The V Magazine empire continues their ongoing Model Citizens series in the upcoming VMan featuring some of the top men’s agencies from around the world. 3 out of the 8 are revealed here exclusively for models.com showcasing Denmark (Scoop), China (Long Teng), and Barcelona (Sight Management Studio). With some of the most luscious male models in the world seen here like Mathias Lauridsen, Jon Kortajarena and Andres Velencoso Segura, it looks like VMan still has the market cornered on male beauty; make sure to get your copy when the issue hits newsstands on November 4th.

Credits
Scoop Models: Photography BO EGESTRØM, Styling Wiktor Hansson. Models: Axel Brorson, Albert Krarup, Christian Brylle, Sebastian Lund, Jesper Lund, Mathias Lauridsen. Clothing by Jean Phillip, Nicolai D’Etoiles, Henrik Vibskov, Woodward.
Long Teng: Photography VICTORIA TANG, styling Stinger Wong. Models: Jeffery, Xu, Li, Chan, Daniel, Shibo,Fu Long, Jerry, Ken, Liu , Han. All clothing& shoes Dior Homme S/S 11
Sight Management: Photography Xevi Muntane, styling Alberto Murtra. Models: Gerard, Alexandra, Francisco, Michael Gstoettner, Sergi, Ferran, Alex, Alejandro Rodriguez, Jiri, Christian, Oriol Elcacho, Jon Kortajarena, Andres Velencoso Segura, Adrian Cardoso, Andy Richardson, Matteo, Antonio Navas, Joan Pedrola, Aitor Mateo, Pablo Otero, Miguel Iglesias. Clothing by He by Mango, Jil Sander, Comme des Garcons, Diesel, Sisley, H&M, Dsquared2, Benetton and others.

David and Mathias. Image courtesy of VMan.

What could be more exciting than many of the world’s top male models posing for VMan? It just may be all of them getting together getting for tomorrow’s Male Model World Cup sponsored by the mag. Some top faces scheduled to kick off the event: Mathias Lauridsen, Simon Nessman, Danny Schwarz, Oraine Barrett and many more (see full list below). We chatted with VMan editor Jacob Brown and found out the inspiration.

“I came up with this idea actually at Mathias Lauridsen’s birthday dinner. He was telling me about the league soccer he plays, and how so many of the guys are also very serious soccer players—a lot of them are from Europe and have played all their lives. One of us made a joke like, “Oh wouldn’t it be funny if there was a big tournament where all the models competed.” And then I realized that it would actually be a perfect event for VMAN to host. So Mathias and I started putting it together. He’s sort of the chairman of the tournament and has helped get the players together with the agencies. And Hummel, which is an athletic gear company from his home country of Denmark, hooked us up with uniforms and everything. We are shooting the tournament tomorrow of course, and we will be running photos of the winning team in the next VMAN. Stephen Gan and I are really excited about this tournament and plan on making the Male Model World Cup a yearly event!

Gorgeous, athletic and sweaty men… Doesn’t get better than that.

VNY
Danny Schwarz
Ollie Edwards
Lenz von Johnston
Mike Boyd
Helge Gjerstad
Dan Duderstadt
Joost Van Der Hulst

Request Model Management
Arthur Kulkov
Claudio Monteiro
Douglas Folis
Markus Fent
Mikhael Ayoub

New York Models
Mathias Lauridsen
Nadav Heyman
Erik Sims
Brett Reeves
Mark Westinghouse

Major Models
Ben Pamies
Simon Nessman
Oraine Barrett
Giannis
George Paul
Lucho
Fred
Rory

FORD Models
Marcus Andersson
James Collins
Anderson Ribero
Daniel DiTomasso
Darrin Haala
Daniel Robert

DNA Models
Lucas Kalda
Issa Tomaleh
Matt Loewen
Robin Scott
Wes Phillips

Nicola Formichetti‘s outlandish styling drives Benjamin Alexander Huseby‘s dreamy story for VMan. The fantastical tale features powerhouses Mathias Lauridsen and Rie Rasmussen wearing unusual headdresses and some of fall’s most daring runway looks. Both Rie and Mathias are posing pros and their animated expressions make the story even more enjoyable.

Camilla Akrans delves into the classic mystique of James Dean for Numero Homme, enlisting none other than Mathias Lauridsen to capture the sensuality and grace behind Dean’s lasting mystique. The role seems made for Mathias and he nails it in each and every shot. It’s amazing how eerily similar some of Akran’s pictures are to Roy Schatt’s famous torn shirt portraits of Dean are.

Mathias Lauridsen in Bruuns Bazaar. All images: Julie Nymann  and Krzysztof Herholdt,  courtesy of Scoop Models.

As excitement builds for the upcoming NY/London/Milan/Paris shows, here’s a taste of the beauty and madness to come. Our friends at Scoop Models in Copenhagen, mother agency to MDC favorite Mathias Lauridsen sent us some alluring images of the recent Copenhagen Fashion Week. Enjoy!

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Jakob Hybholt

Tom Nicon

Ph: Serge Leblon for 10 Men Summer 09. Pics courtesy of d’management group

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The new 10 Men is out and Serge LeBlon‘s whimsical editorial features 2 rising stars to watch, Tom Nicon and MDC top newcomer Jakob Hybholt. Both had spectacular F/W 09 seasons and we expect to see quite a bit of them in the upcoming months.

Walter Pfeiffer, who’s had a recent phenomenal resurgence is now with Art and Commerce.

Avedon‘s show at the ICP; here are images.

For those model fans of a certain age, Nadege will always be an unforgettable face. Now with Muse Management in NYC.

Gisele Bundchen is not only beautiful, she’s smart. Damn her…

Eric Bivoino practices parkour, the French extreme sport of jumping on and around obstacles that include buildings. We totally see an editorial coming out of this video of Eric and his friends.

Anna Wintour in a rare public interview. Read how she supports Alexander Wang and Proenza Schouler, how there are people that disagree with her (gasp on our part), how her first cover is still her favorite cover and so much more.

Swimwear, lingerie and shoes. Is there anything Phillip Lim can’t do?

Amanda Moore, model and singer songwriter. People say she sounds like Aimee Mann and Carol King. Read the rest of the interview on Ponyryder.

At the Infinity Awards, take a peek at how Iman and Carmen are still so darned gorgeous, Annie Leibovitz dressed up and Timothy Greenfield-Saunders‘ hair.

i-D magazine goes to 6 issues a year. We’re so sad.

For those who don’t know, MDC has a new #1 top 50 male model. Not to fret Mathias Lauridsen fans, the Danish star will be appearing on one of our other top lists coming out soon.

#1 on MDC’s top 50 men, Mathias appears in the new Freesoul campaign. Based in Italy, Freesoul, its creative agency 88 Phases and photographer Yu Tsai brought in Mathias and the iconic Guinevere for the F/W 08 rebrand and redesign.

Mathias/NY Models, Ford Homme, Scoop. Ph: Yu Tsai for Freesoul, F/W08. pic courtesy of Yu Tsai

Guinevere/IMG. Ph: Yu Tsai for Freesoul, F/W08. pic courtesy of Yu Tsai

Ph: Yu Tsai for Freesoul, F/W08. pic courtesy of Yu Tsai