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Here's why Fabio is every woman's dream*

*May not be a good dream.
11.47am, 15 Mar 2013
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TODAY IS ITALIAN model Fabio’s 54th birthday.

In case you are somehow unfamiliar with Fabio, he is a model who set many a woman’s heart aflutter with his posing on the front of romance novels throughout the 80s and 90s.

Here is some of his best work.

Here's why Fabio is every woman's dream*
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  • Happy Birthday Fabio!

    Here he is a warrior, clasping his woman.

  • Happy Birthday Fabio!

    Here is clasping a woman he is betrothed to.

  • Happy Birthday Fabio!

    Here, Fabio clasps his treasure, whom he is passionate about.

  • Happy Birthday Fabio!

    Here he is clasping his woman in the midst of a storm of their love.

  • Happy Birthday Fabio!

    On this cover, Fabio clasps his enemy woman, who thinks he is gallant.

  • Happy Birthday Fabio!

    Here, his woman is captive, so he doesn't need to clasp her.

  • Happy Birthday Fabio!

    When Fabio started writing his own books, the covers were all about him. Here he is with a sword as a viking.

  • Happy Birthday Fabio!

    Here he is as a rogue, with a sword.

  • Happy Birthday Fabio!

    Here he is a pirate, we know because he has a red sash tied around his waist.

  • Happy Birthday Fabio!

    Here he is with a sword, as a champion.

  • Happy Birthday Fabio!

    For this cover, he took an edgy approach, and made himself look - you guessed it - mysterious.

  • Happy Birthday Fabio!

    In 2006 he appeared on America's Next Top Model, in a photoshoot with the girls. They posed with him to create pretend covers of romance novels. They seemed to find the whole thing appropriately creepy. Randee St. Nicholas/The CW
  • Here he is a warrior, clasping his woman.
  • Here is clasping a woman he is betrothed to.
  • Here, Fabio clasps his treasure, whom he is passionate about.
  • Here he is clasping his woman in the midst of a storm of their love.
  • On this cover, Fabio clasps his enemy woman, who thinks he is gallant.
  • Here, his woman is captive, so he doesn't need to clasp her.
  • When Fabio started writing his own books, the covers were all about him. Here he is with a sword as a viking.
  • Here he is as a rogue, with a sword.
  • Here he is a pirate, we know because he has a red sash tied around his waist.
  • Here he is with a sword, as a champion.
  • For this cover, he took an edgy approach, and made himself look - you guessed it - mysterious.
  • In 2006 he appeared on America's Next Top Model, in a photoshoot with the girls. They posed with him to create pretend covers of romance novels. They seemed to find the whole thing appropriately creepy. Randee St. Nicholas/The CW

It is also worth noting that Fabio has some acting experience, appearing in American soap operas and making cameos in films like Dude, Where’s My Car? and Zoolander.  He also released an album titled Fabio After Dark, which included soliloquies on his philosophy of love.

WARNING:  This video may result in pregnancy.

YouTube/Elijah M

As if that wasn’t enough, in 1993, Fabio also shared his fitness secrets with the world in Fabio Fitness.

Someone has helpfully taken the time to edit together all the hair flicks from the video, it’s a good watch.

YouTube/resetcounter

So.  Happy birthday Fabio, and thanks for all you’ve given us over the years.  We’re off to have a listen to this.

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