Next Directory is once again looking for 2 new faces.The competition is open to all girls and guys aged 18 years and over who are resident in the UK or Republic of Ireland.

The 2 winers will  each receive  a 2,000 shopping spree at NEXT and the chance to star in a photo-shoot for NEXT, plus a special introduction to Select Models.

Last year the competition was won  by Kiren Modi and Dan Clarke. To be honest I haven’t seen much of them since they won.  However, Laurence Cope who was one of the finalists went on to win the Calvin Klein 9 Countries 1 man competition and he’ll be appearing in an ad for Calvin Klein and is now signed with Select Models.

Two months ago I was chatting with Daniel Saynt from Fashion Indie and I said that Laurence Cope ( Jamie Dornan 2.0) would probably win the Calvin Klein 9 countries 9 men competition and  I was right. I even made  made a blog entry called "Laurence Cope will probably win" and I predicted that Germany or Sweden would  be the next highest competitors. I was wrong about Sweden but i predicted England and Germany correctly. If fashion blogging doesn't work out I can always start a Psychic hotline.

When the competition ended last week Laurence had a whopping 29% of the vote, with Germany's Lenn Haberthaler receiving 22% of the vote while Nikos Douramanis from Greece had 16%.

As part of Lawrence's prize package  he has won a one-year modelling contract with Select Model Management and a luxury trip for two to South Africa. I'm gonna make another prediction that Laurence will be with Select models for a lot longer than a year. Well done Laurence!

Laurence Cope is the English winner of the Calvin Klein underwear : 9 countries 9 men competition.  The 9 finalists got revealed today and the other finalists are below.  My favourite is Alex Bechet from Sweden, but I think it will go to Laurence from England. Laurence recently placed as one of the top 5 guys in the  'Make Me The Next Model' competition which was also run by Select Model Management, well now Select Model Management has selected  Laurence as the British finalist for the Calvin Klein competition. If the result was upto Select, I think Laurence would probably win as they obviously like his look. However as this one is up to the public anything could happen. Right now Germany (the best body) is in the lead and   and Greece (Shocking!!) is in second position. So make sure to get over to the Calvin Klein Underwear competition and vote for England, Sweden or Germany.

Who is your favourite?

Alex Bechet from Sweden

Lenn Haberthaler from Germany ( doesnt he loook like a beefed up Ollie Edwards?)

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