Is Chris Evans People’s Sexiest Man Alive 2021?
CHRIS Evans is an American actor who is famously known for his role as Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
In November 2021, rumors started to spread that the Marvel star had been given the title of People's Sexiest Man Alive, sending fans into a frenzy.
Is Chris Evans People's Sexiest Man Alive 2021?
It was reported on November 5, that Evans, 40, was named the Sexiest Man Alive.
Multiple sources told that he had landed the cover.
However, People magazine debunked the rumors of Evans being named the Sexiest Man and confirmed that the actual titleholder was actor Paul Rudd.
Speaking to about his new title, Rudd said that he hopes he will be invited to "some of those sexy dinners with Clooney and Pitt and B Jordan."
"I mean I'm going to lean into it hard. I'm going to own this. I'm not going to try to be like 'Oh, I'm so modest.' I'm getting business cards made," Rudd told the magazine.
The rumor that Evans was in the running for the title comes one year after the future Buzz Lightyear star accidentally uploaded nude photos of himself while attempting to post an Instagram video.
While he unintentionally shared the photo to his millions of followers, he later went on to call the situation "an interesting weekend full of lessons learned, lots of teachable moments."
It was rumored that this accident was the reason he was not chosen last year, however, sources from the magazine told Page Six that it was not the case.
What is People's Sexiest Man Alive?
The title of Sexiest Man Alive is given to one celebrity or famous person each year by People magazine.
It is billed as a benchmark of male attractiveness, as is typically chosen by who American's think is most appealing at that point in time.
“There are so many different variables and ways of approaching it,” People Editor-in-Chief Dan Wakeford told in 2019 about how they determine a winner.
“A starting point often is, when we want to make a decision, is to think about the zeitgeist, think about what is sexy at the moment. What do people find appealing at the moment?”
The man is also chosen based on polls conducted by the media outlet.
“We did look at data,” Wakeford continued. “We have more than 90 million consumers a month stepping into the People brand, so we’ve got a lot of data at our fingertips.”
Last year's winner was Michael B. Jordan, who Wakeford said was a "universal choice."
Who has previously won the title?
People introduced the title back in 1985 and has since crowed 32 different men the world's "Sexiest Man Alive," some even winning the title more than once.
The previous winners include:
- Mel Gibson (1985)
- Mark Harmon (1986)
- Harry Hamlin (1987)
- John F. Kennedy Jr. (1988)
- Sean Connery (1989)
- Tom Cruise (1990)
- Patrick Swayze (1991)
- Nick Nolte (1992)
- Richard Gere and Cindy Crawford were named Sexiest Couple Alive (1993)
- Keanu Reeves (1994)
- Brad Pitt (1995)
- Denzel Washington (1996)
- George Clooney (1997)
- Harrison Ford (1998)
- Richard Gere (1999)
- Brad Pitt (2000)
- Pierce Brosnan (2001)
- Ben Affleck (2002)
- Johnny Depp (2003)
- Jude Law (2004)
- Matthew McConaughey (2005)
- George Clooney (2006)
- Matt Damon (2007)
- Hugh Jackman (2008)
- Johnny Depp (2009)
- Ryan Reynolds (2010)
- Bradley Cooper (2011)
- Channing Tatum (2012)
- Adam Levine (2013)
- Chris Hemsworth (2014)
- David Beckham (2015)
- Dwayne Johnson (2016)
- Blake Shelton (2017)
- Idris Elba (2018)
- John Legend (2019)
- Michael B. Jordan (2020)
Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, George Clooney and Richard Gere have all won the honor twice.
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