Alijah Johnson has a major reason to be proud. He was the 2nd runner-up at the 2026 Mister Tourism World pageant, which took place in Thailand. #Powerjournalist Markos Papadatos has the recap.
Johnson, who represented the United States, also took home awards for “Best Physique” and for “Best Swimwear.” He finished right behind Ernesto Ahumada of Mexico (first runner-up), and winner Phacharaphon “Oat” Suksamran of the home country Thailand, who won the 2026 “Mister Tourism World” crown.
“I am very grateful for being the 2nd runner-up. It’s still crazy to believe I did that on a world stage. Also, winning best swimwear and best physique too! Was really proud to represent the USA like that,” Johnson said.
Last year, Johnson was the runner-up of the Mr. America Global competition, which was held in our nation’s capital, Washington, D.C. “๐๐ญ ๐๐ซ. ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ, ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง โ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐,” they acknowledged.
The Mr. America Global team posted their congratulatory remarks for Alijah Johnson on their social media pages. “๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฃ ๐๐จ๐ก๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐บ๐ธ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐๐, ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐! ๐โจ๐บ๐ธ,” they said.
“๐๐ฃ, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก, ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐. ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฌ. ๐๐ฝ๐น๐ญโค๏ธ,” they noted.
“๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐, ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ,” they expressed.
Prior to the pageantry world, Alijah Johnson was a part of the Australian Firefighters Calendar, and made history as the first African-American firefighter to be a part of that international calendar, which is quite a remarkable feat.
To learn more about Alijah Johnson, follow him on Instagram.
