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Mister World 2010

Mister World 2010
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Mister World 2010 titlecard
Date March 27, 2010
Presenters Da-hae Lee, Alesha Dixon, Julien Kang, Steve Douglas
Entertainment Alesha Dixon, Paul Potts, Girl's Generation
Venue Songdo Convensia, Incheon, South Korea
Broadcaster MBC ESPN
Entrants 74
Placements 15
Debuts Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, Georgia, Guyana, Honduras, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Martinique, Mongolia, Montenegro, New Zealand, Paraguay, Serbia
Withdrawals Albania, Austria, Barbados, Chile, Curaçao, Iceland, Liberia, Lithuania, Vietnam
Returns Angola, Croatia, France, Malaysia, Peru, Swaziland, Sweden, Thailand
Winner Kamal Ibrahim
 Ireland

Mister World 2010 was the sixth edition of the Mister World male pageant. It was held at Incheon, Korea, the competition began on March 11, 2010 and the final was held at Songdo Convensia on March 27, 2010. 74 delegates competed from all around the world. Juan García Postigo of Spain crowned Kamal Ibrahim of Ireland as the new Mister World 2010 at the end of the event.

For the first time, Korea debuted in the contest and host the Mister World pageant from March 11 to March 27, 2010. Julia Morley said "I am so delighted that we will have the opportunity to showcase the beautiful country of Korea to the rest of the world as our contestants battle it out to find the world's most desirable man". The pageant is supported by the Korean government and people. It is also supported by the former Miss Worlds such as Denise Perrier (1953), Azra Akın (2002), María Julia Mantilla (2004), Taťána Kuchařová (2006) and Zhang Zilin (2007) together with the very first Mister World 1996 Tom Nuyens from Belgium.

The Mr World Talent took place at the Hilton in Gyeongju, Korea on March 18, 2010.

The Mr World Top Model took place at the Hyatt Regency in Incheon, Korea on March 23, 2010.

The Mr World Sports took place in Incheon, Korea on March 24, 2010.

The panel of judges was composed by 8 notable personalities:

According to the official press release the final competition will be broadcast to some 1 billion viewers in 140 countries.


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