Limerick pride: City’s son nets Mr World title

A LIMERICK man has been crowned Mr World in a competition that set out to find the most desirable man on the planet.

Judges were looking for a for James Bond-type, who possesses sex appeal, physical stamina, humanitarian ideals and fine manners.

And they found all this in 24-year-old Irish model, Kamal Ibrahim who picked up €37,300 ($50,000) in prize money and a host of lucrative modelling contracts at the Mr World finals in South Korea on Saturday when he took the prize.