Celebrity sex symbols strip for Cosmopolitan to raise awareness of male cancer
They're taut, toned and totally naked!
7 May 2008
David James, Danny Cipriani and Simon Webbe are among the sexy male celebrities who have dared to bare all for Cosmopolitan’s annual ‘Naked Centrefolds Special’ (June issue, on sale 12th May).
To tie into Male Cancer Awareness month in June, the stars have posed in their birthday suits to raise awareness of prostate and testicular cancer for Everyman, the UK’s leading male cancer campaign.
Completing the line-up are:
• Shaun Wright-Phillips, Chelsea and England footballer
• Aled Haydn Jones, producer of the Chris Moyles Show on Radio 1
• Joe McFadden, PC Joe Mason in Heartbeat
• Mitch Hewer, Maxxie in Channel 4’s Skins
• James Haskell, Tom Rees and Simon Shaw, London Wasps and England rugby players
• Nigel Reo-Coker, Aston Villa footballer
• Leon Haslam, British Superbike champion
• Shawn Ashmore, Iceman in the X-Men films
• Sean Faris, Hollywood star of Never Back Down
• Daniel Boys, Ramin Karimloo and Ben James-Ellis, Princeton/Rod in Avenue Q, The Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera and Link Larkin in Hairspray
This is the seventh consecutive year that Cosmopolitan has supported Everyman. Money is raised through dedicated hotlines and a text voting competition encouraging readers to vote for their favourite Centrefold.
Additional money is being raised this year through a special celebrity auction. Members of the general public can log on to: http://shop.ebay.co.uk/merchant/cosmopolitancentrefolds for an opportunity to bid for money can’t buy items signed by past and present Centrefolds:
• Goalie gloves signed by Portsmouth goal keeper, David James
• Picture of himself signed by Ricky Hatton
• Football signed by Chelsea winger, Shaun Wright-Phillips
• Chelsea shirt signed by Chelsea winger, Shaun Wright-Phillips
• Rugby ball signed by the entire London Wasps team
• Two T-shirts signed by Simon Webbe
• T-shirt signed by Mitch Hewer
• Football signed by Aston Villa midfielder, Nigel Reo-Coker
• Cricket bat signed by Alistair Cook, Stuart Broad and James Anderson of the England cricket team
• One hour Radio One studio tour with Aled Haydn Jones for two people
• Picture signed by the entire Heartbeat cast
• Cap signed by British Superbike champion, Leon Haslam
• T-shirt signed by British Superbike champion, Leon Haslam
• Two pictures signed by British Superbike champion, Leon Haslam
• Jacket signed by British Sailor and Olympic champion, Iain Percy
• T-shirt signed by British Sailor and Olympic champion, Iain Percy
• T-shirt signed by the Coxless 4
• A mini Trekkie Monster hand puppet from the West End production of Avenue Q (exclusive first night gift never previously available to the general public) and a signed programme by Daniel Boys who is currently playing the roles of Princeton and Rod
• A pair of VIP tickets to the West End production of Hairspray together with an opportunity to meet Ben James-Ellis who is currently playing the role of Link Larkin
• An exclusive framed production print from the West End production of Hairspray signed by Ben James-Ellis
• A prop can of Ultra Clutch hairspray from the set of the West End production of Hairspray signed by the entire cast
• Phantom mask signed by Ramin Karimloo who is currently playing the role of The Phantom in the West End production of Phantom of the Opera (exclusive – never previously available to the general public)
“When it comes to health, women remain pivotal in encouraging men to be self-aware,” said Hannah Crabtree, Communications Manager at the Everyman Campaign. “Cosmopolitan’s Naked Centrefolds have consistently proven to be a fun and effective way of raising awareness of a very serious issue. Through its Centrefolds activity, Cosmopolitan has helped raise vital funds for the 37,000 men a year diagnosed with male cancer.”
The Everyman Campaign is run by The Institute of Cancer Research to raise awareness of, and funds for research into, male cancer at the Everyman Centre – Europe’s first and only centre dedicated to male cancer research.
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For further information or imagery please contact:
Karen Hardinge
PR and events manager
Cosmopolitan
020 7439 5625
For exclusive behind the scenes footage of the Centrefolds shoots, the Centrefolds gallery, the history of Cosmopolitan’s Centrefolds, and for advice on men can be self-aware please go to: http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/men/cosmopolitan-male-centrefolds
For further information about the Everyman Campaign, please contact:
Dominique Vincent
Press Officer
Everyman Campaign
020 7153 5312
For a free leaflet on male cancer or to make a donation, please call 0800 731 9468 or visit www.everyman-campaign.org
