{"id":27403,"date":"2020-02-20T10:14:01","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T10:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/?p=27403"},"modified":"2020-02-20T10:14:01","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T10:14:01","slug":"6th-annual-awards-best-model-nominations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/6th-annual-awards-best-model-nominations.html","title":{"rendered":"6th Annual Awards \u2013 Best Model nominations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With less than 48 hours left to vote in our 6th Annual Men and Underwear Awards, it is time we looked again at this year&#8217;s nominees for Best Model. You decide the winner and every vote counts, so please make sure you vote now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/2020\/01\/6th-annual-men-and-underwear-awards-time-to-vote-for-the-best-of-2019.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>. The selection for the Best Model category was, again, really hard this year. The male modelling industry has expanded over the years and images of men in underwear become more and more popular in features, fashion editorials and portfolio photography. We owe a big thank you to PnV Male Model Network for their assistance and guidance, for one more year, in this category. Their recommendations and deep knowledge of the fashion modelling world have always been extremely helpful for Men and Underwear. In alphabetical order, let&#8217;s meet the best models for 2019:<\/p>\n<h1>Phil Bruce<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-25762\" src=\"http:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Phil-Bruce-by-Markus-Brehm-CODE-22-Sailor-Briefs-21-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Phil Bruce by Markus Brehm - CODE 22 Sailor Briefs\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Phil-Bruce-by-Markus-Brehm-CODE-22-Sailor-Briefs-21-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Phil-Bruce-by-Markus-Brehm-CODE-22-Sailor-Briefs-21-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Phil-Bruce-by-Markus-Brehm-CODE-22-Sailor-Briefs-21-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Phil-Bruce-by-Markus-Brehm-CODE-22-Sailor-Briefs-21.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Body positive model <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/philbruce89\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Phil Bruce<\/a> is a perfect example of the latest trend in modelling: men and women with normal bodies, that people can relate to. Phil is based in the UK and during 2019 he did quite a lot of modelling work, many times featuring some of the latest underwear collections. He has been featured heavily in Men and Underwear throughout the year mainly in collaboration with photographer Markus Brehm. A great example of their work can be seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/2019\/09\/exclusive-editorial-the-sailor-with-phil-bruce-in-code-22-briefs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h1>Milutin Djekovich<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-26450\" src=\"http:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Walking-Jack-underwear-Milutin-by-Inch-Photography-03-1024x862.jpg\" alt=\"Walking Jack underwear - Milutin by Inch Photography\" width=\"750\" height=\"631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Walking-Jack-underwear-Milutin-by-Inch-Photography-03-1024x862.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Walking-Jack-underwear-Milutin-by-Inch-Photography-03-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Walking-Jack-underwear-Milutin-by-Inch-Photography-03-768x646.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Walking-Jack-underwear-Milutin-by-Inch-Photography-03.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The model with the incredible physique and sweet face, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/milutin_djekovich\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Milutin Djekovich<\/a>, realy flourished in 2019. We saw him posing for a big number of underwear brands and working with some of the best photographers of the industry. A perfect example of his work featured in Men and Underwear can be seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/2019\/11\/milutin-by-inch-photography-walking-jack-and-emporio-armani-underwear.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h1>Philip Fusco<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-25112\" src=\"http:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Philip-Fusco-by-Armando-Adajar-for-Hunk2-swimwear-02-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Philip Fusco by Armando Adajar for Hunk2 swimwear\" width=\"750\" height=\"938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Philip-Fusco-by-Armando-Adajar-for-Hunk2-swimwear-02-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Philip-Fusco-by-Armando-Adajar-for-Hunk2-swimwear-02-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Philip-Fusco-by-Armando-Adajar-for-Hunk2-swimwear-02-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Philip-Fusco-by-Armando-Adajar-for-Hunk2-swimwear-02.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of the best men&#8217;s underwear model ever, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/philipfusco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Philip Fusco<\/a>, returns as a nominee in our awards this year. Apart from growing his menswear modelling portfolio, Phil has collaborated with quite a few photographers and participated in many underwear editorials and campaigns in 2019. You can see one of many of his excellent works <a href=\"https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/2019\/07\/philip-fusco-by-armando-adajar-for-hunk2-swimwear.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h1>Christian Hogue<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-25849\" src=\"http:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Christian-Hogue-by-Ruben-Tomas-for-The-Perfect-Man-Magazine_02-760x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Christian Hogue by Ruben Tomas for The Perfect Man Magazine. Underwear by CDLP.\" width=\"750\" height=\"1011\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Top model <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/christianhogue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christian Hogue<\/a> couldn&#8217;t miss our list of the Best Models in 2019. This was another great year for Christian with commercials, campaigns and shooting a staggering amount of editorials. Some of the highlights, are the cover of Men&#8217;s Health Germany and the campaign of Ron Dorff.\u00a0 The stunning photo you see above was taken by Ruben Tomas. You can see more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/2019\/09\/weekend-feast-with-models-isaac-moreno-christian-hogue-and-more.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h1>Dusty Lachowicz<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27404\" src=\"http:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Dusty-Lachowicz-2-869x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"884\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Dusty-Lachowicz-2-869x1024.jpg 869w, https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Dusty-Lachowicz-2-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Dusty-Lachowicz-2-768x905.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Dusty-Lachowicz-2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The winner of last year&#8217;s awards, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dusty__dusty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dusty Lachowiwz<\/a>, needs no introduction. His flawless physique was featured in many publications all around the world in 2019. We may have missed men&#8217;s underwear features with him this year but his collaboration with Brian Jamie (photo above and another amazing photo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B6vfmwpHPDo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>) were among the best we have seen in the year.<\/p>\n<h1>Oliver Spedding<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-26910\" src=\"http:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Oliver-Spedding-by-Markus-Brehm-Kale-Owen-underwear-04-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Oliver Spedding by Markus Brehm - Kale Owen underwear\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Oliver-Spedding-by-Markus-Brehm-Kale-Owen-underwear-04-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Oliver-Spedding-by-Markus-Brehm-Kale-Owen-underwear-04-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Oliver-Spedding-by-Markus-Brehm-Kale-Owen-underwear-04-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Oliver-Spedding-by-Markus-Brehm-Kale-Owen-underwear-04.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>British model <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/oliverspedding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oliver Spedding<\/a> is a new comer in the modelling industry but in 2019 he became very popular among the readers of Men and Underwear. He was featured in Men and Underwear posing in some of the most daring underwear from our shop, photographed by Markus Brehm and he was just amazing. The photo above is from a feature publish in 2019 and you can see it in entirety <a href=\"https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/2019\/07\/oliver-spedding-by-markus-brehm-kale-owen-underwear.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h1>Carson Twitchell<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23904\" src=\"http:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Carson-Twitchell-photographed-by-Bradley-French-Garcon-model-underwear-02-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Carson Twitchell photographed by Bradley French - Garcon model underwear\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Carson-Twitchell-photographed-by-Bradley-French-Garcon-model-underwear-02-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Carson-Twitchell-photographed-by-Bradley-French-Garcon-model-underwear-02-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Carson-Twitchell-photographed-by-Bradley-French-Garcon-model-underwear-02.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We were amazed with the work of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/carsontwitchell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carson Twitchell<\/a> with photographer Bradley French (photo above and the full features <a href=\"https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/2019\/03\/carson-twitchell-photographed-by-bradley-french-garcon-model-underwear.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/carsontwitchell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>). Carson may not be a full time model but he is a perfect representative of positive thinking guys, that enjoy part-time modelling, have a good sense of underwear fashion and produce amazing and unique photographs.<\/p>\n<h1>Wilfred Wong<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-25593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/AMERICAN-BODY-Wilfred-Wong-photographed-by-Baldovino-Barani-for-Rufskin-01-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Wilfred Wong photographed by Baldovino Barani for Rufskin\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/AMERICAN-BODY-Wilfred-Wong-photographed-by-Baldovino-Barani-for-Rufskin-01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/AMERICAN-BODY-Wilfred-Wong-photographed-by-Baldovino-Barani-for-Rufskin-01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/AMERICAN-BODY-Wilfred-Wong-photographed-by-Baldovino-Barani-for-Rufskin-01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/AMERICAN-BODY-Wilfred-Wong-photographed-by-Baldovino-Barani-for-Rufskin-01-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/AMERICAN-BODY-Wilfred-Wong-photographed-by-Baldovino-Barani-for-Rufskin-01-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/AMERICAN-BODY-Wilfred-Wong-photographed-by-Baldovino-Barani-for-Rufskin-01.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong born and raised <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thatwilfred\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wilfred Wong<\/a> couldn&#8217;t miss the list of best models this year. A perfect example of a diverse fashion model that can produce amazing visuals, Wilfred left us speechless with a stunning editorial for Rufskin, photographed by Baldovino Barani (photo above and full feature <a href=\"https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/2019\/09\/american-body-part-1-wilfred-wong-photographed-by-baldovino-barani-for-rufskin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/2019\/09\/american-body-part-2-wilfred-wong-photographed-by-baldovino-barani-for-rufskin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>). His work in 2019 included a huge amount of publications, editorials, catwalks and covers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With less than 48 hours left to vote in our 6th Annual Men and Underwear Awards, it is time we looked again at this year&#8217;s nominees for Best Model. You decide the winner and every vote counts, so please make sure you vote now here. The selection for the Best Model category was, again, really [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[39,1],"tags":[4956,4570,1701,3849,427,4665,4694,275,1245,4750],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/6th-Men-and-Underwear-awards-Best-model.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27403"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.menandunderwear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}