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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

 

Pump that moneymaker

For celebrity model William Devaughn, his body is his work

By Rome Jorge Lifestyle Editor
Photo by Raul Teehankee

His chiseled, glistening, half-naked body looms over the metro’s highways on hulking billboards endorsing a brand of denim jeans. His ripped abs, toned pecs and defined pelvic “sex cuts” are in you face. It’s either that or you close your eyes, crash your car or miss your stop. When he passes a crowd, women faun over him. Audiences who have seen him in burger commercials and the reality television contest Pinoy Big Brother (PBB) all take pictures with him on their mobile phone cameras. Even no-nonsense guys who don’t care much for celebrities, much less male ones, have to look up and think, “Why can’t I have a body like that?” Everybody wants that man.

Will Devaughn is the man. At the recent Nestea Beach 2008 event in Boracay where the country’s best collegiate beach volley teams fought for the grand championship, Devaughn competed in celebrity matches with and against some of the sexiest people on Earth such as fellow PBB contestants Riza Santos and racecar driver Gabbie de la Merced, television host Cesca Litton, international model Leah Ramos, beauty queen Maggie Wilson, VJ Sanya Smith as well as other male celebrities and even a few writers.

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