BEST MALE MODELS ARTHUR SALES

Dear readers of Sport&Beauty. It’s been a long time since the last post we dedicated to a male model so I think it’s high time to get back over the issue. Today we’re traveling to Brazil to present one of the youngest and most successful male models of our days, Brazilian model Arthur Sales. In spite of his youth, Arthur Sales has entered the fashion world in style, and is one of the most promising male models for the short term. Dear readers, here you are Brazilian model Arthur Sales. Enjoy yourselves....

Arthur Sales Gouveia was born in 1991 in Recife, Brazil, in a family of Italian origin with Brazilian mix. Being a child, Arthur never thought about becoming a professional model and he always wanted to become a lawyer. Therefore, and upon graduating from High School, Arthur enrolled in a Law degree at the University to make his dream come true. Anyway she had kind of fashion background as when he was ten years old her mother enrolled him in a child’s beauty contest that Arthur won getting a bicycle as a prize.

Before the last pictures, we left Arthur turned into a new Law student. Do not believe that this new scenario lasted for long. One day (soon after enrolling at the University) while Arthur was working out at the gym he was approached by a friend of his who persuaded him to take part in a fashion show in his hometown and after the show accompanied Arthur to EP modeling agency. Arthur was a bit reluctant in the beginning as he knew nothing about the fashion world but he thought it would be an easy way to make some money to pay the student loans he had been granted.

Said and done. No sooner had the Brazilian model trudged the catwalk when Arthur’s agent, Elizabeth Pontes, began to search for contracts until she got one for him in Milan. This is the way it all started. As it usually happens, Arthur’s first assignments were catalogue photo shoots until June 2009 when the Brazilian model was hired to walk for DSquared 2 in Milan and later to work together with Canadian model Daria Werbowy in DSquared 2 2010 Spring ad campaign. Besides signing a contract with DSquared 2, Arthur became the image of men’s swimwear brand “Butch”. While at DSquared 2’s backstage, Arthur was approached by a man who resulted to be Vanity Fair’s director that started taking pictures of him. In a few days, Arthur started to pose for an editorial of Vanity Fair together with Colombian singer Shakira who, according to Arthur, is a really nice girl. Here you are the data and measurement of this Brazilian model:

Full name: Arthur Sales Gouveia

Birth date: 1991 in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Zodiac sign: Leo

Height: 184 centimetres : 6' 0"

Chest: 93 centímetres : 36"

Waist: 74 centímetres : 32"

Inseam: 80 centímetres : 32"

Eye color: green

Hair color: brown

Shirt size: 15

Shoe size: 44 (EU) : 11(US)

Agencies: Elite Milan and Barcelona, IMM Brussels, Soul Artist Management New York, Nevs London and Spin Model Management Hamburg.

In 2010 and besides the famous DSquared 2 ad campaign, Arthur starred in Armani Exchange, Lincs, American Eagle Jeans and Max Mara’s Fall Winter ad campaigns. Arthur Sales is also a regular face in the covers and editorials of the most prestigious magazines having appeared in several issues of “L’Officiel “ Paris and “Details”. In 2011, Arthur has starred in Vila Romana’s Fall Winter and Class Cavalli’s Spring Summer ad campaigns and in XTI’s Footwear Summer ad campaign together with Cristiano Ronaldo’s fiancé, Russian model Irina Sheyk.

Let’s talk a bit about Arthur’s personal life. Arthur Sales describes himself as an “average man”. According to the Brazilian model, life has many things to love that make you happy everyday such as God, family and friends. Arthur likes working out at the gym and when he travels to coastal areas he likes playing foot-volley and surfing. His favorite sports are surf, Jiu-jitsu and soccer, the sport he played at school. Concerning Arthur’s musical likes, he prefers Jack Johnson, surf music, reggae and Brazilian music. To conclude today’s post I’ll leave you with a slideshow with some Arthur Sales’ pictures and a couple of videos so you can see him alive and kicking. Best regards.

BAPTISTE GIABICONI CHANEL'S MALE MODEL

Dear readers of sport&beauty. As it’s been a long time since we haven’t written an article about the best male models, today we’re going to retake the topic and dedicate a post to one of them. Let me give you some hints before unveiling his identity so you can make your educated guesses. He’s French and has become the muse of Karl Lagerfed who’s turned today’s guest into Chanel’s new rising star. Besides, he’s considered in the USA as the handsomest man after French actor Alain Delon. You’re right. Today’s post is dedicated to French model Baptiste Giabiconi, Karl Lagerfeld’s muse. Here you are Baptiste Giabiconi, the new Karl Lagerfeld’s fashion enfant terrible.

In spite of the fact that Baptiste Giabiconi is currently considered as one of the world’s top male models, he didn’t mean to pursue a modeling career. Baptiste was born in Marseille on November 8, 1989. The son of Corsican parents of humble origin, Baptiste led a quiet life after finishing High School sharing his time between his job as a mechanic in an aeronautical factory and his body building sessions in the gym. It was precisely there that something happened that would change his life. In 2007, and while working out in the gym, Baptiste Giabiconi was approched by an unknown woman (perhaps a talent scout) who advised Giabiconi to have some pictures taken and sent him to a photographer in Marseille. The photographer prepared a photobook for him and, together with his book, Baptiste started to tour several modeling agencies in Paris. In the begining, and despite his charisma, Baptiste went through difficult times since it wasn’t easy to make a name for himself in the fashion world. Things were going badly for the French model until some of his pictures published by a Milan’s magazine attracted Karl Largefeld’s attention in June 2008. After that, and all of a sudden, Baptiste replaced Brad Koenig as Chanel’s face and started a promising career in the fashion world.

It’s not strange that Lagerfeld went totally crazy in front of the sight of this brown haired, brown-eyed and 188-centimeter tall hunk. It was in 2008 and it marked the lauch of Baptiste’s career. Giabiconi became Lagerfeld’s muse and started to walk for each and every of Chanel’s fashion shows. Lagerfeld started taking pictures of Baptiste for magazines such as Colette, Elle, Purple, and V Man and there was no single event that Karl wasn’t accompanied by this brown-haired hunk. If you don’t believe me, take a close look to the following pictures. Be careful because Baptiste has ensured he’s straight and the German designer has ensured that, for him, Giabiconi is a kind of foster son or heir to whom Karl wants to entrust all his experience and expertise. If you have a look to the right of the first picture you’ll notice that Baptiste slightly resembles Real Madrid's soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo.

Although Baptiste’s career has just taken off there are some milestones that can be pointed out. In 2007 the French model posed for Tetu, in 2008 for Numéro Homme, Frankie Morello, and Polaroid and in 2009 he appeared on the covers of Wallpaper and Wound Magazine and posed for Vogue Paris, Vogue Nippon, Vogue Germany, V Man, Interview, Wallpaper Magazine, Elle Italy, Purple Fashion, V Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, Marie Claire Italy, Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld, Giorgio Armani, Fendi, and Just Cavalli. 2009 Summer campaign has been the best one for him so far since he became the face of "Chanel", "K" by Karl Lagerfeld, "Frankie Morello", and "Armani Jeans". In 2010 Baptiste Giabiconi graced the cover of l’Officiel Homme China and posed for Envy, Elle Belgium, Paris, Grazia, and Vogue Germany. Besides, he gave a lot of interviews and appeared in countless TV shows in France from which we can highlight "Habillée pour l’hiver de Mademoiselle Agnès", "Le Grand Journal de Canal+", "Le bureau des plaintes" y "On n’est pas couché". Currently, Baptiste is working for the following modeling agencies : DNA Models New York, Premier Model Management London, MGM Paris, d’management group Milan, Scoop Models Copenhaguen y Mega Model Agency Hamburg.

Out of curiosity we will say that, after having walked and posed for the world’s top fashion brands, Baptiste seems to have discovered his second passion, the music. Baptiste is taking it so seriously that he’s recording an album in cooperation with Side Hajjaji and the first single "Showtime" composed by Thom Carslym and Mats Rossander and directed by Kore (Florida, Pittbull, Shaggy...)will be released in March 2011. To conclude today's post, I'll leave you a slideshow with some Giabiconi's pictures and a couple of videos so you can see him alive and kicking. Best regards.

DAVID GANDY D&G MALE MODEL

Dear readers of sport&beauty. Continuing the series dedicated to the best male models, we’re going to talk about one of the most famous and sexiest amongst them. Do you remember Dolce& Gabbana’s Light Blue TV commercial? Wonderful Italian music (Parlami d’amore Mariu) , the blue Mediterranean sea, a cliff, a rubber boat, a hunky black-haired male model in a minuscule white swimsuit and a gorgeous girl in a white bikini swimsuit? The female model was Marija Vujovic but is someone able to tell me who the male model was? He’s British model David Gandy, one of the most desired men for women and also men. Today’s post is going to be about the hunky model David Gandy, Dolce&Gabbanna's model and starring of Dolce Gabbana’s Light Blue ad campaign. In the 2010 version of Light Blue ad, David Gandy has a new female counterpart. Dolce& Gabbana replaced Marija Vujovic by Anna Jagodzinska. Anyway, let’s talk about David Gandy, iconic D&G male model. Here you are our handsome and hunky guest.

First of all we’ll say that, although he looks like a real latin lover, David Gandy is British. David Gandy was born in 1980 in Billecary, Essex, England. His father, a businessman, is English and his mother is Scottish. David grew up in the neighborhood of Fulham in Southwest London where he started studying multimedia marketing at Gloucestershire University. The reason why David Gandy became a model is that some friends of him sent one of his pictures to a TV contest of the ITV channel. The contest consisted in finding the most attractive member of the audience and the price was to work for a year for the agency Select Model Management. David won the contest with the 53% of the votes, gave up his studies and his job as a car tester for the car magazine Auto Express, and started to work for Select Model Management, one of the leading British model agencies. During the following five years his career was far from successful. He attended numerous castings but was systematically rejected because he was too hunky for the likes of the public at that time. David survived by doing only catalog work for some British minor brands.

However, such wonderful face and body were to succeed sooner or later. His prodigious physical appearance led him to the most important fashion capitals such as New York, Milan and Tokyo. David’s big break came when he was hired to become Carolina Herrera’s “Chic for men” fragrance spokesperson. This opportunity was the watershed in David’s career and placed him in the launch pad for stardom. Since then, David has worked for Gant (Spring Summer 2005 and Fall Winter 2005-2006), Massimo Dutti (Fall Winter 2005 and Spring Summer 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 alongside lithuanian model Edita Vilkeviciute), Zara (Spring Summer 2007), Dolce Gabbana (2008, 2009, and 2010). As the icing on the cake, the British hunk starred in Dolce&Gabbana’s Light Blue ad campaign. Here you are some David’s pictures for Gant, Massimo Dutti, Dolce&Gabbana and Zara ad campaigns.

What does David Gandy usually do to achieve such a wonderful body? He goes to the gym four days a week and does some jogging the other three. I think he exercises more often than some professional football players. Besides, he also uses some face creams to keep wrinkles and eye puffs away. In Dolce&Gabbana’s commercial he could look like a bit of a narcissist, but nothing further from reality. David loves cars and has a Porsche from the 60,s, a Lotus Elite and an Audi T2. Here you are his data and measurements:

Full name: David Gandy

Date of birth: 1980 in Billecary, Essex, England

Height: 188 centimetres

Eye color: blue

Marital status: single

As far as his private life is concerned, David Gandy claims that apart from a three-year relationship with a model (that turned into a nightmare), he’s single. David keeps on asking his female flatmates why women never talk to him. The answer he usually gets is that women become shy in front of him. David is quite frustrated that, when he goes to a bar, the ones who talk to him the most are the bouncers. After the famous Light Blue ad, David Gandy starred alongside Gisele Bundchen in a wonderful magazine editorial and graced the cover of the gay magazine “V man” where he was portrayed showing off her attractive muscular body. Besides, he's also appeared in editorials or the cover of DV Man, V Magazine, GQ Style Russia, American Vogue, Hercules, or Fantastic Man amongst others. I will finish this post leaving a slideshow with the best pictures of David Gandy and the videos of Dolce&Gabbana's Light Blue fragrance. Best regards.

MALE MODELS ANDRES VELENCOSO

Dear readers of sportandbeauty. Spanish male models were all the rage even before Spain won FIFA 2010 Football World Cup. We dedicated one of our last posts to Jon Kortajarena and today’s post is going to be dedicated to another Spanish, Andres Velencoso. Andres Velencoso stands out for his hunky presence and naturally chiseled face that has opened him the doors for success in the fashion world. He’s starred in ad campaigns for top fashion brands such as H&M, Ermenegildo Zegna, Caramelo and L’Oreal amongst others but the campaign that launched him to stardom was Louis Vuitton’s 2003 Fall Winter campaign alongside American singer and actress Jennifer Lopez. Ah, he is the current Kylie Minogue's boyfriend. Here you are the Spanish supermodel Andres Velencoso. Enjoy.

Andres Velencoso Segura was born on March 11, 1978 in Tossa de Mar, Girona, Spain. Andres started modeling in 2000 after finishing high school when, encouraged by his mother Lucia, Andres signed a contract with the Spanish modeling agency Group Model Management leaving the family restaurant run by his father and shelving the idea of becoming a PT teacher to have a try in the fashion industry. The beginning of his career in the fashion world was far from successful as he was rejected because, apparently, his hunky appearance wasn’t what the European market demanded at that time. However the tide changed in 2001 when he moved to New York City and was signed by Q Model Management despite the fact that the Spanish model was unable to speak English. Andres soon caught the eyes of the famous photographers Michael Thompson and Francois Nars and his luck started to change.

In 2002 Andres Velencoso booked the Banana Republic Spring ad campaign and in 2003 starred in the Louis Vuitton ad campaign alongside actress and singer Jennifer Lopez and appeared in editorials for Vogue France and Citizen K magazines. In 2004 the Spanish model signed a contract with Chanel Allure Homme Sport fragrance, became the face of Loewe and appeared in the Spring issue of L’Officiel Homme and the following year landed on the cover of the winter issue of Arena Homme and appeared in Jean Paul Gaultier ad campaign alongside models Gisele Bundchen and Diana Dondoe. Here you are Andres Velencoso’s data and measurements:

- Full name: Andres Velencoso Segura

- Birth date: 11th of March 1978 in Tossa de Mar, Catalonia, Spain

- Measurements: (EU) 99-86-98 : (US) 39-34-38.5

- Height: 188 centimetres (6 ft 2 in)

- Eye color: brown

- Hair color: brown

- Agencies: Wilhelmina, MGM Paris, 2pm Model Management Copenhagen, I LOVE Models Milan and Donna Models Tokyo.

In 2006 Andres Velencoso landed on the cover of Uomo Japan and appeared in H&M catalog. 2007 was a frantic year for the Spaniard. Andres signed a contract with Jean Paul Gaultier Fleur de Male Cologne and became the face of Ermenegildo Zegna, Elie Tahari and Etro being photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin for the fall issue of Vogue Homme. In addition to this the Spanish model appeared in V Man editorial dedicated to Wilhelmina male models and in November landed on the cover of Elle Spain alongside Czech model Petra Nemcova and a number of other male models. Finally in December Andres Velencoso landed on the cover of L’Officiel Hommes and appeared alongside Caroline Trentini in Vogue Italy photographed by Nathaniel Goldberg.

In 2008 Andres renewed his contract with Elie Tahari and Ermenegildo Zegna and is featured by V Man explaining his workout routine to keep always fit. In March Andres appeared alongside female models Linda Evangelista and Raquel Zimmermann in an editorial for V magazine and in an editorial for Esquire Spain. Andres also appeared in the Vogue Hommes “In Love” editorial along with model Daria Werbowy and in October begins to date Kylie Minogue. To put an end to this year Karl Lagerfeld photographed Andres for V Man’s fall issue. In 2009 Milan Vukmirovic photographed Velencoso for the cover of L’Officiel Hommes and Chad Pitman does the same for the fall issue of V Man. In 2010 Andres has been photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin for Giuseppe Zanotti ad campaign and has appeared nude in Vanity Fair.

As we said before the Spanish model has been dating Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue since October 2008. As a curiosity we can say that Andres has his mother’s name Lucia tattooed on the left side of his chest and it is believed that on April 2009 he got the word Kylie tattooed below his hip as a sign of his devotion to the Australian singer. He is friend to fellow models Oriol Elcacho, Gabriel Aubry, Daria Werbowy, Gisele Bündchen, Jon Kortajarena, Marlon Teixeira and when off duty Andres likes playing darts, soccer and traveling. To conclude this post I'll leave a slideshow with some Andres Velencoso's pictures and a couple of videos so you can see the Spanish model in action.

JON KORTAJARENA BEST MALE MODEL

Dear readers of sportandbeauty. We're going to dedicate today's post to one of the best and most successful male models nowadays. He's Spanish and has starred in ad campaigns for Just Cavalli, Versace, Giorgio Armani, Mango, GUESS? and El Corte Inglés. He's famous for his chiseled cheekbones, piercing stare and full lips. One more clue. He's started his career as an actor with a short cameo in Tom Ford's first movie. As you probably may have guessed our post is dedicated to Jon Kortajarena, the male model of the moment. Here you are Jon Kortajarena the Spanish fashion model who's all the rage.

Jon Kortajarena Redruello was born in Bilbao (Spain) on May 19, 1985. Apparently Jon was discovered while attending a fashion show. Eduardo Sayas, his current agent, spotted him and persuaded Jon to try his luck as a fashion model. As Jon was still a minor at that time, Eduardo had also to persuade his parents to let him travel to Paris. Finally, Jon Kortajarena left Bilbao and moved to Paris making his debut on the catwalk in 2004 walking for Emporio Armani and John Galliano in Milan and Paris. Here you are his measurements and data:

- Nombre: Jon Kortajarena Redruello

- Birth date: 19th of May 1985 in Bilbao, Spain

- Hair color: brown

- Eye color: green

- Height: 188 centimetres (6 ft 2 in)

- Collar: 40 (EU) 15 (USA)

- Suit size: 50 (EU) 40 (USA)

- Shoe size: 44 (EU), 12 (USA)

- Agency: Wilhelmina

Also in 2004, Jon's career got a major thrust when he became the face of Roberto Cavalli's Just Cavalli Spring ad campaign directed by Ellen Von Unwerth. Besides, Jon Kortajarena was photographed by Steven Meisel alongside Elise Crombez and a number of female supermodels. In 2005 Jon Kortajarena participated in French Connection's ad campaign and Macy's book. The following year Jon appeared in editorials for magazines such as DANSK, GQ Style, GQ, Italian Elle, Elle, Marie Claire and Vogue España and walked for Bottega Veneta, Dolce & Gabbana, Salvatore Ferragamo and John Galliano in Milan and Paris. Here you are some more pictures of this stunning Spanish model.

2007 was an important year for Jon. In 2007 the Spanish model signed for GUESS?, was featured in editorials for Men’s Health (March), OUT (June), Vogue Germany (September), appeared in V Man's Spring issue, walked in Milan for Giorgio Armani's and D&G's Spring shows, starred in Diesel's Spring ad campaign and Giorgio Armani's and Zegna's Fall campaigns and finally in November made the cover of ELLE Spain alongside Czech supermodel Petra Nemcova and a number of top male models. 2008 was another frantic year for the Spanish model. Jon extended his contract wiht GUESS? and became the face of Bally, Etro and Trussardi. Kortajarena starred in Tom Ford's Spring book and made the cover of L'Officiel Homme Spring issue which dedicated the Spaniard a spread of 200 pages. In February Jon Kortajarena walked in Paris for Chanel's Fall show and in March appeared in Esquire Spain magazine.

Still in 2008, Jon Kortajarena starred in Jean Paul Gaultier's Jeans Fall campaing alongside the Australian model Alexandra Agoston and appeared in V Man's Fall issue photographed by Karl Lagerfeld. In 2009 Jon Kortajarena was ranked eight on the Forbes list of the best male models and was awarded the Marie Claire Spanish model of the Year title. He was photographed by Mikael Jansson for Vogue Hommes International Fall issue and starred in a small cameo in Tom Ford's first movie, "A Single Man", alongside Colin Firth and Julianne Moore. In 2010 Jon Kortajarena has starred in Spring Summer ad campaigns for H&M, Mangano, Esprit, Mauro Grifoni and Trussardi and Pepe Jeans Fall Winter campaign. In addition Jon has appeared in editorials for Vogue Italy (March), Esquire Spain (March) and V Man Spring Summer issue. Currently and according to models.com, the Spanish model is ranked 6 amongst the 50 world's best male models. What a resume!!!

About his private life we can say that Jon Kortajarena describes himself as stubborn, impatient and a hopeless romantic person. Jon is good friend of fellow models Andres Segura, Oriol Elcacho, Angelique Dhaze, and Matteo Casnici. When he's not working he likes watching independent films, reading Paulo Coelho books, sunbathing, trekking with his friends and listening to music (he is a big fan of Lenny Kravitz). Ah, I almost forgot. Jon Kortajarena was the object of desire of American singer Madonna after breaking up with Brazilian model Jesus Luz. To conclude this post about Jon Kortajarena I will leave you with a slideshow including his best pictures and some videos so you can see the Spanish model alive and kicking. Best Regards.