The New And Improved

So I was looking in my archives of blog posts (because you KNOW I have so many -- note my sarcasm) and I saw my old top ten best looking guys. And then I realized that I don't feel that way anymore. Since then I have been introduced (not literally introduced) to a bunch of new guys, and those old guys have NOTHING on the new guys, so uh here we go with my new and improved top ten best looking guys!

1. Yuri Pleskun (Model; he's now number 10 on models.com...I blogged about him about a month ago...Don't you love his blue eyes?!)

2. Francisco Lachowski (another model...I also blogged about him haha)

3. River Viiperi (yet another model who I blogged about a few weeks ago)

4. Ian Somerhalder (actor from the Vampire Diaries, former model. He was in the old top ten guys)

5. Alex Pettyfer (British actor in Beastly and I Am Number Four, I made mention to him in my movie post about Beastly)

6. Enrique Iglesias (Spanish singer; I love his song Tonight so much! And I made a post just for him last year!)

7. Zac Efron (actor no longer to be associated with just High School Musical, if you ask me. Also in my old top ten)

8. Joseph Gordon Levitt (actor in Inception, which is where I fell in love with him as Arthur...he was in two of my top tens...the old top ten guys and the top ten couples...he was in couple number 10, Arthur and Ariadne from Inception)

9. Zane Holtz (former model, actor in Make It Or Break It, which has started to be really bad so I might just watch the show for him now haha)

10. (young) Leonardo DiCaprio (actor obviously but I super fell in love with him in Titanic...I mean, who wasn't in love with Jack by the end of that movie?)

So that's my new and improved list. And I think its much much much improved!!

By the way, today is my birthday, in case you're wondering. I'm 18~

Arthur Daniyarov

Arthur Daniyarov was born in 1989 in St. Petersburg, Russia, making him 21 or 22 years old. He became a model at the age of 19, signing with DNA Models in New York. Arthur has been in SO MUCH it's hard to know even where to begin. His debut was 2009 at the fall Prada show in Milan, and since then he also walked Alexander McQueen, Hugo Boss, Lanvin, Salvatore Ferragamo, and Jil Sander, to name a few. And speaking of Jil Sander, he also became the face of them in 2009, which you can see in that first picture I have. Honestly he has done so much I can't even begin to talk about it all. He does a lot of runway, I can tell you that. Recently, he was in Re-rare's Spring 2011 lookbook, if you're familiar with them at all. Sadly he is not on models.com's top models list, but that could easily change.

Mateus Lages

Mateus Lages is the next model I'm talking about...but what's so special about him is that he is extremely new! He's still in the New Faces category in his modeling agency, which is Re:quest (just like Yuri Pleskun!). Mateus is 19 years old, and was born in Miami, Florida, which is also where he started modelling, with Next in Miami. He likes skateboarding, soccer, and photography. I love his profile, which might be obvious since i have three pictures of it up there. You probably won't see him in that much now (unless you read Vogue Hommes Japan), but he's definitely up and coming, and hey, who knows what will happen in the next six months!

Francisco Lachowski

After that short three entry detour about books and movies we return to the male models with Francisco Lachowski! Francisco, nicknamed Chico, is about 19 years old. He is number 25 on models.com's top male models list and is represented by Ford Models. Francisco is Brazilian, and became a model in 2008 after winning Supermodel Brazil. I love him because well, how can you not love that face (or body) and his accent is just so cute! Facts about Francisco, and more reasons why I just love him: he's studying to be a graphic designer, plays tennis (like me!) and loves the beach (also like me!). Look out for him in Armani Exchange's Spring 2011 campaign. :)

river viiperi

So the next male model I'm going to talk about is River Viiperi. Nineteen year old half Spanish half Finnish River was born in Ibiza, Spain. He started modelling in 2009 and is currently with Soul Artist Management. You might have seen him on American Eagle's website for the fall/winter 2010 looks, and more recently, in Calvin Klein's CK One campaign with a bunch of other big models, including the models.com's number one female model, Lara Stone and Yuri Pleskun, something he mentions on his blog, Never Back Down. It's pretty interesting and entertaining, and has good insight on the life of a model. If you're curious the link is riverdelfin.blogspot.com. Oh that's also awesome about him. He uses blogspot like me! :)

(Random update: I don't know if it was like this when I wrote this entry or if it just changed, but I was just looking at models.com's rankings and apparently he's number 35...not sure if I missed that before or what. -April 1st, 2011)

yuri pleskun

I always used to think that the whole male modelling thing was pretty stupid, until very recently when I discovered just how awesome they really are. And that they're not all gay. So I decided that for a couple of posts I'd just go over a few of my favorite male models, and maybe even some female models, just for the fun of it. Number one is Yuri Pleskun, who as of now, is my absolute favorite.

Yuri Pleskun is a 20 year old model with Request Management with a bad boy vibe and a totally different look from the stereotypical pretty boy model. He is of Ukranian origin, but grew up in the Bronx, which is where he was discovered in 2008. Since then he has risen to one of the world's highest ranked male models. A couple of quick facts: he loves fried chicken, hates the fact that he's sometimes treated like an object (in France they call the models mannequins), and is good friends with fellow Request model Cole Mohr. He's definitely my favorite because he's funny with a good personality, and well, who can't resist that wink he gave the cameras during the Nylon Model Citizen interview? Plus he comes from New York City, which is where I'm from so that makes him doubly awesome! Look out for him on Calvin Klein's new CK One campaign.

baby i like it

This is what I do instead of calc. I wanted to replace Lukas Podolski with Enrique Iglesias on my top ten best looking guys, because well, isn't he just so hot!?!? But then I realized, well........Enrique kinda deserves his own slide, dontcha think?

the beginning of top tens :)

So I came up with this great plan, to do like a list of top tens, in my opinion. Today's top ten should be obvious if you start scrolling down...this would be the top ten best looking men in my opinion. Emphasis on MY OPINION. I'll also put their name and their claim to fame, for those who don't know already. Anyway...here we goooo :) (By the way this is in no particular order)

Rafael Nadal (Current best tennis player in the world...last winner of the US Open)


Rain (Korean pop star and star in the movie Ninja Assassin)


Cristiano Ronaldo (Portuguese soccer player and Armani model)


Lukas Podolski (German soccer player)

Joseph Gordon-Lewitt (movie actor...I liked him best in Inception)

Zac Efron (actor...I always thought of him as such a pretty-boy until I saw 17 Again)

Taylor Lautner (actor; plays Jacob in the twilight movies)

Sterling Knight (Disney channel actor)

Ian Somerhalder (TV actor...was in Lost and is in the Vampire Diaries)

Basshunter (Swedish pop star/DJ)

That was fun. Tomorrow I go with best looking women so as not to be sexist. Although it will be much less fun since I'm straight :P