Philippine representative to Manhunt 2008 Marvin Raymundo makes it to the Top 15 finalists.
Model and now Star Magic talent Marvin is this year's representative to the 13th edition of the most popular male pageant in the world that started in 1993 (three years na hindi nagkaroon ng finals—1996, 2002, and 2003).
Forty-seven countries competed at this year's Manhunt search at ginawa ito sa Seoul, South Korea last June 2. Marvin, who is also part of ABS-CBN's Coverboys, used his real name Marvin Wijangco. He made it to the Top 15.
The winner this year is Morocco's Abdelmoumen El Maghraouy. The other winners are Sweden's Egill Arnljots (1st runner-up), Costa Rica's César Vargas (2nd runner-up), Korea's Lee Jae-Hwan (3rd runner-up), and Angola's Claudio Furtado.
Ang iba pang nakapasok sa Top 15 ay ang mga representative from China, India, Brazil, Hong Kong, USA, England, Panama, Luxembourg, and Venezuela.
Si Marvin ang fourth Philippine representative to make it to the Top 15 finalists since the country entered the competition. In 1993, Fil-American model Aaron Small placed third runner-up and won the Mr. Physique special award. In 1997, now supermodel Vicente Pinto was the second runner-up. Bago si Marvin, now male supermodel Iago Raterta also made it to the Top 15 finalists for the 2006 edition.