Mister International 2025 is Kirk Bondad

Kirk Bondad was named Mister International 2025 during the Thailand-based pageant's finale that took place in Bangkok Thursday night.

Out of 42 candidates, Kirk stood out with his good looks, wit and charm to finally have an international pageant title.

Last year, the Filipino-German model was the Philippines' appointed candidate to the Mister World (2024) pageant. He only made it in the top 20.

Winner: Philippines, Kirk Bondad
1st runner-up: Lebanon, Saadedine Ghassan
2nd runner-up: Korea, Choi Seung Ho

Top 6:
Nigeria, Bethel Mbamara (3rd runner-up)
Costa Rica, Roberto Mena (4th runner-up)
Thailand, Scott Kanapol (5th runner-up)

Top 11:
Mexico, Willy Inurreta
Vietnam, Cong Vinh Doan
Brazil, Rodrigo D'Soni
Canada, Liam Thibault
France, Axel Pallier

Top 20:
Sri Lanka, Ian Vohngat
Cote D'Ivoire, Coulibaly Sie Josue
Japan, Dan Reynolds
India, Madhuram Daga
Spain, Christian Losana
Myanmar, Yar Zar Htet Aung
Indonesia, Oliver Edward Prasetyo
Dominican Republic, Aldo Farias
Egypt, Mohamed Basal

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Help Kirk Bondad become part of the Top 6 in Thai-based Mister International 2025

Kirk Bondad is representing the Philippines in the 17th edition of the Thailand-based Mister International (2025) this month.

Kirk Bondad | Mister Pilipinas Worldwide (FB)

This is Kirk's second time in joining an international pageant. The first time was in last year's Mister World where he only made the Top 20 (to the surprise of many pageant fans).

Can we help him automatically enter the Top 6 this time?

How to Vote for Kirk Bondad (Philippines):

Follow these simple steps to make sure your vote on Eventista’s 𝟭𝗩𝗢𝗧𝗘 platform or the 𝟭𝗭𝗢𝗡𝗘 app is counted correctly and confirmed:  

👉 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗣 𝟭: Visit 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹.𝟭𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴.𝗰𝗼𝗺. Search for your favourite contestant and click the “𝗩𝗢𝗧𝗘” button.  

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👉 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗣 𝟯: Vote successfully! Your points will be recorded automatically.  

🏆 The contestant with the highest number of votes will automatically advance to the 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟮𝟬 and bypass directly into the 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟲 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀.  

⏰ Voting closes at 𝟴:𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗠, 𝟮𝟱 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 (𝗨𝗧𝗖+𝟳) 

(via FB/Mister Pilipinas Worldwide)

Mister International 2025 happens in Bangkok, Thailand, with coronation night set for September 25.

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Kenneth Marcelino is Mister Cosmopolitan 2025 1st runner-up

The Philippines' Kenneth Marcelino was named first runner-up in the recently-held Mister Cosmopolitan 2025 pageant.

Kenneth Marcelino | Missosology (FB)

Kenneth is a model and a make-up artist in the Philippines. A proud member of the LGBT community, he represented not just the country but the gay community as well.

During the preliminary competition, Kenneth won the Best in National Costume award. Come finals night, he was named Mister Photogenic.

The coronation night was held last Sunday in Thailand, where Taiwan's Shawn Lin Yu Hsiang was crowned the winner.

The delegate from South Africa was named second runner-up, Mister Vietnam was third runner-up, and Mister France was fourth runner-up.

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Barbie Forteza says goodbye to Jak Roberto

On the second day of 2025, Barbie Forteza took to Instagram to tell her 2.7 million followers that she and Jak Roberto are officially over.

The Kapuso actress revealed the news through the caption of photos she posted Thursday afternoon.

 

via IG/barbaraforteza

The relationship lasted for 7 years with "a lot of laughs, a lot of ramen and so much love." 

via IG/barbaraforteza

"Having you in my life was the happiest I had ever been," Barbie wrote, also describing Jak's love as "exceptional."

The caption was written like a letter to Jak. Barbie even tagged the actor in the post, it looked like the breakup happened before the post happened, and it was indeed a "beautiful goodbye."

"Thank you for loving me the way you did," Barbie wrote. "I am excited for what's to come for the both of us."

Barbie hopes for everyone's understanding and wishes that everyone can help them "put this matter to rest."

So did she just make this post for formality so whatever rumor there is about their breakup can be put to rest?

Nonetheless, it was such a beautiful goodbye letter. Let's wish them well.

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'And The Breadwinner Is...' starring Vice Ganda leads 50th MMFF box-office

The Vice Ganda-starrer And The Breadwinner Is... has reportedly been leading the box-office since it opened in cinemas on December 25 as part of the annual Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF).

And The Breadwinner Is... movie poster

The movie got the most number of cinemas among the entries with over 200, so naturally it would earn more than the other entries.

But then again cinema owners know what movies to show that would give them more money.

The Vic Sotto-Piolo Pascual-starrer The Kingdom is said to be the 2nd top-grossing movie so far, followed by Judy Ann Santos' Espantaho and the Vilma Santos-Aga Muhlach-Nadine Lustre-led Uninvited. All 3 movies have been showing in 100+ cinemas since the MMFF opened.

Producers of the other entries are hoping to get more number of cinemas after the MMFF awards night (Gabi ng Parangal) on Dec. 27, considering they get awards.

Green Bones starring Dennis Trillo and Ruru Madrid started with 43 cinemas on the 1st day, and had additional 14 cinemas on the 2nd day. The movie became a trending tppic on social media on Christmas Day because of the cast's superb acting.

Meanwhile, the musical Isang Himala starring Aicelle Santos lost 8 cinemas on the 2nd day from its original 32.

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Nigeria wins Mister International 2024 (Thailand-based)

Nwajagu Chinemerem Samuel of Nigeria won the Thailand-based Mister International 2024 during the pageant's finale that was held last Saturday in Thailand.

Nwajagu Chinemerem Samuel| FB/Mister International

Samuel bested 46 other good looking candidates from around the world, including the Philippines' Justin Ong who ended his Mister International journey in the Top 6.

Samuel also won the Best in Swimwear award.

FB/Mister International

Other special awards were Mister Congeniality (USA), Best in National Costume (Philippines), and Mister Photogenic (Netherlands).

First runner-up was Nguyen Manh Lan of Vietnam, while 2nd runner-up was Glen Victor Sutanto of Indonesia.

Also part of the Top 6 were candidates from Netherlands and Spain, as well as the Philippines, who automatically advanced to the 6th spot for being the fan vote winner.

Top 10 included representatives from Italy, China, Korea, Mexico and Ecuador; while the Top 15 had France, Thailand, Colombia, Venezuela and Cuba.

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Nevin Garceniego is The Voice Kids PH grand champion

Nevin Garceniego was named the grand champion of The Voice Kids on Sunday, during a live telecast on GMA-7.

FB/The Voice Kids Philippines

Nevin was part of Tropa ni Pablo, the team of SB19's Pablo Nase, who only joined the show this season.

Beginner's luck? Well, Michael Buble also won (through Sofronio Vasquez) on his first season.

Nevin sang a heartfelt rendition of May Bukas Pa during The Voice Kids finale and it was one of his best performances in the show.

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