Mister Morocco wins Manhunt International 2008

The 26 years old native of Morocco, Abdelmoumen El Maghraouy (center) was elected as the new Manhunt International 2008 in a contest held in Seoul, Korea. Sweden's Egill Arnljots (photo, 2nd left) a 21 year old was the 1st runner-up. 2nd runner-up was got by the 25 year old Mister Costa Rica Cesar Vargas (photo, 2nd left). 22 year old Lee Jae-Hwan (photo, 1st left), from Korea declared as the 3rd runner-up. And Manhunt Angola, Claudio Furtado (photo, 1st right), was the 4th runner-up.

The semi-finalists were the candidates from China, Yang Yao (6th place), India, Romeo Gates (7th place), Brazil, Thiago Testoni (8th place), Hong Kong, Mingo Lin (9th place), United States, Brandon Michael Anderson (10th place), England, Sam Whitman (11th place), Panama, Anthony Warren (12th place), Luxembourg, Koen Van de Voorde (13th place), Venezuela, Orlando Delgado (14th place), and Philippines, Marvin Wijangco (15th place).

Abdelmoumen is a Teleoperator from Rabat who stands 1.90 m tall. He is the first Moroccan to win a Grand Slam title, male or female.