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Mister World Brazil 2024 Eduardo Menezes dos Santos has yet to crown his successor. Recently, he has been traveling in Europe.

Eduardo Menezes

Born and raised in Toledo, Parana, Brazil, Menezes has a sister named Leticia Menezes. He owns a furniture and decoration store.

From sports to pageants

Before joining beauty pageants, Eduardo played volleyball for Brazil’s traditional teams Sada Cruzeiro and Minas Tênis Clube. He is 6’1″ tall and he speaks Portuguese and English.

While pursuing a bachelor’s degree in business administration, Eduardo joined beauty pageants. On September 29, 2023, he was crowned Mister Paraná CNB Teen 2024 at the Grand Carimã Resort and Convention Center in Foz do Iguaçu, Parana.

On April 4, 2024, Eduardo competed against nine other Mister Brazil CNB Teen 2024 candidates in Tramandai, Rio Grade do Sul, Brazil and won the title. On June 24, 2024, Vilmar Bertolino relinquished his Mister World Brazil 2024 title and Eduardo was appointed as the new titleholder.

Joining Mister World 2024

On July 9, 2024, Eduardo had a meeting with Mister World Brazil 2019 Carlos Franco in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. On September 3, 2024, he served as a judge at Miss Brasil Mundo 2024 at the Machadinho Thermas Resort in Machadinho, Rio Grande do Sul.

Eduardo was unplaced when he represented Brazil at Mister World 2024 at NovaWorld in Phan Thiết, Bình Thuận, Vietnam on November 23, 2024. He competed against 59 other candidates including the following:

• Daniel Mejia of Puerto Rico (winner)
• Phạm Tuấn Ngọc of Vietnam (first runner-up)
• Antonio Company of Spain (second runner-up)
• Salvador Crisball of Angola (third runner-up)
• Bruno Barbieri Roggiero of Italy (Top 20)
• Alan Salazar Casillas of Mexico (Top 20)
• Julio Peña of the Dominican Republic (unplaced)
• Josué Molina of El Salvador (unplaced)
• Tomohiro Mitani of Japan (unplaced)

On June 1, 2025, Eduardo and Miss Brazil CNB Teen 2024 Wemily Ferreira hosted the Mister and Miss Brazil CNB Teen 2025 coronation ceremony in Brasilia, Brazil. They crowned their respective successors João Monteiro and Mirelle Rodrigues.

Visiting Punta Cana, Düsseldorf and Trento

On October 11, 2025, Eduardo, Salazar, Molina and Miss World Mexico 2025 Maryely Leal attended the Miss Mundo Dominicana 2025 coronation ceremony at the Barceló Bávaro Grand Resort Convention Center in Punta Cana, Higüey, La Altagracia, Dominican Republic as special guests. As the winner, Joheirry Mola will represent the country at Miss World 2026.

Diving is one of the tourist activities in Punta Cana. In 2012, the marine area surrounding the resort town was declared a marine reserve.

On June 7, 2026, Eduardo ran 5 kilometers in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Japanese singers Tetsuya Kakihara and Erika Ikuta were both born in the city, which is home to Brauerei Schumacher, Museum Kunstpalast and Rheinuferpromenade.

On June 15, 2026, Eduardo traveled to Trento, Italy. Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter Marvin Vettori and 2022 Winter Olympics gold medalist Amos Mosaner were both born in the city, which has been twinned with Kempten, Germany since 1987.