Pedro Mendes (born 1 November 1987) is a

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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

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. He is the first Swiss to win the title of

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in the history of the pageant, and the second European man who won the title after Ryan Terry, Mister Great Britain 2010.

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.

Mister International 2015

On 30 November 2015 Pedro was named Mister International 2015, representing Switzerland. He was crowned by Mister International 2014

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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.

Reign as Mister International 2015

After his crowning, during December 2015 Pedro was interviewed by ''

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'', ''

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'', '' ABS-CBN's "Sports Unlimited"'', and ''

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''. On 13 December 2015 Pedro returned to

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to celebrate his victory and join Conférence Mister Switzerland 2016 at Casino Barrière Montreux. April 15, 2016 Pedro traveled the

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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

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References

External links

http://www.misterinternational.net/

http://misssuissefrancophone.ch
1987 births Living people Swiss male models Swiss people of Portuguese descent Mister International winners Mister International (Philippines) Mister International (Philippines) winners Models from Geneva Male beauty pageant winners Swiss beauty pageant winners {{Authority control