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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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From photographer Pablo Chester comes this set of photos featuring sexy Brazilian model Jihaime Dos Santos!

[ Pablo Chester - Official Site ]

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Featured this morning over at Made in Brazil is Diogo Rodrigues, as photographed by João Arraes. Definitely the face (ok, and body) that can motivate me to make it through the day!

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[ Diogo Rodrigues - Made in Brazil ]

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Check out this awesome set of photos from Didio Photo of Eduardo Alves... rowr! Eleven photos total.

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[ Eduardo Alves by Dido Photo ]

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While the headline event this past Sunday was (of course) the Superbowl, Seattle fans of the other football tuned in to the post-bowl Sounders FC SuperSearch to watch ten talented soccer players compete for the final roster position in the Seattle Sounders FC.

The Sounders FC is the 15th Major League Soccer team, and has already sold more season tickets than any other MLS team in the league's history. (They even have a marching band... the only MLS team that does.)

But back to the SuperSearch!

The big winner at the end of the evening was Vinicius 'Vini' Oliveira, who had a strong fan presence at the televised finals. He joins Swedish dreamboat (and Calvin Klein model) Freddie Ljungberg on the Sounders FC roster.

As my friends and I watched the SuperSearch finals, we were reminded how incredibly hot the players are... with Vini being no exception to that rule. (Okay, okay... and that football is an incredibly fast-paced and fun game.) We're looking into season tickets now, so maybe we'll see you alongside the pitch!

[ Seattle Sounders FC ]

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2009 is off to a wild start! Here in Seattle we're actually cut off from the rest of the nation via ground transportation -- we have to take a plane, a boat, or a detour through Canada to leave the state due to flood waters shutting down I-5!

Luckily the internet is still working, though -- 'cos the Hunk Guide has made its triumphant return for 2009. Check out our full selection of great links to sizzling men after the jump... but to whet your appetite:

• Gay Body Blog : Brazilian Model Rafael Verga - photos featured in this Hunk Guide
• YouTube : My doppleganger in the Star Wars A Capella Tribute was robbed at the People's Choice Awards.
• !! omg blog !! : Celebrities fighting naked? OMG indeed.
• Homotography : Best of 2008 included Bruce Weber's Summer Camp
• Towleroad : The Boys Take on 'Single Ladies'

The Hunk Guide returns again for our tour of all things hot on the web! If you have seen something that deserves to be on this list, suggest a Hunk Guide link today!

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Gay Body Blog : Rodrigo Calazans kicking it on the beach... super hot, so we'll share the photos in this post too!

Funny or Die : An all-star cast of some of my favorite actors in the Funny or Die Prop 8 Musical. Seriously, my favorite people ever just became more-favorite.

Made in Brazil : About time, indeed... Edilson Nascimento makes the cover of Junior Magazine.

Superhero Fan : Quite a selection this time -- Zachary Qunito shirtless in Heroes (love him!), Anderson Cooper and Michael Phelps on 60 Minutes, and Kevin Pereira on Attack of the Show.

SquareHippies : Sexy ex-Desperate Housewives hunk Mechad Brooks... sweaty. (Uhh... Yum?)

OhLaLa Mag : Hugh Jackman dripping wet in Australia.

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

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From Japanese-Brazilian descent, Akihiro Sato is a designer's dream. Considered perfect by ratio, Akihiro is the perfect model height and weight with flawless skin. He has several tattoos in kanji, meaning Dream, Love, Sun, and Woman. In addition, he has a dragon on his hip and a batman logo on his left ankle. His current goals are to finish learning English and break into acting.

Anyone up for helping him learn his English a little faster?

[ Sources: 212 Cafe and The Daily Model ]

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Towleroad: Freddie Ljungberg... on behalf of the city of Seattle, let me welcome you to Seattle Sounders FC. (Call me!)

Outsports: Jim shares some photos of the UW Swim Team at last weekend's Husky football game. My partner Doug was lucky enough to be in the stands, but cell phone photos did NOT do them justice!

Definition of a Man: Man of the Day David Jensen, need we say more? (Pictured)

American Urge: Chad White is the face of H&M's Fall 2008 campaign.

Boy Culture: Matthew takes a look at the last VMan Ford Model Search winner, Petey Wright. They have another search going on right now.

Bruno Rand: Bruno features some of his photos of Danny for the IT NYC store. I love he has a blog, so I'll look past the auto-played music in the slideshow.

Ethan Says: Zac Efron shirtless in Hawaii? See you there in a few weeks, Zac!

FocusBoy.net: Hottie Vlad was photographed by Ricky Oba. I love FocusBoy's style, you should keep an eye on them.

Kenneth in the (212): Some interesting photos of a scruffy Scott Speedman.

OhLaLa Mag: Steph and Alek show us some GQ Italy shots from photographer Mariano Vivanco.

JD Ferguson: Some amazing photos of Alasdair McLellan.

Vision Model Management: Remember the hot photo of Lee Kholafai I mentioned from the last issue of Genre? They were kind enough to post it.

Just Beautiful Men: Eric examines why gymnasts are so hot.

Made in Brazil: Taking another look at Edilson Nascamento -- and we can't say that we mind!

Most Beautiful Man: Cristiano Ronaldo is FIFPro World Player of the Year... and looks great in a soaking wet jersey.

Nous Model Management: The Nous gang introduces us to Nick Davis.

Red Models New York: Takes a look at the Womanizer video co-star, Brandon Stoughton!

We Love Guys: We love Nick Hirdy!

Abercrombie and Fitch: Fall / Winter 2008 video has been released. Take those sweaters off!

Gay Body Blog: A Patrick Dempsey lookalike lounges around in his underwear. (Naturally.)

SquareHippies: Quite excited about seeing their favorites Jason Sudeikis and Jon Hamm on the same screen during last week's SNL.

Fit Sports Men: Take a look at these swimmers, including some of the (censored) scandalous photos of Frederick Bousquet.

B-Side Blog: I'm a fan of Ben's. He's a reality tv junkie, is super cute, and has my favorite Halloween costume idea yet.

Hunk du Jour: Put the Hunk of the Day on your Facebook Page! You'll be the envy of all your friends.

United States of America: Please remember to vote on Tuesday, November 4th!

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Junior Magazine is ready to ship issue seven, and was nice enough to send over these exclusive photos overnight of cover model Bernardo alongside Felipe Torreta, Felipe Anibal, and Lucas Malvacini.

We love all things "Made in Brazil" -- and are happy to add Junior Magazine to that list.

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Brazilian model Rodiney Santiago talked to connex24.7 about his life and career -- and looked amazing while doing it, I'm sure.

Connex24.7 has the interview, but you'll find the full-size photos (and extra photos!) right here on Hunk du Jour!

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[ Rodiney Santiago on Modeling World as Eye Opener - connex24.7 ]

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Sexy Brazilian Digo Padovan currently is featured on Connex247 - check him out!

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From the pages of Junior Magazine, why don't you say hello to Carlos Freire!

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Our apologies for the awkward silence over the past two days -- we had a pretty severe database problem on the server, but amazingly recovered without loss of data... We just had to turn comments off for about 36 hours while we figured things out.

FYI, the entries for our Cry-Baby Ticket Giveaway were always safe and unaffected -- they live in a different database.

If you run into problems, please don't hesitate to let us know.

We found the great photo of one of our new favorites at We Love Guys. We posted some other photos of him recently, as well.

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Today in the HDJ Mailbox we got a very nice surprise! Brazilian supermodel Edilson Nascimento (Vision Model Management) modeling some of the hottest underwear fashions for International Jock.

Edilson flew up to California for the afternoon shoot, modeling from the Spring collections of brands like Diesel and Calvin Klein. The folks at International Jock promise much more on their website, so be sure to check them out!

Ya know, some days I just hate my job...

[ International Jock ]
[ Vison Model Management ]
[ Edilson Nascimento - Made in Brazil Feature ]

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Garoto Pop is a new rival of the Brazilian site, The Boy and currently features the very handsome Anderson Schneider.

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[ Source: Anderson Schneider at Made in Brazil ]
[ Garoto Pop ]

Big Brother Brazil 8 starts tonight, and Made in Brazil reports that a contestant has dropped out at the last minute. The show must go on, though -- and the departure allows this hottie, Rafael Ribeiro (Rafinha) to enter the house.

The non-US versions of Big Brother end up having the most wild moments that show up on television and the web... we hope that this season is no different!

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Romulo Arantes Neto, a Brazilian actor and model -- he is also nominated to be the hottest Brazilian of 2007 at Made in Brazil.

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