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Jose Carlos Paras Won a Crown. Then Came Adulting.
He's the first Filipino Mister National Universe. He's also 22, a breadwinner, and just graduated — turns out a crown doesn't skip you past adulting.
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Kristzan Delos Santos Is Giving Pageantry One More Shot
At 32, Kristzan Delos Santos had already decided that pageantry was behind him. It had given him what it was going to give him: two international runner-up finishes, one in 2022, one in 2023, both close enough to sting and neither one his. Then he went back to work. His life moved on. The pageants, he assumed, were someone else’s story now. Then, in...
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Jacob Gomez Is Used to Almost Winning. Now the Philippines Needs Him To.
On September 19, in Đà Lạt, Vietnam, Mister Fitness Supermodel World crowns a winner — an annual international men’s pageant now in its fourth year. Three times, a Filipino has walked away with the second-best finish possible. Michael Angelo Toledo took third runner-up in 2023. Godfrey Nikolai Murillo was first runner-up in 2024. Denver Argana finished second runner-up last year. No Filipino has ever...
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Marck Marasigan: The Replacement Pick Who Became a King
Marck Marasigan had six days. That’s how much notice the Batangueño model and pageant titleholder got when the Philippines’ slot at Mister Celebrity International 2025 — an annual pageant for public figures and content creators held under the broader Mister and Miss Celebrity International banner — opened up. The original designate, Alei Del Rosario, who won the crown at Misters of Filipinas 2024, had...
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Oliver Eugen Kretz Made History in June. The Real Test Is What Comes After.
Two months after becoming the first Filipino to win Man of the World, Oliver Eugen Kretz talks to ELYSPLANET about what winning actually built — and whether it outlasts the crown.