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Week five of Support Nature Project - whose featured model this week is Lance Winters.

We're hitting the road! I'm off to Dallas this evening with our 2010 Model Search winner, Jesse Blum! We'll be meeting up with Alan Rust from On Display Men and Jay Fuertez to shoot Jesse for the Support Nature Project -- watch our Twitter and Facebook pages for mobile updates over the weekend!

Lance is a relatively new model with stunning potential. Modeling is not his ultimate goal, however. "I want to finish school with a Doctorate and become a psychologist for teens. My big dream is to be an actor, though. Overall, I just want to be the best person I can be." This model stays in shape doing both cardio and weight training. He also plays the occasional game of golf, basketball or football. If Lance doesn't get chosen for a particular job, he doesn't sweat the small stuff; rejection simply doesn't faze him. "Rejection doesn't bother me. I don't care what people think." Admittedly, Lance hardly gets any time to relax, and when he does, he prefers to spend it sleeping. However, he and his friends enjoy some downtime playing video games.

Since Lance enjoys being outdoors playing various sports he strongly believes in a better environment. He is glad to be part of this project to raise awareness about a better environment for us and our children. Of course, he recycles as we all should and he is going to look at other ways he can participate in environmental projects this year.

[ Support Nature Project - Official Site ]
[ Plant A Billion Trees - More Information ]
[ Donate Today - Plant A Billion Trees ]

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Davi Alvarado, as photographed by the incomparable Rick Day (previous coverage.)

[ Davi Alvarado - Official Site ]
[ Rick Day Photography - Official Site ]

Enlarge Photo | Credit: Jay Fuertez/Support Nature Project

Week four of Support Nature Project - whose featured model this week is Hasani Bryan.

Originally from Chicago, IL and raised in Indiana, Hasani Bryan is a city boy who has always had an appreciation of nature and a general belief in the inherent good of humanity. Originally attending college with the intent of going on to medical school, he was moved midway through his academic career with the desire to entertain. While participating in a charity fashion show he developed a love of the fashion industry and became involved with various shows and campaigns. 

Hasani moved to Dallas, TX after graduating from school to pursue a career in runway and commercial modeling. While in Dallas, he learned about the various ways in which the Earth has suffered from years of neglect. Knowing that every little bit helps, he lives an environmentally friendly lifestyle by shopping for organic foods, using cloth shopping bags and environmentally friendly products, carpooling when possible and supporting environmentally conscience projects and campaigns. Hasani Bryan's motto is that, "We have this one Earth, why not take care of it?" He currently splits his time between modeling and preparing to go back to school to become an Infectious Disease physician.

[ Donate Today - Plant A Billion Trees ]
[ Support Nature Project - Official Site ]

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SIX photos of the stunningly gorgeous Jared Prudoff-Smith will do a much better job than coffee at getting your day off to a good start. What an amazing look!

[ Jared Prudoff - official site ]
[ Red Models NYC - official site ]
[ Rick Day - official site ]

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Everyone's going Pavelka-crazy at the moment, whether it be for either of the reality show starring cousins! We've already seen a bit from DietTribe host Jessie Pavelka's 2011 calendar, and this morning photographer Bradford Rogne was nice enough to send over a few more to whet your appetite!

The publisher, 10%, will be releasing the calendar later this spring on amazon.com and some of your other favorite retailers.

[ Jessie Pavelka - Official Site ]
[ Jessie Pavelka - Previous Hunk du Jour Coverage ]
[ Bradford Rogne - Official Site ]
[ Bradford Rogne - Previous Hunk du Jour Coverage ]

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I'm more than excited to announce the winner of our 2010 Hunk du Jour Model Search, Jesse Blum!

The judges met earlier this month to carefully go over all of the contestant's entries. We looked at contestant's submitted photos and submitted material. From our large field we narrowed the list down to a dozen or so semi-finalists, then finally down to three finalists. We peppered these finalists with a few more question, as well as a request for "taken today" photos.

Jesse impressed our panel of judges with a great portfolio of photographs, great attitude, and willingness to prove that he was ready to become the next featured model in the Support Nature Project campaign.

Jesse with be flying to Dallas in just a few weeks for photo shoots with Jay Fuertez and On Display Men's Alan Rust. Lead Hunkologist Christopher will tag along and provide a peek behind the scenes at the campaign and an exclusive chat with Jesse.

Fan Favorite Winner
During the search, Hunk du Jour readers were also encouraged to vote for their favorites -- and vote they did! While contestant JaBari Ajee racked up the most votes from distinct e-mail addresses, winner Jesse Blum got the most votes from distinct computers (measured by unique IP addresses) - with New Yorker Arik Azulay a close second.

We're quite fond of many of our contestants, so watch for some of our favorites later this year on Hunk du Jour!

Enlarge Photo | Credit: Jay Fuertez/Support Nature Project

Week two of Support Nature Project - whose featured model this week is Chad Washington. Chad says:

I started modeling two years ago when approached by a magazine editor at a gym I personal trained at. I have always been in shape but modeling helped push me to work out more. I constantly studied the art of modeling and the creative side as well. I love being in from of the camera and seeing creative individuals mesh together and make magic.

My goal with modeling is to be a recognized face and name. I also aspire to be a working model in New York City and use modeling to open up other avenues. I would love to grace the top fashion magazines and fitness magazines.

Coming from a small town i recognize the importance of everyone pulling together to make the community better. So, I volunteer my services once a week to helping pick up around my neighborhood and also picking up around my workplace. Although its hard work, I realize that the effort I put in matched with others help make my community and this world a better place.

[ Donate Today - Plant A Million Billion Trees ]
[ Support Nature Project - Official Site ]

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By now you've seen the photos of Cristiano Ronaldo for Emporio Armani... This post may just be serving as an excuse to post him.

BUT! I do have a minor upgrade to the site that I'm sure will thrill and delight all of you... I've modified the Hunk of the Day nomination process so that we will no longer see multiple photos of the same guy on the same day.

AND! Last year we quietly implemented the return of commenting with a new system using Disqus. Please note you must confirm your e-mail address with Disqus (or use another method of logging in) for your comments to appear.

FURTHERMORE! We've put the Hunk Guide on hiatus... but you should check out Charmants.com who has picked up right where we left off. (Plus you can vote-up the Hunk du Jour posts there!)

AND YET! I'm working on creating a blogroll system to spread more of the link-love mojo around to sites I love that don't link to us.

BECAUSE! I love you guys... Have a nice Thursday.

Enlarge Photo | Credit: Jay Fuertez/Support Nature Project

This week Support Nature Project officially kicks off, raising money for Plant a Billion Trees!

As you know, we're in the final judging process for our 2010 Model Search where Hunk du Jour will be adding our own selected model to the roster of guys asking you to C-IN2 nature. Our winner will be flown to Dallas to participate in his own Support Nature Project shoot, as well as get some quality time in with On Display Men founder Alan Rust and photographer Jay Fuertez!

Support Nature Project has been doing scouting of their own, and the first featured model in the campaign is Cade Wilson. Learn more about him below!

I am a 19 year old full time college student and full time job holder. I actually have two jobs, one is at Chili's bar and grill and the other is at Abercrombie and Fitch. At the moment I go to a local community college but plan to transfer to a major university within a year. I am very busy during the week and on weekends but still mix in a little fun every now and then. Life is too short not to live a little. I love modeling. I have loved it ever since I can remember. I would like to get signed by a major modeling agency and travel the world. Be the next big time model, a household name. But at the same time not compromise my morals and beliefs. I am a very driven person and won't stop till I am the best at whatever it is that I put myself into. I like having the camera on me; there is so many things that can be said through a picture and the expressions and backgrounds. It is truly a blessing and an honor to be able to do what i do.

Keeping our environment is so important and everybody needs to do their part. Not only do I recycle but doing something as small as carpooling to work and school or turning off lights when you leave a room are all helpful. I support our nations going green and not having to rely on so much foreign oil to run this country. I am currently in the process of getting together an awareness group at my local college to go around and raise questions to classes and give answers on how to help our world become a more green place. I want my kids, kids, kids, kids, kids to be able to enjoy this earth as much as I have.

We asked Cade how he felt about being selected as the first model to launch this Project. He said, "I am honored to be the first model picked to launch this project. Helping support our planet in any way possible is crucial and I am always looking to do my part".

Visit SupportNatureProject.com to learn even more about the campaign, and Donate $1 to Plant a Billion Trees today!

Some of our best ideas come from dedicated Hunk du Jour readers like yourself and Terrell! Leave a comment and say thanks to Terrell for recommending this post, then Suggest a Hunk of your own!

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Rick Day (previously featured) has captured another masculine beauty in Matt Schiermeier. According to his website, the former Rufskin model is also trying to raise HIV/AIDS awareness and knowledge of safe sex practices in eastern Europe. With such a stunning (and risque) portfolio, I'm sure he doesn't have any trouble grabbing our attention.

[ Matt Schiermeier - Official Site ]
[ Rick Day - Official Site ]

We don't have the stores in Washington State, but their recent Christmas commercials seem to have had folks talking nationwide - mostly wondering "Who is that sexy S. Claus?" Well, eagle-eyed Hunk du Jour readers might be able to shake off their eggnog haze long enough to recognize him as Chad Pinther!

I've featured Chad before, of course, but even I couldn't figure out where I recognized him from. Luckily a well-placed inquiry was forwarded directly to the man himself, and his charming wife Heather (a HDJ fan herself) gave us the green light to ID him.

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The commercial, titled "Santa's Secret" was created by the firm Concentrated for Belk Department Stores as the finale to a trio of holiday spots. Big thanks to HDJ reader Evans for bringing the commercial (and mystery actor) to our attention!

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Check out the first of (hopefully) many backstage videos from Dolce&Gabbana - it is a shoot for their Mens Spring/Summer 2010 campaign!

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These four images of Manolo Gonzalez were snapped just last weekend by Gary Xu for Timoteo -- check out the rest of the set after the jump!

[ Gary Xu - Official Blog ]
[ Timoteo - Official Site ]

Looks like a few other people got these sent to them too. Oh well! :)

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Check out these three photos of Tom D, photographed by our friend John Gress. Check out more of Tom in John's latest calendar, Cool Down, including a shot of him in the shower with a well-placed towel!

Cool Down is available on John's official site!

[ John Gress Photography - Official Site ]

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I'm not usually a Lifetime movie fan... but have you seen the promos for the upcoming Kristin Chenoweth movie, 12 Men of Christmas? It's featuring some favorites of ours, including Josh Hopkins and Jessie Pavelka!

In the movie, Kristin is a marketing gal who has moved to Kalispell, MT and ends up helping the local Search & Rescue team do some fundraising... with a naked calendar! Here are some of the calendar pages she ended up with... Check out a little behind the scenes video after the jump.

Watch it Saturday, December 5th on Lifetime.

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[ 12 Men of Christmas - Lifetime ]

Here are the top 16 contestants in our 2010 Model Search "Fan Favorite" Poll as of 10AM November 28th, 2009. Winning the vote here doesn't guarantee our grand prize, but will definitely give the top contestant a leg up on the competition!

There is still plenty of time and opportunity for the field to be shaken up, and any day might bring a new competitor to shake up the whole field of contestants. Check out our men below, and vote for your favorite!

Remember: You're allowed one vote per e-mail address, and we are actively monitoring and removing fraudulent votes. (So far, nearly 200 bogus votes have been weeded out.)

Paul Dunlow

Tri

Jeffrey Beck

Jesse

Arik Azulay

Jason Warne

Tim Gilmore

Ramon L. Neal

Andrew Nichols

Ray Caspio

TJ Williams

Brett

Scott Frausto

A.J. Kessler

Pj Schofield

Jesse McDowell

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Here are some new Timoteo backstage photos from the Latin Factory VI Fashion Show that have been going around today. The event benefited the community service organization Bienestar. Bienestar originated as a direct result of neglect and non-existent HIV/AIDS services for the Latino community. Since then, Bienestar has evolved into a multi-service, multi-center agency, offering services throughout Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County, and San Diego.

Beautiful guys for a beautiful cause... can charity events ever go wrong when they involve underwear models? (That's Chad above... and Tommy is after the jump!)

[ Bienestar - Official Site ]
[ Timoteo - Official Site ]

P.S. Remember our 2010 Model Search is still going on for the Support Nature Project... we'd love to have you as an entrant, or as a voter in our "Fan Favorite" poll!

Enlarge Photo | Credit: Donnie Madden/Timoteo

Enlarge Photo | Credit: Richard Gerst/Bello Mag

Check out these photos of Renato Ferreira, who is prominently featured in the latest issue of Bello Mag. Renato appears in Boys in the Hood, a fashion editorial from Richard Gerst.

Says Gerst of the shoot:

Renato is truly polite - clear, calm, direct- and "strong" in all aspects of his personality.

When I put him in front of the lens he became this concentration of energy, barely containable by that rippling physique of his -- which he obviously has worked very, very hard perfecting!

"Boys in the Hood" was conceived as a fall fashion shoot and shot with Cameron K. Carpenter styling, someone I have worked with before. He is always great fun to work with.

The strobed throw back shots obtained outside during the day came from the concept of street-wise toughness and action. I wanted something beautiful and atypical.

The editors at BelloMag agreed - and loved the look.

Check out three more outtakes from the shoot after the jump -- a big thank-you to Richard for sending them over!

[ Bello Mag #12 ]
[ Richard Gerst Photography - Official Site ]
[ Renato Ferreira - Major Model Management ]

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YVY Mag brings us some work from the fantastic Hudson Wright, with fashion editor Nole Marin. Please meet (and possibly fall in love with) Stelios Niakaris.

[ Stelios Niakaris by Hudson Wright - YVY Mag ]
[ Hudson Wright - Official Site ]
[ VNY Model Management ]

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The boys over at YVY Mag sent over these shots of model Michele Graglia which photographer Maurizio Fiorino shared with them. Thanks, boys!

Enlarge Photo | Credit: Maurizio Fiorino

[ Michele Graglia - YVY Mag ]
[ Maurizio Fiorino - Official Site ]