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Mariano Perez Flormata Jr. (born July 26, 1985), more popularly known by his screen name Neil Perez, is a Filipino actor, model, police officer, and male beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Mister International 2014 in
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,
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, South Korea. He is the first Filipino to win the
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title in the history of the competition.


Personal life

Perez attended the
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in
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, the
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and graduated with a degree in
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.


Pageantry


Misters of the Filipinas 2014

Perez won the title of Mister International Philippines 2014 at the Misters of Filipinas 2014 pageant on September 7, 2014. He bested 25 other candidates. During the competition, he was conferred six (6) special awards: Mister Photogenic, Best in Swimwear, Mister Unisilver, Mister Informatics, Mister Multidestination, and Crossfit Challenge Winner by Crossfit Halcyon'. Perez represented the Philippines in the Mister International 2014 competition held at Hotel Inter-Burgo Ballroom,
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,
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, South Korea on February 14, 2015 and won the title.


Mister International 2014

Perez was crowned Mister International 2014 at Hotel Inter-Burgo Ballroom,
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,
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, South Korea on February 14, 2015. He also won 2nd runner-up in the national costume competition. He offered his victory in honor of the 44
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crew who were killed in the
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on January 25, 2015. During his reign, Perez traveled to the Czech Republic, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, France, Macedonia, Gibraltar, Uzbekistan, Russia, the Netherlands, and South Korea, besides traveling across his native Philippines.


Filmography


TV appearances

On September 27, 2014, Perez portrayed himself on
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's drama anthology ''
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'' entitled ''“Poging Policeman: the Mariano Flormata Jr. Story”'' (actor
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portrayed Perez as a young adult). In 2015, he played teacher for TV5's
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mini drama, opposite
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. He was also included in the Third Batch of Lucky Stars for the
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; he was keeper of briefcase number 18. He got a chance to play on April 15, 2015 in the same show, where he took the banker's offer of PhP105,000. He appeared on
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's ''#AldubMostAwaitedDate'' episode, and on the September 20, 2015 episode of
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's Kantaserye presents ''"Sari-Sari Luv"'' as Col. Tim, to promote the series
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which premiered on September 21, 2015.


Other

Flormata was also featured in the May 2015 issue of Men's Health Asia magazine, covered by Filipino actor James Reid.


See also

*
Mister International Mister International is an international male beauty pageant that the Mister International Organization runs since 2006. It was Singapore-based, owned, and organized by its former president and late founder Alan Sim. Following Sim's death, two ...
* Misters of Filipinas *
Philippines at major beauty pageants This is a list of the Philippines' representatives and their placements at the Big Four beauty pageants. The Philippines, widely considered a beauty pageant powerhouse, has won in all four pageants, with a total of 106 placements and 15 victori ...


References


External links


Official Mister International website

Official Misters of the Philippines website
1985 births Living people Mister International winners Mister International (Philippines) Male beauty pageant winners Filipino police officers Mister International (Philippines) winners Filipino male models People from Tondo, Manila Manuel L. Quezon University alumni Male actors from Manila 21st-century Filipino male actors Filipino male television actors Filipino beauty pageant winners {{Authority control