks that are shorter in leg length to make his legs look longer, if he couldn’t he can just fold it up by an inch to show more leg and hence appear taller. Winning the sports challenge is a sign that this hunk is a serious competitor.
Carlo Pasion – 21 years old, 5’11”, Laoag City
He was voted Darling of the Press and I see why. He has charm by the tons adding to his boyish good-looks. He is over all one of the strongest guys in the batch and I believe he does know it. So, he needs to milk that out to be able to go head to head with the taller gents in his batch. I think he needs to crop his hair shorter as his head size is a little dis-proportioned to his shoulder. Having close cropped hair will balance it out by making his head look smaller. Nevertheless he is a strong contender for the top title: Mister International Philippines.
Joe-mhar Padilla Mangi – 23 years old, 5’10”, Oriental Mindoro
This guy is the underdog in the batch, perhaps one of the darkhorses in the competition. I am seeing a frontrunner in this guy despite being relatively unknown to most pageant fans. Despite being only 5’10” you can immediately see in photos that he has one of the more proportional bodies. It doesn’t hurt that he is very photogenic as well as he registers really good even in candids (to which some favorites don’t look half as good as he is in candids). I only suggest a couple of things for him 1) crop the sides of his hair a little closer and 2) he uses his smile more often as he has one of the better smiles (bleach the teeth if needed).
So far I only see these four as potential international reps for the Philippines. Though we should also keep eye on the couple of gents below, they could be spoilers…
Rubi Küst – 21 years old, 6’1″, FilComm of Germany
Ion Perez – 26 year old, 5’10”, Capas -Tarlac
The Strongest Gents of Misters of Filipinas 2017
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