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Ilyas Chaouki was proclaimed Mister International Netherlands 2023 last July 1 at the Zalencentrum De Brug in Reeuwijk. The 21-year-old Dutch-Moroccan model and restaurant employee will now prepare to represent the Netherlands at Mister International 2023 pageant in Asia this September. He succeeds last year's winner and Mister International 2022 Top 16 semifinalist Iliya Shahedi. "Yesterday evening was something incredible. Shivers are still running through my body," the new Mister International Netherlands shared on social media after winning the competition. "This has been an incredible 2-month journey, meeting great people, gaining a ton of experience and a lot of joyful memories with new friends," he wrote in another post. "Let's get ready for that international stage and let's make the Netherlands proud," he added. Alongside Mister International Netherlands, Mister Senior Netherlands 2023 was also held and the title went to Hedwig Binda.

Iliya Shahedi was named Mister International Netherlands 2022 on Saturday, September 17 in a competition held at Zalencentrum De Brug in Reeuwijk. The 23-year-old fitness enthusiast of Persian descent succeeds last year's winner Mike Van Doorn and he will now prepare to represent the Netherlands at the 14th Mister International pageant in the Philippines this October. At the same event, Franklin Lopes and Kenji Schoonderwoerd respectively clinched the titles Mister Senior and Junior Netherlands 2022. "Words can not describe how happy I am to win the title," the new Mister International Netherlands wrote in a statement on social media. Iliya is not a stranger to pageantry. Back in 2019, he was a finalist at the Misters of the Netherlands competition. Meet the new Mister International Netherlands: View this post on Instagram A post shared by MR. International Netherlands (@mr.internationalnetherlands) Photos:  René Rollema , Koch Productions / kochprod