Pedro Mendes (model)

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Pedro Mendes
Born
Pedro Mendes

(1987-11-01) 1 November 1987 (age 37)
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMister Suisse Francophone 2015
Mister International 2015
Hair colorDark Brown
Eye color Brown
Major
competition(s)
Mister Suisse Francophone 2015
(Winner)
Mister International 2015
(Winner)
Website http://misssuissefrancophone.ch

Pedro Mendes (born 1 November 1987) is a Swiss model and male beauty pageant titleholder who won Mister International 2015 at the finals held at the Newport Performing Arts Theater at Resorts World Manila in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. [1] He is the first Swiss to win the title of Mister International in the history of the pageant, and the second European man who won the title after Ryan Terry, Mister Great Britain 2010.

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Personal life

Pedro lives in Geneva, Switzerland and works as a model. He is known as Mister Switzerland 2015 or (in French) Mister Suisse Francophone 2015. He became a brand ambassador of his country with Catarina Lopes, a former Miss Suisse Francophone, who also competed at the Miss Supranational 2015 in Poland and is his girlfriend. [2]

Mister International 2015

On 30 November 2015 Pedro was named Mister International 2015, representing Switzerland. He was crowned by Mister International 2014 Neil Perez of the Philippines at the Newport Performing Art Theater Resorts World Manila. He competed with thirty-six other delegates from across the world, to be the next Mister International. [3]

Reign as Mister International 2015

After his crowning, during December 2015 Pedro was interviewed by Mornings @ ANC , CNN Philippines , ABS-CBN's "Sports Unlimited" , and GMA News TV .

On 13 December 2015 Pedro returned to Switzerland to celebrate his victory and join Conférence Mister Switzerland 2016 at Casino Barrière Montreux.

April 15, 2016 Pedro traveled the Cairo, Egypt to be part of the judge in the final Miss Eco Universe 2016.

During his reign, Pedro have traveled around the globe. Some of the places are Singapore, Philippines, Egypt, United Kingdom, Italy, Canada, Portugal, Malta.

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References

  1. "SWITZERLAND'S PEDRO MENDES WINS MISTER INTERNATIONAL 2015 PAGEANT". newsunited.com. 1 December 2015.
  2. "MISS ET MISTER SUISSE FRANCOPHONE 2015". beautyschool-bs.blogspot.no. June 2015.
  3. "Mister International 2015 pageant winner is Switzerland Pedro Mendes". rappler.com. 1 December 2015.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Mister International
2015
Succeeded by
Flag of Lebanon.svg Paul Iskandar
Preceded by
Frédéric Marini
Mister Suisse Francophone
2015
Succeeded by
Alessio Costantini