Mister International 2018

Mister International 2017, is the 12th edition of the Mister International pageant, held on April 30, 2018 at National Theatre of Yangon in Yangon, Myanmar[1]. Seung Hwan Lee of South Korea was crowned at the end of the event. He received the sash from the last year's first runner-up Masaya Yamagishi of Japan. However, the outgoing titleholder Paul Iskandar, Mister International 2016 wasn't able to attend the finals due to some unforeseen circumstances.

Mister International 2018
National Theatre of Yangon in Myanmar, venue for Mister International 2017
Date	April 30, 2018
Venue	National Theatre of Yangon Yangon, Myanmar
Entrants	36
Placements	16
Debuts	Finland, Nicaragua
Withdrawals	Australia, Cambodia, Canada, Italy, Latvia, Malaysia, Paraguay, Russia, Sri Lanka
Returns	Colombia, Dominican Republic, France, Malta, Panama, Switzerland
Winner	Seung Hwan Lee  Korea
Congeniality	Jeremy Lensink  Netherlands
Photogenic	Leonardo Nobre  Brazil

For the first time, the contestants were divided based on their geographical location: Asia and the Pacific, Americas and Europe & Africa. Three contestants from each group advanced to the Top 16. Three wildcards were added regardless of the group. Completing the list was the Mister International Facebook fan vote winner.

Despite some doubts regarding which year does the 12th edition refer to, in the official Mister International website, as well their official social media channels, Seung Hwan Lee is referred as "Mister International 2017". Therefore, making this the 2017 edition. [2].