Panama will be represented at Mister International 2026 by Jesus Perez. It is the 18th edition of the international beauty pageant based in Bangkok, Thailand.
Jesus Perez
Originally from Venezuela, Perez is a model who loves traveling. He visited Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico in December 2013 and Amsterdam, Netherlands; Paris, France; Brussels, Belgium; Madrid, Spain and Barcelona, Spain in July 2019.
On December 17, 2020, Perez officially became a facial and body aesthetics specialist. He visited Canton, Ohio, United States and New York City, New York, USA in January 2022, Bogota, Colombia in October 2022, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in November 2024 and Guatemala in July 2025.
Veraguas
Currently, Perez is based Veraguas, one of the 10 provinces of Panama. Founded on July 9, 1508, it is the only Panamanian province to border both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Veraguas is divided into 12 districts namely Atalaya, Calobre, Cañazas, La Mesa, Las Palmas, Mariato, Montijo, Rio de Jesus, San Francisco, Santa Fe, Santiago and Sona. These are subvided into 104 subdvisions called corregimientos.
Mister Panama 2026
In November 2025, Perez traveled to Bonaire, Netherlands and Curacao. In the same month, he was officially introduced as Mister Veraguas 2026.
On May 9, 2026, Perez represented Veraguas at Mister Panama 2026 at the Teatro en Circulo in Panama City, the capital city of Panama. It is the 25th edition of the national beauty pageant that selects the Mister International, Mister Global, Man of the World, Manhunt International Male Supermodel, Mister Friendship International and Mister Celebrity International candidates of the country.
Including Perez, 12 men competed for the title. Here are the results:
- Mister Panama 2026 / Mister International Panama 2026: Jesus Perez (Veraguas)
- Mister Global Panama 2026: David Robles (Darien)
- Man of the World Panama 2027: Giancarlos Rovira Morales (David)
- Manhunt Panama Male Supermodel 2026: Noriel Maure (Herrera)
- Manhunt Panama Male Supermodel 2027: Michael Piggot (Bocas del Toro)
- Mister Friendship Panama 2026: Roger Carrizo (Panama Este)
- Mister Celebrity International 2026: Fernando Batista (Los Santos)
- Top 12: Christian Almanza (Azuero), Irving Rios (Chiriqui), Ernesto Melgar (Cocle), Edwin Valderrama (Colon), Eric Almengor (Panama Oeste)
Mister International 2026
On September 26, 2026, Perez will represent Panama at Mister International 2026 at the MCC Hall of The Mall Lifestore Bangkapi in Khlong Chan, Bang Kapi, Bangkok, Thailand.
Including Perez, more than 40 men will compete for the title. Here are some of his fellow candidates:
- Paulo Norman Justiniano Lamas, 20, Bolivia
- Eduardo Castillo, 28, Brazil
- Kelton Garcia, 28, Cape Verde
- Hermann Migadji Touré, 25, Cote d’Ivoire
- Dalvin Rene Pons Fonseca, 31, Cuba
- Ruddy Alexander Taveras Vásquez, 24, Dominican Republic
- Sebastian Mora Velastegui, 25, Ecuador
- Médy Marie, 30, France
- Noé Carlos Muñoz Gonzales, 27, Honduras
- Hafizzi Mohamed, Malaysia
- Andrés Briseño Briseño, 22, Mexico
- Yu Gan, 22, Myanmar
- Yannick Tavernier, 20, Netherlands
- Gerald Luciano Lopez, 29, Nicaragua
- Abure Ebosetale Gideon, 22, Nigeria
- Ronald Manuel Garay, Paraguay
- John Wayne Alba, 23, Philippines
- Kevin Sousa Pereira, 20, Portugal
- Jomar Rosa Malavé, Puerto Rico
- Joyner “PJ” Canlas Samson, 32, Singapore
- Ilyas Baukar, 30, Somalia
- Ignacio “Nacho” Monclús Pradal, 26, Spain
- Mathieu Agresta, 33, Switzerland
- Nguyễn Văn Hoàng, 26, Vietnam
- Isheanesu Destyn Homera, 25, Zimbabwe
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