Daniel Mejía
Daniel Mejía | |
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| Born | Daniel Felipe Mejía Romero 1996 or 1997 (age 27–28) |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Title | Mister World 2024 |
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Daniel “Danny” Felipe Mejía Romero is a Puerto Rican singer and beauty pageant titleholder who won the Mister World 2024 title on November 23, 2024, in Vietnam, becoming the first Puerto Rican to achieve this title.[1][2][3]
Early life and career
[edit]Danny was born in 1997 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He is the youngest of five siblings with a Peruvian father and Spanish-Puerto Rican mother. He began his professional career in music and dance in 2010, performing in English, Spanish, and French. Mejía earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Pre-Medical Studies from Stetson University in 2019 and obtained a mortgage loan officer license in Florida in 2020. In 2020, he faced the loss of his mother and appeared as a singer on the WAPA-TV show Vive la Tarde.[4]
Mister World 2024
[edit]Daniel participated in the 11th edition of Mister World, held on November 23, 2024, in Phan Thiết, Vietnam, competing against 60 contestants from around the globe. During the event, he excelled by winning both the Sports Challenge and the Talent Competition, earning a spot among the Top 20 semi-finalists in the grand finale. Ultimately, Daniel was crowned Mister World 2024 and received the sash and trophy from the outgoing titleholder, Jack Heslewood of England.[5] His victory marked a history as he became the first Puerto Rican to win the Mister World title and the fifth winner from South America.[6][7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Puerto Rico's Daniel Mejía wins Mr World 2024". pageantcircle.com. 23 November 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ^ "Mr. World 2024 is PR's Daniel Mejia; PH's Kirk Bondad in the Top 20". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 23 November 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ^ "Mister World 2024 – Who won? How did Hubert Gromadzki do?" (in Polish). Radio Eska. 23 November 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ^ "Puerto Rico's Danny Mejia wins Mr World 2024". Femina. 23 November 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ^ "Puerto Rico's Daniel Mejía wins first-ever Mister World title". Caribbean News Agency. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "Puerto Rico's contestant wins Mr. Sports title". Voice of Vietnam. 18 November 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ^ "Danny Mejia from Puerto Rico wins the title of the most beautiful man in the world at Mister World 2024" (in Spanish). La República. 23 November 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ^ "Puerto Rico contestant wins Mr World 2024, Pham Tuan Ngoc wins 1st runner-up" (in Vietnamese). Thanh Niên. 23 November 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.