The long queue snaked along the walkway outside Espanda club and it was only 8pm. At the entrance the organisers were busy giving away doorgifts and free drink coupons. Behind the stage, 30 nervous young men were getting ready for the final round of interview. Inside the club, it was already jam packed with people waiting impatiently for the event to start. There was hardly any standing space left and yet people were pushing their way through to get a better view of the stage while the long queue kept getting longer outside.
Finally there were lots of cheering and wolf whistles, the young men were coming out to do the catwalk. Dressed in jeans and body hugging white T-shirt with "I'm A Hunk" printed in front, to show off their muscular bodies, all 30 of them looked liked cover-guy models vying for the title of....New Icon/New Tide's latest 12 Hunks of the Year 2005.
In between interviews, there was also a special presentation from our Malaysian Idol, Daniel as well as a fashion show with some local and foreign models together with Amber Chia. Just click here for the write up in The Star newspaper.
A group of us from my gym were among the crowd cheering them on....of course each of us having our particular favourites. My cardio dance instructor was the first contestant. So he was the first one to be interviewed. They asked him to use his smile and friendly disposition to approach the emcee so that he can be the model for the "Tough" jeans. Not knowing what to do, he decided to pull the guy's jeans to show how tough "Tough" jeans really is. Not alot of people understood what he was trying to do...but it's ok cos finally he did won. After the event, the 12 finalists took of their shirt and had a private photo shoot together...if I'm not mistaken I think they took it on the bed???
My instructor finally got to be one of the calendar boy for New Icon/New Tide's 2006 calendar, expected to be out by February 2006. The photo shoot for the calendar was on the following day and he told us how difficult it was to twist his body to the exact pose that the photographer wanted....even got scolded! Hmmm...not easy being a model...even a temporary one. Well, looking forward to see how the pictures turn out in the calendar.
Finally there were lots of cheering and wolf whistles, the young men were coming out to do the catwalk. Dressed in jeans and body hugging white T-shirt with "I'm A Hunk" printed in front, to show off their muscular bodies, all 30 of them looked liked cover-guy models vying for the title of....New Icon/New Tide's latest 12 Hunks of the Year 2005.
In between interviews, there was also a special presentation from our Malaysian Idol, Daniel as well as a fashion show with some local and foreign models together with Amber Chia. Just click here for the write up in The Star newspaper.
A group of us from my gym were among the crowd cheering them on....of course each of us having our particular favourites. My cardio dance instructor was the first contestant. So he was the first one to be interviewed. They asked him to use his smile and friendly disposition to approach the emcee so that he can be the model for the "Tough" jeans. Not knowing what to do, he decided to pull the guy's jeans to show how tough "Tough" jeans really is. Not alot of people understood what he was trying to do...but it's ok cos finally he did won. After the event, the 12 finalists took of their shirt and had a private photo shoot together...if I'm not mistaken I think they took it on the bed???
My instructor finally got to be one of the calendar boy for New Icon/New Tide's 2006 calendar, expected to be out by February 2006. The photo shoot for the calendar was on the following day and he told us how difficult it was to twist his body to the exact pose that the photographer wanted....even got scolded! Hmmm...not easy being a model...even a temporary one. Well, looking forward to see how the pictures turn out in the calendar.
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