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ผู้เข้าประกวด Mr World 2010 เริ่มทยอยเดินทางถึงเกาหลีแล้ว

March 12th
Early arrivals head straight for the gym

Today is the official start of the Mr World two week festival and the contestants have been arriving at Incheon International Airport. The official Mr World buses have been going to and from the airport all day dropping off contestants who have just landed in Korea, and for many it is their first ever visit to the land of the morning calm.

There will be an official welcoming dinner tonight at The Golden Sky Resort where senior government officials including the Mayor of Incheon will be among the special guests.

Venezuela, Costa Rica and Dominican Republic caused a stir as they arrived wearing their national scarves. “It’s just great to finally be here” said Venezuela. Costa Rica declared “I think I can speak for everyone when I say we’ve been looking forward to this for a long time!”

The contestants who arrived early decided to hit the gym. Any advantage you can gain over rival contestants could be vital so they were quick to head down to the fitness centre.

Ireland said “It just feels good to get the blood pumping again” as he added an extra weight to the Chest workout machine. United States agreed “It feels great to be down here. I just want to be in tip-top condition for the physical challenges that lie ahead” he said.

Mayor An Sang Soo welcomes contestants

March 12th
Mr World welcome dinner

Tonight the Mr World contestants met for the first time at the welcome dinner at the Golden Sky Resort in Incheon, Korea. After the Mayor of Incheon, An Sang Soo welcomed the city’s newest guests, a few of the contestants took to the stage to share their impressions of Korea.

Korea welcomed all the contestants to his homeland, United States thanked The Mayor and Chairman Chang, Australia expressed his love of the local cuisine, Netherlands spoke of the kindness of the Korean people and Nigeria said how proud he was to represent his country at Mr World.

The young men were then treated to some authentic Korean entertainment in the form of fan dancing and traditional instruments such as the gayagegum. Norway said “It was a fantastic welcome for us all. The food and entertainment was incredible.”

Joining the contestants were five Miss Korea winners; they posed for photographs and welcomed the visiting countries to their homeland. Costa Rica brought with him a gift for the Mayor of Incheon – a traditional portrait from his home country. He said “I wanted to thank Mayor An Sang Soo for hosting us all in this amazing city”.