Venezuela's most handsome

His name is Henry Yoel Licett, time and again referred to in Hispanic media as Venezuela’s most handsome man. A model, actor and singer, he hails from El Tigre, Anzoátegui state in Venezuela. He is very appreciated in his native Venezuela as a man who has transcended borders with the weapons of rigor and work well done; someone who has created his own brand and style.

While a good number of his adoring fans acknowledge him as someone beyond a sexy body and handsome face, there are those who are happy with just his physical attributes and easily extol him to high heavens. It is common to hear them describe him in extravagant terms: the most handsome not just in Venezuela but the world, an angel who has fallen from the skies, a man carved out by the gods of Olympus, or the modern day Adam. Like the rest appearing on our pages, his ticket to fame was a pageant… or more precisely, were pageants.

The winningest country in Mister International

This country is making a habit of winning in Mister International. It has the highest number of victories in this pageant with two winners and five finalists. All in all that makes seven placements in the hitherto nine editions of the pageant which started 2006. That is to say, it had earned a spot in the finals practically every year other than 2006 and 2009.

Mister International 2015 which is to take place in Manila this November is the 10^th edition and a critical year for this country to win back the title. Not a far-fetched idea considering that its current representative is utterly impressive. If the lucky streak continues, this country is romping off with the title every four years.

What's in a pageant name?

As wonderful as pageants are, we often wonder how they were created and why they noticeably have names all closely associated with another, connected by similarities and common source – the cosmos.

We’re no pageant historian, we have no inkling when pageants first started or how or why they took on such galactic names. All we know is when we came into existence, we found ourselves in a pageant laden world with pageant names ranging from universe, world, earth, globe, planet, galaxy and so on.

More wondrous is how new pageants take on names not much different from their predecessors – like something that evolved from earlier species so that it’s always possible to come up with a different version of an existing pageant name. Take for example “Mr. World” and now, up comes another pageant with a name clearly belonging to the same family “Mr. Global,” a third wannabe pageant can come up with a name like “Mr. World Global” and a fourth one “Mr. Global World” and a fifth like “Mr. Globe Worldwide.”  Huh, thank heavens – with unlimited iterations a pageant name can take, we can have our fill of pageant cuisine in millennia. 

The news presentation that won Andrew Wolff the Mister World 2012 Multimedia Challenge

Watch the video that bagged Mister World Philippines 2012 Andrew Wolff the Multimedia Challenge along with being Mr. World 2012 1st Runner-up in the five challenge events which fast-track winners to the final top-ten of the competition.

We decided to post it here than lay hidden to gather cobwebs in the catacombs of pageant history. We think it is view-worthy for its engaging and informative dig into the Church of England. Wolff made a sterling effort creating a comprehensive 15 minute guide to the Canterbury Cathedral, Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion and seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Founded in 597, you can imagine the immense wealth of history lying within there. 

Nicklas vs. Nguyen - Black and White Photographic Modeling

Nicklas Pedersen, Mister World 2014 and Nguyen Van Son Mister Global 2015 are unmistakably of contrasting looks and ethnicity, one is European the other Asian but in these black and white photographic modeling shoots, the two parallel each other in how they pose for the camera, what their angles are and how they show their best natural style. With the colors out, it’s purely about making that connection - how they talk to the camera and give you a feel of their personalities. Don’t you find the likeness a bit uncanny? 

World vs. Global - How do their trophies compare?

Aside from sporting comparable name versions of our planet – World and Global, these two mister pageants have strikingly similar pageant trophies if you’d notice. Both trophies are made of glass with a square base, a sloping body and an orb at the top. And need we say that if ever you have the good fortune of gaining one of these, the correct way to display it is with a firm two hands grip like our winners show us.