Aside from hosting the Olympics, Brazil is a country famous for its toned export of modeling talent, with local runway walkers turned household names including the likes of Gisele Bündchen, Alessandra Ambrosio, Izabel Goulart, and Raquel Zimmermann, as well as Adriana Lima, who recently added “torch-bearer” to her résumé. But there’s far more than just female talent to pay attention to: The male models of Brazil are just as head-turning. There’s campaign-grabber Francisco Lachowski and his symmetrical face, or Marlon Teixeira, who’s a beach-bound dream, or brothers Márcio and Marcos Patriota, who are certainly worth, well, a double take. Here, see the male models of Brazil—a trophy in their own right.
Francisco “Chico” Lachowski
@chico_lachowski
You may have seen the plush-pouted Francisco Lachowski recently posing with Gigi Hadid for Tommy Hilfiger, but that’s not his only claim to fame: Alongside gigs for Dior Homme and DKNY, Lachowski is a bona fide Balmain boy, walking for the label as well as starring in Kanye’s Balmain-outfitted music video, “Wolves.” He’s a family man, too: The heartthrob has one child with wife Jessieann Lachowski, and another on the way. Belo!
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Marlon Teixeira
@marlontx
Marlon Teixeira—of the sculpted physique, perfect tan, Cast Away–tousled coif, and face full of handsome scruff—is basically the human embodiment of the term “beach babe.” And when he’s not sand-strewn, he, like fellow Brazilian model Francisco Lachowski, is also strutting for Balmain.
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André Ziehe
@andrelziehe
If Michelangelo’s David modeled underwear, he would have some competition from André Ziehe. The stunner chiseled a name for himself walking in boxers for the likes of Dolce
Gabbana, as well as briefs for the cult-favorite underpinning line 2(x)ist.
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Rodrigo Calazans
@calaza
He has flashed some Blue Steel next to Brazilian treasure Isabeli Fontana, but when he’s off-duty, Calazans is more like the Brazilian Brawny man, forever outdoors, flexing on a surfboard, or otherwise reveling in nature.
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Márcio and Marcos Patriota
@marcos_patriota
@marciopatriota
Good things come in twos, right? Well, let Brazil prove that old adage right: Twins Márcio and Marcos Patriota are almost too much to handle, which is probably why they once were in the campaign for the king of over-the-top luxe, Philipp Plein.
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Evandro Soldati
@evandrosoldati1
If you don’t recognize him from his presence on the Dolce
Gabbana runway, you might recognize Evandro Soldati as the scantily clad heartthrob from Lady Gaga’s music video for “Alejandro.”
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Alexandre Cunha
@alexxxcunha
While he may be a staple on the runways of Giorgio Armani and Dolce
Gabbana, if you’re in New York, you may be able to spot Alexandre Cunha practicing his fancy footwork with friends in Central Park.
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Rudnei Graczyk
@rud_carcara
Rudnei Graczyk walked for Calvin Klein back in 2005 and has maintained the same sculpted physique ever since. Fun fact: He plays guitar and was in a music video with his singer-model wife, Celia Becker, which was directed by fellow model Rie Rasmussen.
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Romulo Pires
@romulopires
A former mechanic who was scouted while fixing a woman’s flat tire (only in Brazil!), Romulo Pires went on to score campaigns for the likes of Gucci and Calvin Klein. He now lives in New York City and charts the development of his 8-pack abs on Instagram.