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Vogue.com’s Top 10 Male Models of All Time

Vogue’s September 2014 cover had us feeling nostalgic: Models (the major ones), over the years, have come to be known essentially in brackets. You have the overarching supers—the Karolina Kurkova’s and Hilary Rhoda’s of the biz—atop which, arguably, sit the Trinity: Naomi, Linda, Christy, those who needn’t a surname uttered. You have the waifs, à la Miss Moss. You have the Brazilians—Alessandra, Adriana, Gisele,etc. And now, well, you have the Instagirls. That tendency for pop-grouping doesn’t so much apply to the men of the trade. “Male supermodel” sounds weird. Yet, no doubt, there’s a gilded ring of all-time greats, hailing from St. Louis to Sweden and everywhere in between. Here, check out Vogue.com’s homme­-age to the ten greatest gentlemen catwalkers and campaign kings of all time—the supes of their sex, with nary a cheekbone or abdomen muscle gone soft over the years.
  • Tyson Beckford
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    Tyson Beckford

    Bronx-born Beckford can thank his Jamaican, Panamanian, Chinese, and African roots for his smoldering and versatile look (and that bone structure!), a personage that’s caught the eye of Herb Ritts, Gucci, Tommy Hilfiger, and Calvin Klein over the years. People magazine once named him to its 50 Most Beautiful People list, and he is among the rare male models to successfully cross over into celebritydom. Our favorite dip in the entertainment pool? Obviously a cameo in **Britney Spears’**s “Toxic” music video.

  • David Gandy
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    David Gandy

    David: The Dolce boy. Much of Gandy’s modeling career has been headlined by his numerous appearances in Dolce & Gabbana campaigns, including lucrative fragrance bookings. (“Light Blue” features the model on a boat sailing over electric cyan water. His eyes match. #swoon.) He’s even produced a calendar for the brand, shot by Mariano Vivanco.

  • Brad Kroenig
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    Brad Kroenig

    Where David has Dolce, Brad has Chanel. Or, well, Karl, more specifically. Lagerfeld discovered Kroenig in 2003 (the model began his career with, who else, Abercrombie & Fitch in 2002), promptly booking him for a Fendi shoot. The rest is history—he’s walked many times down a Chanel stage, including a spin in Dallas with his son, Hudson! Lagerfeld has also produced a book about Brad’s ascent in the industry, called Metamorphoses of an American.

  • Jon Kortajarena
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    Jon Kortajarena

    Debuting on the scene in 2004 (in Milan for Emporio Armani and Paris for John Galliano), Kortajarena is the closest thing male modeling has to a sex symbol. Guest turns in campaigns for Guess and Tom Ford are the only proof you need.

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