The Mister Global Pageant Is Back
March 15, 2022 3:41 PM Subscribe
Here are the "National Costumes" brought to you by Buzzfeed. What costume best epitomizes one's culture and nation, while also showing off one's abs? And who will be the most beautiful man? Spoiler alert:
As of today, Mister Global 2021-2022 is Miguel Ángel Lucas Carrasco of Spain.
Do you wish to see the national costumes in their full motion picture glory on the runway? Here is a YouTube link.
As of today, Mister Global 2021-2022 is Miguel Ángel Lucas Carrasco of Spain.
Do you wish to see the national costumes in their full motion picture glory on the runway? Here is a YouTube link.
This is giving me life. Thank you so very very much.
(Also, was the Canadian one so bad it didn't make the list? I wonder.)
posted by Kitteh at 4:05 PM on March 15, 2022 [3 favorites]
(Also, was the Canadian one so bad it didn't make the list? I wonder.)
posted by Kitteh at 4:05 PM on March 15, 2022 [3 favorites]
And Last but Not Least, USA
Never has a sentence been more true.
posted by chavenet at 4:08 PM on March 15, 2022 [9 favorites]
Never has a sentence been more true.
posted by chavenet at 4:08 PM on March 15, 2022 [9 favorites]
Also, was the Canadian one so bad it didn't make the list? I wonder.
Sexy Mountie. We all know it's Sexy Mountie, we don't necessarily need to see Sexy Mountie.
I think the vast majority of these would get me right back into the Street Fighter franchise.
posted by Shepherd at 4:15 PM on March 15, 2022 [11 favorites]
Sexy Mountie. We all know it's Sexy Mountie, we don't necessarily need to see Sexy Mountie.
I think the vast majority of these would get me right back into the Street Fighter franchise.
posted by Shepherd at 4:15 PM on March 15, 2022 [11 favorites]
It's good to see that the Cosplay of Nations is a coed event.
posted by NoxAeternum at 4:26 PM on March 15, 2022 [5 favorites]
posted by NoxAeternum at 4:26 PM on March 15, 2022 [5 favorites]
Britain's entry looks like a man who takes care of things for a very posh family.
Cuba's guy looks great, but I also wonder if the airline lost his costume and he had to rely on his own suitcase.
The USA one looks like a guy you have to defeat in a 1990s platformer that was never localized in America.
posted by Countess Elena at 4:33 PM on March 15, 2022 [15 favorites]
Cuba's guy looks great, but I also wonder if the airline lost his costume and he had to rely on his own suitcase.
The USA one looks like a guy you have to defeat in a 1990s platformer that was never localized in America.
posted by Countess Elena at 4:33 PM on March 15, 2022 [15 favorites]
The USA one looks like a guy you have to defeat in a 1990s platformer that was never localized in America.
I'm leaning towards "somewhere, a JRPG is missing its antagonist."
posted by NoxAeternum at 4:43 PM on March 15, 2022 [1 favorite]
I'm leaning towards "somewhere, a JRPG is missing its antagonist."
posted by NoxAeternum at 4:43 PM on March 15, 2022 [1 favorite]
OMG How did Nigeria not win?
posted by Peach at 4:55 PM on March 15, 2022 [9 favorites]
posted by Peach at 4:55 PM on March 15, 2022 [9 favorites]
For all the Trumpiness of that USA costume he's the gayest thing ever on stage. Big Village People energy, perhaps if Hawk from Buck Rogers were an honorary member. Also there's a lot of skin and muscle on display, definitely thumbs up here. Not sure about the silver lamé diaper/codpiece though.
posted by Nelson at 5:23 PM on March 15, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by Nelson at 5:23 PM on March 15, 2022 [3 favorites]
I like everyone who looks like a fighting game character and/or a wrestler while Britain is just "I dunno, a suit, I guess?"
I don't know what is happening with France but I feel like I'm into it.
I like Spain and India for their "sexy royals" energy and Dominican Republic for the sexy pirate Halloween costume (zero hate about any of this, to be clear).
Hong Kong and Japan are having fun with this.
Indonesia is a literal beast and I think that's my favorite.
posted by edencosmic at 6:08 PM on March 15, 2022 [5 favorites]
I don't know what is happening with France but I feel like I'm into it.
I like Spain and India for their "sexy royals" energy and Dominican Republic for the sexy pirate Halloween costume (zero hate about any of this, to be clear).
Hong Kong and Japan are having fun with this.
Indonesia is a literal beast and I think that's my favorite.
posted by edencosmic at 6:08 PM on March 15, 2022 [5 favorites]
(Also, was the Canadian one so bad it didn't make the list? I wonder.)
Speaking as an immigrant to Canada who is attracted to men: the LumberBro aesthetic just isn’t that exciting, sorry. Canada certainly has, in actuality, many other constituent cultures that have led to different sub-cultural masculine aesthetics that could be drawn upon. But, well, racism (plus the whole Francophone/Anglophone split, to a lesser extent), so they probably didn’t get considered as sufficiently “Canadian”. (Assuming anyone in Canada knew of the existence of this competition and even considered an entry?)
posted by eviemath at 6:19 PM on March 15, 2022
Speaking as an immigrant to Canada who is attracted to men: the LumberBro aesthetic just isn’t that exciting, sorry. Canada certainly has, in actuality, many other constituent cultures that have led to different sub-cultural masculine aesthetics that could be drawn upon. But, well, racism (plus the whole Francophone/Anglophone split, to a lesser extent), so they probably didn’t get considered as sufficiently “Canadian”. (Assuming anyone in Canada knew of the existence of this competition and even considered an entry?)
posted by eviemath at 6:19 PM on March 15, 2022
we don't necessarily need to see Sexy Mountie.
This is quite incorrect.
posted by theora55 at 6:25 PM on March 15, 2022 [7 favorites]
This is quite incorrect.
posted by theora55 at 6:25 PM on March 15, 2022 [7 favorites]
I keep vacillating between outright hating Macau and wanting to write an entire cyberpunk knovel with Macau as the main character.
posted by BrashTech at 6:31 PM on March 15, 2022 [5 favorites]
posted by BrashTech at 6:31 PM on March 15, 2022 [5 favorites]
He channeled Macau's money power. Mr. Cuba, was like, I've killed in a dozen capital cities.
posted by Oyéah at 6:38 PM on March 15, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by Oyéah at 6:38 PM on March 15, 2022 [2 favorites]
That was a hoot, I liked all of it.... The guys who were just good-looking guys in simple clothes, the guys who looked embarrassed to be there, the guys who were probably professional performers, the guys who could outshine a mummers parade all by themselves. Special mention to Indonesia, who should be starring in an MCU movie.
posted by Nancy Lebovitz at 7:37 PM on March 15, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by Nancy Lebovitz at 7:37 PM on March 15, 2022 [3 favorites]
I did lol at the UK entry. Hot butler indeed. Should have gone with sexy Duke of Suffolk.
posted by Absolutely No You-Know-What at 9:08 PM on March 15, 2022
posted by Absolutely No You-Know-What at 9:08 PM on March 15, 2022
Wasn’t prepared for so much male hotness this early in the morning. *fans face*
posted by kinnakeet at 4:53 AM on March 16, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by kinnakeet at 4:53 AM on March 16, 2022 [3 favorites]
And now that I’ve actually clicked the link, there’s some uncomfortable exoticization going on in some of those costumes. (Definitely not all - some are quite fabulous!) So, par for the course for international beauty pageants I guess.
posted by eviemath at 5:19 AM on March 16, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by eviemath at 5:19 AM on March 16, 2022 [1 favorite]
We watched the whole video last night and it was quite entertaining. Nicely paced. I was impressed with the particular kind of masculinity that seems to be the Mister Global aesthetic. Strong and well built but not swole. And with the firm confidence of a fireman you trust will rescue your cat from a tree. The costumes are all quite functional too, many tailored very well to look good while walking. Definitely a lot of good butts framed in trousers.
The Macau costume was.. really odd? It's a translucent shapeless plastic over his bare skin. He looked like he was wearing a full-body condom. Only not sexy.
posted by Nelson at 6:54 AM on March 16, 2022 [6 favorites]
The Macau costume was.. really odd? It's a translucent shapeless plastic over his bare skin. He looked like he was wearing a full-body condom. Only not sexy.
posted by Nelson at 6:54 AM on March 16, 2022 [6 favorites]
- For a second, I thought that Peru's loincloth was censorily pixelated, but no, that's the way that it actually looks, I guess.
- Japan: "We can talk about it after I've had my bath."
- UK is so ready to get out of the City and go clubbing.
- Cuba wants to know how you doin'.
- So many of these dudes armed and ready to fight; Macau just wants to hop on his bike and split this joint.
- So, if you've watched The Boys, you remember how superteam member Starlight had to put on a ridiculously skimpy costume at one point? USA is from the alternate timeline where Homelander had to do that.
In general, this is like one of those DC/Marvel things where they do Superheroes from Many Lands, only a) with a fine eye for detail and b) enough guts to give the people who prefer men some fanservice.
posted by Halloween Jack at 6:56 AM on March 16, 2022 [2 favorites]
- Japan: "We can talk about it after I've had my bath."
- UK is so ready to get out of the City and go clubbing.
- Cuba wants to know how you doin'.
- So many of these dudes armed and ready to fight; Macau just wants to hop on his bike and split this joint.
- So, if you've watched The Boys, you remember how superteam member Starlight had to put on a ridiculously skimpy costume at one point? USA is from the alternate timeline where Homelander had to do that.
In general, this is like one of those DC/Marvel things where they do Superheroes from Many Lands, only a) with a fine eye for detail and b) enough guts to give the people who prefer men some fanservice.
posted by Halloween Jack at 6:56 AM on March 16, 2022 [2 favorites]
I, too, was piqued by Peru's pixilated paillettes.
posted by frecklefaerie at 7:19 AM on March 16, 2022 [9 favorites]
posted by frecklefaerie at 7:19 AM on March 16, 2022 [9 favorites]
what does Panama have behind the green curtain of mystery
posted by daisystomper at 12:57 PM on March 16, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by daisystomper at 12:57 PM on March 16, 2022 [2 favorites]
Lunasol, if anyone says anything other than Faerie Queene, I am going to be so PISSED.
posted by BlueBlueElectricBlue at 5:46 PM on March 16, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by BlueBlueElectricBlue at 5:46 PM on March 16, 2022 [1 favorite]
Can someone explain the South Africa entry?
I'm fairly sure it's based on a protea, the national flower of SA. (Sorry BlueBlueElectricBlue!)
posted by toebeans at 12:09 AM on March 17, 2022 [4 favorites]
I'm fairly sure it's based on a protea, the national flower of SA. (Sorry BlueBlueElectricBlue!)
posted by toebeans at 12:09 AM on March 17, 2022 [4 favorites]
Thank you! What a beautiful flower!
posted by lunasol at 10:21 AM on March 17, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by lunasol at 10:21 AM on March 17, 2022 [1 favorite]
Okay, actually that's a pretty dang cool answer! I officially expand my list of acceptable answers.
posted by BlueBlueElectricBlue at 2:54 PM on March 17, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by BlueBlueElectricBlue at 2:54 PM on March 17, 2022 [2 favorites]
This post is good and you should feel good about it. I certainly do.
posted by Too-Ticky at 1:08 AM on March 18, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by Too-Ticky at 1:08 AM on March 18, 2022 [3 favorites]
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