Filipino Police Officer 2 (PO2) Neil Perez won the world’s most popular male beauty pageant, the Mister International 2014-15 which was held in Ansan, South Korea on Saturday night, February 14, 2015. Neil Perez whose real name is Mariano Perez Flormata Jr., is also known as the “hunk cop” represents the Philippines in the annual international male pageant.
According to PO2 Neil Perez he dedicated his victory to his fallen comrades, some members of the elite PNP-SAF operatives are classmates and batchmate of PO2 Perez during his time with the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA).
PO2 Neil Perez is a member of the Philippine National Police (PNP’s) Aviation Security Group at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) who won the Philippine edition of the Mister International last 2014.
Aside from Neil Perez, also awarded during the coronation night of Mister International are Lebanese Rabi El Zein as First Runner-up, Czech Tomáš Dumbrovský was 2nd Runner Up, Rafal Maslak from Poland was 3rd Runner Up, and Mitja Nadizar from Slovenia was 4th Runner Up.
Neil Perez of the Philippines also came in 2nd Runner Up in the Best National Costume category while Kenneth Kerr from Bahamas won the Best National Costume in the Mister International 2014-2015 held in Korea.