Danny Mejia Romero, 27, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States is currently in Vietnam competing for the Mister World 2024 title. It is the 11th edition of the international beauty pageant based in London, England, United Kingdom.
The coronation ceremony will be held at NovaWorld in Phan Thiết, Bình Thuận, Vietnam on November 23, 2024. Including Puerto Rico, a total 60 countries and territories are represented.
Before the coronation ceremony, the candidates participated in various fast-track events. Each of the winners will be given a spot in the Top 20 in the grand finals.
One of the events is the sports challenge, which has two parts namely running and swimming. On November 14, 2024, the candidates competed in a 50-meter freestyle swim at NovaWorld in Phan Thiết.
Mister World 2024 swimming round
Mejia outperformed all of his fellow candidates in the Mister World 2024 swimming round. Here are the 20 best swimmers in this round:
- Danny Mejia (Puerto Rico)
- Bruno Barbieri (Italy)
- Eduardo Menezes (Brazil)
- Antonio Company (Spain)
- Lochlan Carey (Australia)
- Daryn Friedman (United States)
- Josue Molina (El Salvador)
- Juan Alberto García (Venezuela)
- Manuel Alcantara Turner (England)
- Tomas Haring (Czech Republic)
- Maxime Klinger (France)
- Juuso Savolainen (Finland)
- Vladimir Vukcevic (Montenegro)
- Kirk Bondad (Philippines)
- James Moody (Northern Ireland)
- Ege Karabenli (Turkiye)
- Nathan de Schepper (Belgium)
- Alan Salazar (Mexico)
- Jeerawat Vatchasakol (Thailand)
- Julio Peña (Dominican Republic)
Mister World 2024 sports challenge
On November 17, 2024, the candidates ran 5 kilometers during the Strong Vietnam Marathon in Vũng Tàu, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu, Vietnam. Mejia finished sixth in the running round.
After combining the swimming and running scores, Mejia was declared the winner of the sports challenge. Here are the top scorers:
- Danny Mejia (Puerto Rico)
- Kirk Bondad (Philippines)
- Bruno Barbiero (Italy)
- Manuel Alcantara Turner (England)
- Vincent Gobuamang (Botswana)
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