Rohit Khandelwal
Mr Ghana 2016, Selorm Kwame Tay, missed out Mr World 2016 title to Indian model and actor, Rohit Khandelwal, who beat 46 other finalists to emerge ‘the world’s most desirable man.’
Rohit Khandelwal won the Mr World 2016 male beauty pageant in Southport, in the UK after 12 days of interviews and rigorous physical challenges. He becomes the first Indian to win the pageant.
The world male pageant gathers candidates from all over the world to take part in five different challenges— fashion and style, extreme challenge, multi-media, sports and talent.
The winner is selected by the panel of judges who weigh up the performances of each candidate before hearing from them on stage as to why they want to win Mr World, and what it would mean to them.
“I feel so privileged and humbled to be Mr World 2016…. It has been an amazing journey to this point, and I cannot wait to see what happens next,” the Daily Mail quoted Rohit Khandelwal to have said after winning.
Puerto Rico’s, Fernando Álvarez, 21, was the first runner-up and Aldo Esparza Ramírez, 26, from Mexico, came second runner-up.
The 24-year-old Ghanaian was optimistic to make his country proud, but things didn’t come out as expected.
Selorm is a marketing graduate from Central University. He aims to start his own chain of fitness centres across Ghana, utilising his entrepreneurial skills. Fitness is important to Selorm, who enjoys playing basketball, swimming and working out to stay trim. A caring individual, he enjoys spending time with his family, and volunteers at the local orphanage, teaching literacy and basketball to the children.
By Francis Addo (Twitter: @fdee50 Email: fdee500@yahoo.com)