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(Un)glamorous: The Naked Truth About Male Models

2015-06-16

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If what you know about male models comes straight from Zoolander, Pedro Andrade's special will give you a very different picture. It's a world of photo shoots and international travel, but there are also tiny models' apartments and even tinier paychecks.

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