This year's Mister Global is Juan Carlos Ariosa, from Cuba
“We are like other beauty pageants—Miss Universe or Miss World, but in male version. We have an activity during the pageant where contestants spend some time together, learning news and promoting the host city's tourism and charitable awareness. Preliminary interviews, swimwear competition, national costume, and evening wear competitions are entertaining and exciting. But we are not only an 'entertaining event', we are doing something that can inspire people around the world, especially the younger generation,” the head of the competition said.
“I would like to invite all of the people from around the world to open their minds and look at the male pageant in a different way. A male pageant is not just sexy men competing but something more than that. Also, who wants to compete? This is not just competing, it's activities full of fun, friendship, and once-in-a-lifetime experience where you may be the one who can inspire people to come forward to do something different, and maybe even change the world.”
The contest also has deep roots in ecology and environmentalism. Back in 2019, a spokesperson for Mister Global explained the theme of the pageant to Bored Panda.
“The aim of Mister Global is to promote environmental awareness, and we have been promoting this cause ever since we started in 2014,” they said, adding that the contestants and titleholders ought to work to inspire and motivate others.
"Every pageant system is identical but what makes Mister Global different from the others is that we are part of the Top 5 Grand Slam Male Pageants. We have good quality contestants with inspiring stories to tell and great support from our national directors from around the world. We have also garnered much support from our many fans that follow us on our website and the official page. Most importantly, we are true to our advocacy of environmental awareness and charity cause,” the representative told us in 2019.
"For us, we are really surprised that it went viral around the world and we welcome many positive comments. However, the creative costumes segment is nothing new in any pageant system as it has always been a part of it. The winning costume is not about the size or design but the story and culture behind it," they said.
