Hua Hin, Thailand - The Mister National Universe 2019 Competition is scheduled to take place from 24 June to July 1st in Thailand. Host cities will be the historic city of Kanchanaburi and the Royal Resort Beach Town of Hua Hin. Building on the success of its first two editions, the 3rd edition of Mister National Universe promises to be bigger and even better. Intelligence along with personality are just two traits that will take Mister National Universe - where pageantry and luxury meet.
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Monday June 24th - Arrival Day
12:00 - Contestants, Directors, Media & Staff arrive in Bangkok
Tuesday June 25th
07:00 Contestants, Directors, Media & Staff leave Bangkok by bus for Kanchanburi
10:00 Contestants, Directors, Media & Staff check-in at Away Kanchanaburi Resort & roommate assignment.
11:00 – 18:00 Welcoming Ceremony by GM & Sash Ceremony, Activity introduction, video presentation of each candidate, national costume photoshoot. Hotel to provide soft drinks, & snacks, organizer to provide box lunches. Hotel GM & Owner interview by International Media.
18:30 – 22:00 Official Welcome Dinner next to the river Kwai
Wednesday June 26th
06:00 –08:00 Breakfast
07:00 – 07:30 Alms blessing by Monk’s at the river (hotel to provide food to give to the monks)
09:00 – 11:00 Sightseeing on the river by long tail boat, visiting the River Kwai Bridge
11:30 – 12:30 Lunch provided by organizer in hotel function room
13:00 – 14:30 Thai cooking class on the Rice Barge (floating barge on the river).
16:00 – 17:30 Explore Kanchanburi Province by train (over the world-famous River Kwai Bridge to the death railway encampment, return by bus).
18:00 – 20:00 Dinner at …
Thursday June 27th
06:00 –08:00 Breakfast
09:00 – 11:00 Sightseeing by bus, learn how to make fabric
11:15 – 12:00 Explore Orchid Farm, famous in Thailand
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch at …
13:30 – 16:30 Watersports in front of the Resort & photoshoot
16:30 – 17:30 Learn how to make a Krathong, made by Thais and floated in the river to pay respect to the Queen of the river. Each candidate & international media will make their own Krathong
19:00 – 22:00 RiverComber Dinner with the setting of Loy Krathong Festival, one of the biggest festivals in Thailand that happens once a year.
Friday June 28th
06:00 – 08:00 Breakfast
08:00 –10:00 Free Time
11:00 - Check out – depart for Hua Hin
15:00 – Check-In Holiday Inn Vana Nava (Everyone meet at function room prior to check-in for roommate assignment and instructions)
18:00 – 22:00 Welcome Dinner – BeachComber BBQ at InterContinental Hua Hin Resort and Spa.
Saturday June 29th
06:30 – 08:00 Breakfast
09:00 –11:00 Formal Wear Photoshoot at Vana Sky
11:00 – 24:00 Travel to Eden Gardens, Hua Hin 140 for Exclusive Night with Z Secret. More details to follow
Sunday June 30th
06:30 – 7:30 Leave for InterContinental Resort for Monk Blessing on the Beach
07:30 – 09:00 Breakfast at InterContinental Resort
9:00 Return to Holiday Inn
10:00 – 13:00 Vana Nava Water Park
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch at …..
15:00 – 17:00 True Arena
17:30 – 21:00 Dinner at …
Monday July 1st
06:30 – 08:00 Breakfast
08:00 –09:30 Fitness
10:00 – 16:00 Rehearsal & closed-door interview
16:00 – 18:00 Hair and Makeup
19:00 – 22:00 Final Night Competition
22:00 – ???? After Party
Tuesday July 2nd
08:00 – 09:00 Breakfast
09:00 –10:00 Check Out
Khun Sumanee Guna-Kasem, Honorary Chairwoman of Mister National Universe, is a well-known Thai Socialite, business woman and one of the most prolific collectors of antiques in Thailand with a value estimated in the Billions of Baht. The world’s high-profile auction houses know her well and she once famously outbid the Sultan of Brunei on an item she had to have for her collection.
In 1962 Khun Suminee married Pracha Guna-Kasem who was working for Thailand’s Foreign Affairs Ministry. Pracha’s first foreign posting took them to Cairo and then to Hong Kong where Pracha was posted as Thailand’s Consul General spending three and a half years there.
From Hong Kong they were sent to the United States where for six years her husband was Thailand’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations. While there Khun Sumanee became acquainted with many famous people including Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon.
After New York she went with her husband to Geneva where he was posted as Thailand’s Ambassador and then on to France and Algeria.
Fourteen years ago she and her husband set up a foundation called the Maneemondcha Foundation which provides scholarships for underprivileged Thai’s. Because of her father’s love for dogs, as does she, the foundation also looks after 800 dogs in Thailand. Khun Sumanee has 5 dogs herself, each with their own nanny.
Khun Sumanee lives in a ten story building with a personal staff of 50. The building was a gift to her from her father almost 50 years ago, shortly after she wed